Judge, 1902-08-09 · page 20 of 20
Judge — August 9, 1902 — page 20: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily **advertising content**, not satire or political commentary. It's a Colgate product advertisement page featuring two men's grooming products. The image depicts a barber shaving a customer in a classical style, referencing Colgate's "Paris 1900 Grand Prize" award. The advertisement uses this artistic, dignified imagery to market shaving soap and talc powder to men. The text emphasizes product quality and endorses use by professional barbers. There is **no political satire or social commentary present**—this is straightforward commercial advertising designed to appear in *Judge* magazine alongside editorial content. The classical artistic treatment (evoking old master paintings of barber scenes) lends prestige to the products, a common advertising strategy of the era.
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TWO GRA ARTICLES FOR MEN Colgate’s Shaving Soap It is so desirable to enhance the comfort of shaving that it will certainly be worth your while to try our Shaving Soap, no matter how satisfied you may now be with the kind you are using. Until you nave used ours you really do not know how perfect a soap can be made for shaving purposes. Colgate’s Talc Powder Use Colgate’s Talc Powder after shaving and bathing. It soothes and heals, prevents chapping and redness, leaving the skin cool and comfortable. Colgate’s Talc Powder is used in many of the best shaving parlors of the country—ask your barber to use iton you. Use the powder freely before walking or more violent exercise, and you will save yourself much chafing and discomfort, from which almost every one suffers more or less in warm weather. comicbooks.com