Judge, 1887-05-21 · page 14 of 16
Judge — May 21, 1887 — page 14: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not editorial content or satire. The dominant image is a large product advertisement for "Dear's Soap for the Complexion"—a Victorian-era beauty product marketed as a "specialty for infants." The illustration depicts a classical allegorical scene: a woman (possibly representing beauty or motherhood) with a cherub, rendered in a romantic engraving style typical of 19th-century product marketing. The remainder of the page consists of hotel listings (Albany, Syracuse, Utica, Rome, Springfield, Holyoke) and various commercial advertisements for goods including fountain pens, paper warehouse supplies, tailoring services, and patent medicines like "Crosby's Vitalized Phosphites" (marketed for mental development in children). **The satirical content, if any, is minimal.** The page reflects the commercial character of *Judge* magazine, which relied heavily on advertising revenue. The patent medicine ads are typical of the era, though modern readers would recognize many such products as medically dubious or harmful by today's standards.
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LEADING HOTELS. ALBANY, N.Y. aHL SYRACUSE, N. Y, VANDERBILT HOUSE, ‘The Leading Hotel fn the City. P. B. Braytox, - - - Proprietor, GLOBE HUTEL. ~ American Plan. Dickixsox, Bacox & ELLIS, Proprietors. UTICA. 7 BAGG’S HOTEL, Utica, \. v. Spring How eld Springs. Butterfield House, Utica, New York. Bagg’s Hotel Farm, Hast Utica TR. PROCTOR ROME, N. Y. STANWIX HALL, ROME, N.Y. _GrorGk A. May. Proprietor SPRINGFIELD, ee “A BALM FOR THE SKIN.” *TVOIKONOOA LSOW COMPLEXION, Sorc Mass. ~~ HOLYOKE HOUSE. 5 Fe \E & ® yc 3 E 7 5 fo} = THE BEST FOR THE WAAIVM Vo THE “ ECONOMY" WALL DESK. ‘A Model of Beauty A Indispensable: where wall at any desired or sitting. Aomrat » SPECIALTY For INFANTS, ' IPARSONS-SCARTETT & C0. PA rl TATLILORS, WHERE & WHO WHO IS? | Sse ceed 398 FIFTH AVENUE, po 44 ‘ STYLO & FOUNTAIN PENS, worac nin sient NEW YORK, at Q Tor PROPRIETARY MEDIC! MARVELOUS ; % : aici eS = Braet ti tan qe CLOUGH es F y + tis Liberty Be consenuagesucte Th nll HENRY LINDENMEYR, wt eh ‘tne pag a a none oe kw Paper Ware House : 15 & 17 BEEKMAN ST..N.Y. P. Bexaawes Mang Twars, TASES VITALIZED PHOSPHITES. For 15 years has been a standara remedy with Physicians treating mental or nery Not a secret. It aids in the bodily and wonderfully in the mental growth of children RRM CURE issold under aguarantee tat With impaired mental faculties can regain their strength by its use. It restores the tr parcbasee couvinced of its merits after a ten nervousness, “ Y 1 powers in old or, teal te pric, Se sl refunded on is turn tothe Phosphite, not a . a y. tis used by the principal depo Hall Pharmacy, 94 Broadwi Pedro, Bismarck, Keres stamps for pamphie our rraders can PERE, Miata aioe a FE CROSBY CO., 56 West 25th Street, N. ¥+ ‘comicbooks.com