Judge, 1906-04-07 · page 12 of 16
Judge — April 7, 1906 — page 12: what you’re looking at
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This page from the satirical magazine **Judge** contains mostly advertisements and light humor rather than political cartoons. **"The Last Word in Criticism"** mocks small-town dramatic criticism. A reviewer of an actor named Walker Whitesides performing *Hamlet* suggests settling the Shakespeare-vs.-Bacon authorship debate by exhuming both writers' graves—the one who "turned over last night" (implying Whitesides' terrible performance disturbed the corpse underground) wrote the play. It's humor at the expense of both the actor's abilities and the absurdity of provincial theater reviewing. **Minor comic items** include jokes about a woman postponing spring cleaning to fall, and a dialogue about reincarnation. There's also a crude joke about wooden legs versus wooden arms. The bulk of the page comprises **Easter gift advertisements**—photogravure pictures by artist James Montgomery Flagg priced at one dollar, sold through Judge Company in New York. The **Wilson whiskey ad** at top-right is straightforward product marketing, not satire. The page is primarily **commercial advertising** disguised within a humor magazine's content.
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