Judge, 1907-07-06 · page 15 of 16
Judge — July 6, 1907 — page 15: what you’re looking at
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This page mixes humor columns with advertising. The main cartoon content is "Freaks in Statuary"—a satirical anecdote about wealthy industrialists commissioning bizarre sculptural portraits. The joke critiques *nouveau riche* taste: a Western millionaire's wife demands her portrait bust include her spectacles (resting on the marble nose), and a Boston grandfather's statue shoots water from a plug hat into a basin of goldfish. The satire targets the uncouth aesthetic preferences of the newly rich, suggesting their wealth hasn't brought refinement. The page also features substantial advertising for Sunny Brook Whiskey, exploiting the Pure Food and Drug Act (passed 1906) by emphasizing government bottling supervision as a mark of quality—selling safety as luxury. Lower sections show unrelated photographic art pieces and product ads (Lucky Strike tobacco, foot powder). This reflects Judge's mixed editorial-advertising format typical of early 1900s magazines.
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FREAKS IN STATUARY. A sculptor was talking about freak statuary. “T turn out a lot of it,” he said. + Not that I like to. I have to. So many of our millionaires have uncouth tastes, “IL made last fall portrait busts of a Western millionaire and his wife. The 3 | wife wears spectacles, and nothing would foray pera [pied ene mr eye The Government of the U. s. eee ruth erenr in the millionaire’s spacious library to- is the only Govern , ment in the World that provides being favors. i is the famous | day, and spectacles rest on its nose. its citizens with a simple means of distinguishing “1 did last month a bust in colors, a between REAL (24 whiskey and imitations. Under LUCKY STRIKE § P's... 322%5, 8", Tv mate ar Bond Act, whiskey bottled un- Sliced Plug Pipe Tobacco ff | 2nd the'marblc lips and cheeks I flecked J i sor Government. Supervision Bae tt ees prise with red, ih hideous thing, yet the fam- RRS Bin BR acklaticachy batile sa does not bite the tongue. TS TRe Teakieat’ of ay trea iat “" Green Stamp on Sires wel gives a lone, col i freakiest of my freak statues ck. which is plainly stated gwect smoke, without waste. stands in a Boston garden. It is the > . Seer (een 07 exeenes pet crac’ S cicenmin Peckol okie thes bea; 10es statue of the owner's grandfather, an old A ge, gt ¢ Presbyterian divine, The aged man stands INBonD nd quantity of whiskey~ in the centre of a bed of jonquils, and out in the bottle. When your |of the top of his plug hat a jet of water health requires a stimulant, demand, Qs | spurts, falling into a marble basin that he holds in his hands, a basin wherein swim half a dozen goldfish. The idea of nh y roo treating one’s grandfather like that !"— Providence Journal, THE PURE FOOD HOW TO READ A BOOK. h e Lie on your back, on a table or smooth 1 Ss NY HENRY LINDENMEYR & 8ONS surface. Place fe ENTUCKY 3 your feet on the chande- DISTILLED IN 111 PAPEF R Le iencbedtacliy OUSE |iice, then holding the book in one hand, iieeeaceShsds pent Sl Mitr tak ov ws oun Paes TEARS eee, ee Wi Whe votber.—<Deiret? Glally aged ot adulterated In any way. SUNNY BROOK ts dsiieg scemially, ad News, matured thoroughly, ripened and flavored by age only, and bottled under the direct supervision of U.S. Internal Revenue Officers. It reaches the consumer with its high FOR _ » MEN OF GRAINS A FRESH CLERK. quality and soft. rich flavor fully preserved — a whiskey without an equal — the -. shelcest juct of Kentucky's greatest Distillery. Customer —" What have you got that's aan eres a strictly fresh 2” SOLD BY ALL FIRST-CLASS DEALERS. | Grocer—# One moment, please. Here, “MADE AT KEY WwesT— Johnny, wait on the lady."—Z£xchange. ALLEN’S FOOT-EASE re repre A Certain Cure for Tired, Hot, Aching Feet. itary’ GORNC PAD, 9 Sold by Druggists and Shoe Stores Everywhere, 26c. now. invention DO NOT ACCEPT A SUBSTITUTE. an eel By Anthony Guarino, Pictures for Natures Lovers After Charles M, Russell, Copyright, 1906, by Judge Co. THE POACHER Photogravure in sepia, 12 x 45. ents, Corr ws by Jadee Co a ae ae By James Montgomery Flage. Photogravare in green, 14 x 19 75 cents. By James Montgomery Flagg. Copyright, 1906, by Judge Co. A PEACE OFFERING Photogelatine in s ax 18, eMOne Dollar." Judge Company 225 Fourth Ave. New York Copyright, 1906, by Judge Co. 5 5 ae N Copyright, 1907, by Judge Co. THEIR HONEYMOON UP) IN THE ANOTHER BRIDGE SCANDAL Photogravare in sepia, 15 x 90. Photogravure in sepia, 14 x 19. of Ge Dollar. 75 cents, comicbooks.com