Judge, 1891 · page 65 of 69
Judge — 1891 — page 65: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not satire. The content consists of book advertisements interspersed with a single illustrated building advertisement at top-left. The building illustration advertises **Palliser's American Architecture**, a practical guide for constructing homes ranging from $300-$6,500—aimed at middle-class readers contemplating home construction during what appears to be the late 19th century. The remaining ads promote self-help books on marriage and sexuality ("Science of a New Life"), sermons by Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage, and consumer products (Pozzoni's Complexion Powder, Thea-Nectar tea, A&P baking powder and condensed milk). The brief joke at top-right ("What is the difference between a baker and a blundering printer?") is mild wordplay unrelated to the ads. The P.T. Barnum reference mocks public spectacle around celebrity marriages. This appears to be a typical Judge issue layout: satirical editorial content on other pages, with revenue generated through advertisements targeting urban, middle-class readers.
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FUNNY THINGS FROM JUDGE. 63 ARE YOU THINKING ABOUT BUILDING A HOUSE? If you are, you ought to buy the new book, Palliser’s Amerlean drehitecture, or every man, a complete builder, prepared by Palliser, Palliser & Co., the well known architects There is not a Builder or any one intending to Build or otherwise interested that can afford to be without it. It is a practical work and everybody buys it. The best, cheapest and most popular work ever issued on building. Nearly four hun- dred drawings. A $5 book in size and style, but we have deter- mined to mal e it meet the po) alee demand, to suit the times, 50 that it can be easily reached by all. This book contains 104 pages 11 x 14 inches in. size, and con- sists of large 9x 12 plate pages giving plans, elevations, per spective views, descriptions, owners’ names, actual cost of con- struction, no guess work, and instructions How to Build 70 Cottages, Villas, Double Houses, Brick Block Houses, suitable for city suburbs, town and country, houses for the farm and workiagmen’s homes for all sections of the country, and costing from $300 to $6,500; also Barns, Stables, School House, Town Hall, Churches, and other public buildings, together with speci- fications, form of contract, and a large amount of information on the erection of buildings, selection of site, employment of Archi. tects. It is worth $5.00 to any one, but I will send it fo pares cover by mail postpaid on receipt of $1.00; bound in cloth, Address all orders tc J. 8, OGILVIE, PuBLISHEH, P. O. Box 2767. 57 Rose St., New York. SCIENCE OF A NEW LIFE. “SCIENCE OF A NEW LIFE.” written by Jon Coway, M.D. ls worth its weight to gold to ‘coy thoughtfal Man and Woman, aad has received the highest teatmncatas und cotarsestiogs fo tag mrsical and religions crticer has boon hoartly iadsrecd by all the leading Paliasthropises, nad ‘reominended to every well-wisher of the human race. TO ALL WHO ARE MARRIED vo inf .am contemplating marriage, it, will gi Chapter I.—The id Avoid in Choos. —The I XIL--Children-—Theit, Desirabity, Chapter x XIV.—The Conception of a New Life. Chapter XV-—'The Physiology. of onaples XI Period ot Gesative Intuence, Chapter KT ~Pregnancy~ita Earner fot Hater ant Chi an Sar Chapter Period of Nursing Influchoe, XE—Nanazement 0 an ter: Delive ze rt lene. oaper XH 1 XXIIi.— Diseases Bulla to to, Women, XXIV — Diseases Chapter ar asturhation’ Chapter im otence, Chapter s hector ‘Srapi Heh ore imight be Said: Chapter XVI A Tey and [ow Secured. The inok in handsouve Byars ant Contains over 400 Pages, with pore than 100 Titwetrations, sed te sold at the tatowine priest: ngiish Cloth, beveled boards, gilt side and back, $3; Leather, sprinkled 0; Half Turkey Morocco, mar! Back, aa On rece! . AGE! Kent by matt, seer wR money orderor f fer liberal terms. Send P.O. Rox 2767. tof price. wake tions for ical 4.8. OCILVIE, Publlener, 87 Rose St., New York. GATNERED GEMS. A NEW BOOK, COMPRISING 4 SERIES OF 30 of the Best Sermons ever delivered by Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage, D.D. ‘This book also contains the Complete Life of this Famous Preacher. ALSO 2 FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS, It contains Thirteen Sermons on the Wedding Ring; Twelve Sermons on Woman: Her Power and Privileges ; Six Sermons entitled the Battle for Bread, on the Relations of Labor and Capital. 27 It contains 725 win, rks ver bebe Be ona following remarkably low prices, in order that every PRICES: und ia handsome Silk Cloth, with Ink ead Gold Stamp. 1.1 ees bound Half Russia, Marbled Edges, $2.00. Sent by mail, to any on receipt of WA) discount to live men and AGENTS WANTED in In every town to sel ad orders and applications for an agency to J. 8. OCILVIE, Publisher, 57 Rose St., New York. What is the difference between a baker and a blundering printer? One forms the pie, and the other “ pies the form.’ Mr. P, T. Barnum’s India Rubber Man will not marry at present, because he has a wife and eight children in Germany—good and sufficient reason, which, in the interest of morality, as we are pleased to note, has in one case at least been recognized. Still, considering the fact that great public celebrities are much given to matrimony, the report may turn out only an elastic invention of the enemy—a mere stretch of the imagination, as it were—and we may yet have an opportunity of welcoming this pliable gentleman to the altar of Hymen. There are wooden weddings, tin weddings, and silver and golden weddings : why shouldn't there be an India-rubber wedding also? L-A-D-I-E-S Who _Value_a_ Refined Complexion MUST USE POZZONI'S MEDICATED COMPLEXION delicately soft and beautiful. It contains ne lime, whitelead ‘erarsente. In three shades; pink or flesh, white, and bruncite, FoR SALE BY All Draggists and Fancy Goods Dealers Everywhere. BEWARE OF IMITATIONS. Thea-Nectar BAKING POWDER BEST OF ALL! SPECIAL PRESENTS given away with THEA- NECTAR and BAKING POWDER to assist in introducing to Consumers. Woe are satisfied when parties have once need them, they will use no others. Don’t fail to give them a trial. Eight O’Clock Breakfast Coffee. ‘THE FINEST, MOST DELICIOUS, AND CHEAPEST COTTE IN THE MARKET. ‘We recommend to all lovers of a cup of good Coffee, that they use our *¢Granulated Bight O’Clock Breakfast Coffee, it is sure to give universal satisfaction, for it ranks as the STANDARD COFFEE of this country. Directions for making. Use three-fourths the usual Quantity—when maki this Coffee, put nothing else os USE A & P Condensed Milk IF YOU WANT A CUP OF DELICIOUS COFFEE. comicbooks.com