Judge, 1901-01-26 · page 15 of 16
Judge — January 26, 1901 — page 15: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertising page** from Judge magazine, with one small satirical cartoon titled "Right in the Spider's Line" (center). **The Main Cartoon:** A rooster hires a spider to make him "web-footed" so he can swim—a humorous absurdity mocking misguided schemes. The joke plays on the rooster's foolish ambition to become something he's not. **The Text Cartoons** (left column) are brief satirical quips: - One mocks wealthy criminals escaping conviction through expensive lawyers - Another jokes about women winning political power through ballot boxes (a contemporary women's suffrage reference) **The Advertisements** dominate the page, hawking period remedies (Beeman's Pepsin Gum, morphine products, "Blood Poison" cures) and luxury goods (champagne, brandy, playing cards)—many for conditions or substances we'd now recognize as dangerous or dubious. The page reflects early 1900s attitudes: skepticism toward wealth and law, emerging women's political participation, and unregulated patent medicine marketing.
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