Judge, 1887-05-07 · page 13 of 16
Judge — May 7, 1887 — page 13: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not editorial satire. It announces the Westminster Kennel Club's Eleventh Annual Dog Show at Madison Square Garden (May 3-7, 1887) and features Victorian-era product advertisements surrounding the announcement. The only notable visual element is **Pears' Soap's advertisement** on the left—a sentimental engraving of children bathing, marketed as "A Specialty for Children" with claims it's "a balm for the Skin." This reflects late-19th-century advertising's reliance on emotional imagery rather than substantive claims. Other ads promote mundane products: tailors (Parsons, Scarlett & Co.), cocoa, lawn tennis balls, linen collars and cuffs, and various patent medicines and services typical of the era. The page has no evident political cartoon or satirical commentary—it's a commercial product of the magazine's revenue model, where advertising subsidized publication.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
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