Judge, 1906-04-21 · page 15 of 16
Judge — April 21, 1906 — page 15: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising and product promotion** rather than political satire. The main content includes: **"Near Easter"** - A lighthearted poem about spring millinery fashions, celebrating elaborate Easter bonnets with detailed descriptions of trims, colors, and decorative elements. This reflects the early 1900s social importance of fashionable hats, particularly for women's Easter wear. **Product Advertisements:** - Boston Garter corset stays - Mennen's Borated Talcum Powder - **Hiawatha Sparkling Water** - positioned as a health beverage for daily consumption **Picture Department Section** - Judge Company selling photogravure prints of artworks by James Montgomery Flagg and others, marketed as decorative home items worth framing. The page shows the magazine's dual function as both satirical publication and commercial advertising vehicle. The fashion poem's cheerful tone reflects period gender norms where women's appearance and fashionable dress were central social concerns. The water advertisement emphasizes "hygienic purity," reflecting contemporary health anxieties.
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NEAR EASTER. ‘THE IMPROVED In convention they assembled, and the on demonstrators showed wit How they made the millinery of the very latest mode. arter There were hats of all descriptions, shapes ms and sizes for the spring, VE rating Alll quite chic and smart and swagger and too sweet for anything. Ss there were hats without much brim ; | OFFERED YOU Fijsome were picturesque and fluffy and ‘he Name Is some others neat and trim. | ey They were skewgeeged kind o' sideways, they were turned up at the rear, And there wasn't one among ‘em’ that you'd not have called a dear. The CUSHION They were trimmed with filmy chiffon in TT ‘a pompon or festoon, BUTTON | They were edged with cobweb laces, they CLASP ‘were banded with galloon ; | | plssfuttotdeter— Bi) There were some rosetted under, there] were others plumed above, And you couldn't find a bonnet that was Sener 8 te Cton Be hot a perfect love. Geo. FROST CO., Makers J) And the colérs! Glowing ruby, royal Boston, Mess., U.S.A. purple, peacock blue, ALWAYS EASY Green and yellow, brown and olive—every shade of every hue, Melee the To say nothing of the white ones and the ill i. Boratro Ti aes ond Janz end eae ai Drink a glass of Sparkling Hiawatha first thing in the "ALCUM nd the varied combinations. Well, you rf 1 A : vei i , The habit of g Sparkling Hiawatha is the best Oh, the velvets and the satins and the habit you can form. ttled at the Spring in hygienic purity feathers and the fuss ; . When the milliners assembled the new Hiawatha Spring Company fashions to discuss ! Illustrated booklet, facts about this World's best sparkling water, sent free. Weite There was only one thing tacking in the Vig whole assortment ; that = aie G e Distributor, Minneapolis Ghicaso ‘Se. Past Was the tasteful and becoming—and yet Gerhard Mennen Company, - Newark, N. J.{| inexpensive— go Daily News. | FLAGG’S LATEST AND BEST OUR NEW PICTURES MAKE HOME HOMELIKE Surround yourself with fine pictures of what- SOMETHING YOU'LL LIKE ever sentiment you fancy. Every picture we offer is a story in itself, Study them, Every month we are bringing out new subjects in photogravure or photogelatine, beautifully fin- ished on heavy art plate paper, Worth framing and keeping. Ask us to put you on our mailing list. Copyright, Judge Co., 19. TROUBLE SOMEWHERE By James Montgomery Flagg Photogravure 14x 19 PRICE ONE DOLLAR Send extra postage for foreign orders HANDLE WITH CAREL FOR THE CLUB MAN Copyright, Judge Co., 1904. ‘TWO FRIENDS OF THE MOON By Frank Snapp Photogravure 14x 18 PRICE ONE DOLLAR ORDER NOW ‘Copyright, Jodge Co., 1906 Address ‘THE WASP’S NEST. ESS . By James Montgomery Flagg S Picture Department, Judge Company By Sydney Adamson Photogravure 14x39 225 Fourth Avenue, New York PRICE ONE DOLLAR Trade supplied by Send extra postage for foreign orders Anderson Magasine Co., 32 Union Square, New York Add extra postage for foreign orders Photogravure 11x14 PRICE FIFTY CENTS comicbooks.com