Judge, 1902-04-05 · page 17 of 20
Judge — April 5, 1902 — page 17: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from Judge magazine (1898) contains mixed content: advertisements, a poem, and a puzzle contest. **"Before and After" Poem:** This satirical verse mocks romantic idealization versus marital reality. A man imagines his bride as poetic and devoted, but discovers she's practical—concerned with meals and comfort rather than moonlit walks and poetry. The joke reflects late-Victorian anxieties about women's actual versus idealized nature, suggesting wives prioritize domestic practicality over romantic sentiment. **Advertisements:** The page features product ads (Boston Garters, diamonds on credit) exploiting consumer desires and credit systems emerging in the 1890s. **Puzzle Contest:** Judge announces a $250 prize for solving six illustrated puzzles related to the Spanish-American War (1898), including one depicting the USS Maine's destruction—a recent, nationally traumatic event that sparked the war. The page reflects 1890s concerns: gender role disappointments, consumer capitalism, and patriotic engagement with current military conflict.
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Hc smoked and she sat at her mending. of Bradstreet’s book of ait tell Fo md very hi fand farther, that you 2, 6F0, FROST CO, Makers, aad Satie, th Yea lp, . es | Fond visions! How swiftly they fade OUR GREAT CASH OFFER. — VELVET GRIP" PATENT HAS BEER! y c ints t turning the Diamond TEAMED ay Sue u.'seincuntscourr) | Into gray from their tints bright and . able cost ‘without question, We mul Tos an ten cent aes —— | And poems of life we sce made terms ani low prices, ~ i ii “ .. Wi JONEY ON IMITATIONS. No person with an ounce of 2APER WARHHOUSR, But none of this made the man sore— «of a Genuine T increase. Genuine Diamonds are the most easily ‘Noa. $2. 34, and 86 Bleecker Street, = Indeed, he'd no cause for dejection, convertible "cash asset Branch Warebouse, 3) Beekman Street, New Yor. — For she ALL KINDO OF PAPER MADE TO ORDER. And cooked pork and beans to per- 5 FT DIAMOND IMPORTERS AND You will get more prompt attention and better service fection. SS ys Ma \Lo IS BROS. @ CO. MANUFACTURINGJEWELERS ty mentioning JUDGE when answering advertisements, —Chicago News. | yo1, 103, 105, 107 State St., Opposite Marshall Field & Co. CHICAGO, U. S. A. * | secon JUDGES PUZZLE PICTURES [$202 FEBRUARY -. APRI | ‘| UL aN ; a 5 the SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR. You will 15” +e - t f ae ‘ sce that No. 1 is the destruction of the United States battleship Maine ; and you will also see trom this how to work out the others. We have $250 to give to the ten most successful of our readers who solve these six illus- trations and eighteen (18) others, which will appear in JUDGE during the next three weeks, This puzzle competition is not inaugurated for the purpose of securing subscriptions to JUDGE, neither is it confined to JUDGE'S subscribers; it is open to everybody, whether he or she is a sub- scriber or not. The Puzzle Depart- ment is for the sole purpose of afford- ing amusement and instruction to all of JUDGE'S friends, The essential features which will be considered by us in making the rewards, in con- junction with the correctness of the answers, will he the celerity and the general neatness with which the so- jutions are sent in to us. A Total of $250 TO RE PAID TO TEN PEOPLE 1st Reward of Merit * fe" ae rs 32 el 4th ben Sth oth Ith 8th oth 10th PA AZAAAAZAA 6 pane every READ THESE Write the solution underneath each picture, cut out sheet (holding if watil the fourth and last series of puzzles is published in JUDGE No 107%) and write your name and address slainty on the bottom thereof en mail all four sheets pinned together in the rr i 1d corner,to the “JUDGE PRIZE PU. E DEPT.., s10 Fifth Ave., NEW YORK,” DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY (Pint © reachtho oftce not later tian one week tom day of publication of JUDGE No. toyte All solitions arriving later will be dsqualiéed. You can send in a8 many rrr: jo please, proving you ase a separate JUDGE. parte sheet each timemno more than coe solution of ach picture canbe given on any ose sheet without caurng contution. "Vou heed not senda secgod seta sola tons to Ue whole twenty-four paztles in order to change your answer to any one or more of the puzzles : in other words, if in your opinion one or more of the pictures will bear different constructions, and you desire to submit ‘ach of tcve constructions as a part ef Your complete set of solutions, you can do so by using another sheet containing the particular picture or pictures in question. Thus sending two copies, say, of that sheet and one of each of te remaring sheets comprising the whole series, ad/ finned lopether im the upper left-hand corner, as required abeve. Be sare that you fully prepay postage in sending tn solutions. Copyright, 1902, by Judge Company. PRESS OF FLEES @ RIDGE PRINTING CO., FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK. comicbooks.com