Judge, 1887-03-12 · page 21 of 24
Judge — March 12, 1887 — page 21: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
The page contains product advertisements rather than political cartoons. The dominant ad features **Pears' Soap**, which uses a classical bathing scene illustration and endorsements from Victorian-era celebrities (Lillie Langtry, Adelina Patti) and medical authorities to promote skin care. Below are remedies for common ailments: **Dr. Carter Moffat's Ammoniaphone** (a device claiming to cure catarrh, hay fever, asthma, and consumption), **Epps's Cocoa**, and **Crosby's Vitalized Phosphites** (for mental exhaustion and nervousness). These ads reflect late-19th-century consumer culture and quack medicine. The appeals to celebrity endorsement, medical authority, and scientific-sounding devices ("Ammoniaphone") were typical marketing tactics of the era, many promoting ineffective or dubious treatments. The page demonstrates how satirical magazines like Judge generated revenue through advertising alongside editorial content.
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A BRIGHT, HEALTHFUL SKIN AND COMPLEXION ENSURED BY USING PEARS’ SOAP. Recommended as a K ) English Authorities on the Skin, Prof, Sir ERASMUS WILSC . of the Royal Col. of Surgeons, England, and other eminent men. COUNTL BEAUTEOUS LADIES, Mrs. LILLIE LANGTRY, M’lle ADELINA PATTI, Missy MAY FORTESCUE, and others praise its virtues r Pears’ Soap to any other, which is the purest and best for the skin and the most economical in use. This Seap London nearly 100 years and has received 15 International Awards. The Proprictors, Messrs. akers by scaled appointment to H.R.H., Prince of Wales. PEARS’ Soap- the Great English Complexion Soap—is Sold throughout the United States, and in all other parts of __ the world, and its praises are heard ai and ¢ echoed everywnere. _ _ | = WILL LAST A LIFE TIME. SEND FOR OOPIES OF PRICE $8, 0 casnucrram] DR. CARTER MOFFAT’S — [sstiahatin way and b4thent, New ADI FREE on receipt of post card, ‘HISTORY OF THE AMMONIAPHONE,” showing, how thousands have been immediately relieved and promptly and permanently cured of 13 fect ; rarin Sauber ‘CATARRH, | HAY FEVER, | The fos, Throat, Hier Ree Watts a ‘ASTHMA, CONSUMPTION Chest, and TRUER EAR TERUG. BRONCHITIS, | and affections of | Bronchial Tubes, Buy Lntalation of 3 A ste Alt, bredaced by Dr. Canta Morrar’s enique invention. over 000 inctremeots ool sold. ieiaals of 3) i retelv 37 be seen, the Compan Guy dosed ‘Hy the Colopaoye Medical Advise, who will GRATEFUL—COMFORTING, It aids in the bodily and wonderfully in the ired mental faculties can regain their 5! . del sae over-exertion ; refreshes we ned vital powers in old or la a ong It is used by the Emperor I Demand unpeece V. TANSILL. ee . " y F. ROS By" CO, 56 West 25th Street, N.Y