Judge, 1889-12-21 · page 17 of 18
Judge — December 21, 1889 — page 17: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and promotional content**, not a political cartoon. It consists of two distinct sections: **Upper section:** An advertisement for Park & Tilford, importers displaying European perfumes and toiletries (Legrand's, Lubin, Guerlain, etc.) for Christmas gift-giving in New York. **Lower section:** A promotional announcement for *The Christmas Judge*, a special holiday edition of Judge magazine. It boasts 48 pages, three colored cartoons, and a costly supplement ($3,000 commissioned artwork titled "Bringing up the Guns" by artist Gilbert Gaul). The ad lists prominent artists and writers contributing to the issue, including E.W. Kemble and Ella Wheeler Wilcox, and announces the special issue costs 35 cents. **Historical context:** This represents Judge's commercial strategy—combining satirical content with luxury advertising to appeal to wealthy readers during the holiday season. The expensive artwork and celebrity contributors reflect Judge's status as a premium American humor publication in what appears to be the late 19th century.
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JUDGE STMAS PRESENTS. % PR Oo TiO Dp. IMPORTERS, ARE DISPLAYING A FINE ASSORTMENT OF PERFUMERIES AND TOILET PREPARATIONS From the leading European manufacturers, including the following favorite brands and selections: A Special Importation of L. LEGRAND’S PARFUMERIE-ORIZA, Comprising a choice variety of Extracts, Cosmetics, Soaps, etc. ‘The much admired extract, ‘Violette du Czar," and the novel Solidified Perfumes in Ivory and Metal Mountings. Full lines of Lubin, Coudray, Guerlain, Pinaud, Roger & Gallet, Societe Hygienique, Piver, and Houbigant manufactures, Créme Simon (for rendering the skin soft ahd white), Dr. Pierre's Dentifrices. THE GENUINE EAU DE COLOGNE From Johann Maria Farina, No. 4 Julichs Platz, Cologne on Rhine. Piesse & Lubin's Extracts, Smokers’ Bon Bons; Bayley’s Soaps; Rowland’s Macassar Oil, Kalydor (for beautifying the complexion); Lloyd's Euxesis (a shaving cream) and Cold Cream; Osbo ne Bauer & Cheeseman’s Glycerine and Honey Jelly; Jewsbury & Brown's Oriental ‘loothpaste; Gosnell’s Cherry ‘Toothpaste, and Cherry Blossom Extracts; Saunder’s Face Powders; Rieger’s Transparent ‘Soaps, and many others. Selected Honeycomb Sponges, English and French Chamois, etc., etc. NEW YORK. CHRISTMAS JUDGE, A Magnificent Holiday Publication. 48 Handsomely Printed and Lithographed Pages. Three Colored Cartoons and a Supplement in Imitation of Oil, Unsurpassed in Beauty and Execution. HE CHRISTMAS JUDGE is now on sale on al news-stands and at the office of publication, It consists of 48 handsomely printed and lithographed T pages, exclusive of cover, and is sold for 30 cents per copy. In addition to the regular cartoons there is presented with it, in form convenient for fram- ing, one of the most beautiful and most brilliantly executed supplements that has ever appeared in a publication of this character, This supplement is taken from a picture painted expressly for ‘‘ JUDGE” by Gilbert Gaul, N. A., the well-known American Artist, at a cost of $3,000, entitled “Bringing up the Guns.” The painting is the exclusive property of the Judge Publishing Co. The supplement is printed in twenty colors in imitation of oil, and is literally the very acme of lithographic art, even surpassing the famous “Horse Fair" supplement issued with Christmas Judge a couple of years ago. The literary and artistic features of the Christmas Judge are of the most attractive character. Its corps of artists includes such men as Gilbert Gaul, B, Gillam, G. Hamilton, F. Victor, E. Zimmerman (Zim"), W.L. Sheppard, J. H. Smith, G. Gat- combe, G. G. Fraser, A. S. Daggy, E. W. Kemble, E. Florhi, and many others of equal note. The following well-known writers contribute to its literary pages: Ella Wheeler Wilcox, Madeline S. Bridges, Ed. Mott, J. S. Goodwin, Mrs. George Archibald, Lena Gilbert Brown, Eva Wilder McGlasson, John Paul Bocock, J. H. Williams, Flavel S. Mines, George Birdseye, De Witt Sterry, James Jay O'Connell, William H. Siviter, George S. Crittenden, H. S. Keller, Kate Masterson, Burt Arnold, I regory The Christmas Judge is an extra or special issue, distinct from the regular publication, which will be issued as usual during Christmas week, and is to be obtained of all news-dealers and book-sellers, or will be sent postpaid on receipt of 3§ cents, by THE JUDGE PUBLISHING CO., JUDGE BUILDING, NEW YORK CITY. PRINTED BY FLESS & RIDGE, 110 & 112 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK. comicbooks.com