Judge, 1890-06-14 · page 14 of 16
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This page's main content is a genteel Victorian-era illustration of a picnic scene, accompanied by text promoting Franco-American Food Co.'s canned goods—specifically sealed pâtés and soups marketed as picnic essentials. The cartoon satirizes upper-class picnicking by depicting an idealized outdoor scene while the text humorously emphasizes the *practical* problem: insects. The joke is that despite romantic notions of outdoor dining, real picnics suffer from "crickets and straddle bugs hopping and crawling over sandwiches." The solution? Sealed canned foods—a modern convenience that protects food from "inquisitive insects." This is essentially advertorial content masquerading as editorial commentary, a common Judge practice. The satire gently mocks both the sentimental vision of picnicking and the real messiness of outdoor meals, while positioning canned goods as the civilized answer. The surrounding ads (hotels, cameras, typewriters) represent typical late-19th-century product placement in magazines.
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162 JUDGE PHOTOGRAPHY DONE QUICKLY. ° apne The P. D.Q. ‘O.CAMERA. Picnicing. The Latest Improvement,in Detective Cameras. Takes pictures 4x5 inches ii either vertically or horizontally. Can be used either with our cut Films or Plates. Handsomely covered with Black Grained Leather, and filled with fine Combination Instantaneous Achromatic Lens, with Patent Double Dry Plate of Film Holder. SEND STAMP FOR SAMPLE 4X5 OR 5x8 FILM AND CARRIER. PRICE, COMPLETE, ONLY $20.00. E. & H. T. ANTHONY & 6O., Man'f's. 591 BROADWAY, NEW YORK. 47 years established in this line of business. HOTEL BALMORAL. MOUNT McGREGOR, N. Y. Finest Mountain in the World. Bacon Orchestra Club under the direction of Marri- etta Sherman. $12 TO $24 PER WEEK. tay-Send for Circulars..21 A. CG. BAILEY, Canojoharie, N. Y. —_ Out in the woods for a good time, Cloth spread on the green-sward, HOTEL BRESLI N > crickets and straddle bugs hopping and crawling over sandwiches and LAKE HOPATCONG, NEW, JERSEY. everything else. Fit Mie oe eee One delicious picnicing necessity is proof against the feet of inquisi- filttude, waco feet. “Will open for, the, season cof atgpee: tive insects, for the Franco-American Food Co.’s Chicken and Game >. M. BROCK WAY, Manager, Pates may be kept tightly sealed until you are just ready for them, Everybody wants some for everybody knows how good they are. They are totally different from potted meats and are unequalled for picnics, hunting, fishing and yachting parties. A sample can for twenty-five cents, Postage prepaid.; NUE (near i HOUS square) Partridge, Qoail, Woodcock, Grouse, Wild Dack, Chicken, Chicken Liver, Pheasant. NEW YORK, 0. BR. Linney, ~~ Proprietor. . , da 2 o_o If you go to the mountains or the sea-shore, where you are likely to HOTEL GLENHAM, bite y y rea HQTEL GLENHAM, experience some cool weather, a can of our soup will oftentimes be very KRW TORK. grateful. Try it and see by sending fourteen cents for sample can, your choice. Green Tartle, chen, Comromms. Mallien-| French Bouillon, Jalienne. ea. Priatanier, Matton tannye Mock “tan il, Tomato, Chicken Gumbo, | Broth, Veg eet, Pearl Tapioca, Pures of Gasre. Franco-American Food Co. 42 West Broadway, New York. Ttooms $1 a day .nd upward: ~ = = frou: Grand Central Depot, fi “TL advise all parents to have their boys and girls taught shorthand-writing and typewriting. A stenographer why European Plan. typewrite his notes would be safer from poverty than a great Greek scholar.” —Cuastes Ruave on” The Coming Mat.” Remington Standard Typewriter. For Fifteen Years the Standard, and to-day the most perfect development of the writing- HENRY LINDENMEYR, le machine, embodying the latest and highest achieve- PAPER WAREHOUSE. ia ments of inventive and mechanical skill. We add Nos. 15 & 17 BEEKMAN STREET. ae Se ee ERMAN BT HOUSTON sr, {NEW YORK. to the Remington every improvement that study’ Judg e’ S Library % onlcn Best | r and capital can secure. the a6 in the wide, wide World. Kates Sn apsivcation, | WYCKOFF, SEAMANS & BENEDICT, New York. i REDUCED Pino's Remedy for Catarrh i the oP ROELE SI H | = ES’ ee Basia ta Uae, aod Cheapest EHO peer Det. } NE NON as ees ROOD LEG en Eger cero PERSONAL BEAUTY INUEGE, no pounce srmunine, Casares ACQUIRE ‘and RETAIN 17 ‘THIS PACKACE MAKES FIVE GALLONS. os P Hom toremove Pimples, Wrinkles, — Freckles and Superfluous Hair; to. ee 5 3 Develop the Form; to Increase or Reduce Flesh; to Color and Re- store the Hair, Brows and Lashes, je and to Beautify the Complexion. hs henvaveeritcts aca traeasoun | : SEER Eee Mup SCRA ; Sagi deen Sane treat «aay jour Draagiat ux Grover toe 1 PEABODY 4NO Plesof Coumetica | MADAME LAUTIER, re Pt MAIL ‘ t 124 We yd St, Ne fork Cit Tametic Artis C.E.HIRES, — PHILADELPHIA SARE SE A ARS fi Ne ard Ga Naw York Cty. Cocmatie Artiste comicbooks.com