Judge, 1897-12-18 · page 7 of 53
Judge — December 18, 1897 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising** with minimal satirical content. The main cartoon is "Hard to Please," a small joke about Victorian women's fashion. A woman refuses to wear a gray cycling skirt because "nobody would look at me in it," then rejects "rationals" (loose pants worn for cycling) because "people stare so"—mocking women caught between fashion propriety and practical comfort for the new activity of cycling. The page otherwise consists of liquor and product advertisements typical of Judge magazine's era: Eagle Liqueurs, Runnomede Club Whisky, Dewar's Scotch Whisky, ball-pointed pens, Skylarks chocolates, and a "Blood Poison" medical treatment ad. One small humorous item mocks fortune-seekers heading to the Klondike Gold Rush, suggesting they bring rabbit's feet—"for eating some day." The overall content reflects early 1900s consumer culture and genteel social anxieties rather than political satire.
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ANISETTE, EAGLE LIQUEURS. The Only Truly American Production. PERFECT DISTILLATION. ABSOLUTE PURITY. SUPERIOR TO ANY IMPORTED. ABSINTHE, KOMMEL, CURACAO, créme oc MENTHE, MARASCHINO, CREME o£ CACAO, ETC., ETC. Sedative, Digestive, Nutritive. Rheinstrom Bros., Cincinnati, DISTILLERS AND EXPORTERS. ESTABLISHED 1876. HIGHEST AWARDS. HARD TO PLEAS ** Will you wear your gray skirt for cycling?" (0: nobody would look at me in it.” then why not put on your rationals?" fut people stare so.” —Pick-me-up. Faroe ne 1 uF Or. Runn aan mede Club — Is BOTTLED IN BOND KDE DIRECT. ~ SUPERVISION OF THE UNITED STATES _ GOVERNMENT, GUARANTEEING THE AGE AND ABSOLUTE PURITY OF EACH AND. EVERY BOTTLE OF THIS PRODUCT AS CER- TIFIED BY THE STAMP. MAKES ADULTER- ATION IMPOSSIBLE. IT: 1S OBTAINABLE WHERE THE BEST WHISKIES|ARE SOLD.:| IF NOT AT YOUR: DEALER'S. NOTIFYsUS. ND WE, WILL TELL YOU WHERE TO GET IT. - R.E BALKE & CO, > | DISTILLERS AND BOTTLERS IN BOND. LOUISVILLE RYUSA, “HAIL, FAIR LONDONDERRY!" Buffalo Express Every fortune-seeker who fares to the Klon- dike should take a rabbit's foot with him. It| with his face and hands cut and torn. He had may come in handy for eating some day.— | been attacked by an owl, Was it a boiled owl? A Jerseyman reached home the other night Brooklyn Eagle, of Fang ENO 1, 2, 3 oF 5 Dollars and Cand Dscled and thiooed any dented cater For Xmas Presents Jusniy CerenRateo me rat BONBONS | BPRS iatopairtiig wo ranteo tocure. Woe Dati Large Assortment 4 Baskets. ‘Bywater expres 863 Brond now ¥ LOOD POISON A A SPECIALTY sunrise pdary otter farcatn Isto3s cays: You Stiga Someforsamo price under tye Tyouprefertocome bere ‘You will get more prompt attention and better sersice by mentioning Jovem when answering advertisements, Luxurious Writing! Ball-= Gainted” Pens (H. HEWITT'S Pa’ Sultabte for writing in every position: gil aper; never scratch hor spurt. Aces tte sot Boat rad Pioredurusie, and are abead Of all others FOR EASY WRITING. 91.20 por box of revoir. Ausaried ample box of 28 pens 20 chars polt fore front al stationchovor whelevaleay WAR’S SCOTCH WHISKY Freoericx Crassus sou 22 W. 241TH Sr., New YorK comicbooks.com