Judge, 1888-02-18 · page 11 of 18
Judge — February 18, 1888 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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**Main Cartoon:** "What Society Is Doing Just Now" depicts the leisure activities and social gatherings of wealthy Americans—balls, concerts, formal dinners, and theatrical events. The satirical point appears to mock the frivolous preoccupations of high society while ordinary citizens face practical concerns. **Advertisements:** The page is primarily commercial, featuring: - **Packer's Tar Soap** and hair care products, targeting young men worried about premature baldness - **Vegetable Glycerine** by Procter & Gamble, marketed as a multipurpose remedy for coughs, chapping, cuts, and burns - **Sun Type-Writer** at twelve dollars, positioned as an affordable alternative to expensive competitors **Context:** These ads reveal late 19th-century consumer anxieties about appearance, health, and technology access. The juxtaposition of society's extravagance with practical product advertisements subtly critiques class divides—the wealthy enjoy leisure while ordinary Americans manage daily physical concerns through commercial products.
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Bad artim WH YOUNG AMERICANS who do not wish to lose their hair be- fore they are forty. must begin to look after their scalps before they re twenty.—™. Medical Record. chief requirement of the hair ts cleantiness— thorough Ing forwegmen once a fortnight, aid for men once PACKER’S TAR SOAP. Brightens the lustre of btimutates growth i pamphlet Malt and Hops AT SOCIETY Is DOING JUST VEGETABLE GLYCERINE serves so many uses that PRocTER & GAMBLE. put it up in glass-stopper bottles, that it may be always on the toilet table. A teaspoonful diluted with an equal quantity of water will at once relieve a distressing cough or cold. A few drops on the hands or wrists will prevent or cure chapping. Cuts, burns and irritated sur- faces of whatever kind are relieved by ap- plications of Vegetable Glycerine. It is a Oar Guarantee Seal is on every natural remedy of purely vegetable origin, Leia haa a ay oF containing no animal fats. fre Certiae, but abe ite Vegetable origin, (covvaranteD,) Vegetable Glycerine is put up in one-pound and one-half pound bottles, at $1.25 and 75 cts. respectively. If your druggist does not keep Vegetable Glycerine, it will be sent, express prepaid, on receipt of price, by PROCTER & GAMBLE, CINCINNATI, O. DO NOT BUY A TYPE-WRITER UNTIL YOU HAVE SEEN AND TESTED The SUN Type-writer. PRICE TWELVE DOLLARS It has been remodeled and greatly improve most perfect machine, both f nipuiat lence of work. | (W .) S75 went! spa ; READ “GOOD THINGS” FROM JUDGE: comicbooks.com