Judge, 1907-10-12 · page 15 of 16
Judge — October 12, 1907 — page 15: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and product promotion** rather than editorial cartoons. The main content includes: **Advertisements:** - Wharper chewing tobacco and Lucky Strike pipe tobacco - Sunny Brook whiskey, emphasizing the "Bottling in Bond Act"—federal legislation guaranteeing authentic, unadulterated spirits (a consumer protection against widespread whiskey fraud of that era) **Editorial Content:** Brief satirical verses mock American consumer culture: one quip notes Americans spend $60 million annually on chewing gum, leaving "wads stuck to the bottom of nearly every chair"; another jokes that women prefer brass "junk" jewelry to gold. **Judge's Quarterly Cover:** A portrait of a man in a wide-brimmed hat (identity unclear from image alone) sold on newsstands for 25 cents. **Quality Pictures Section:** Promotional material for James Montgomery Flagg illustrations available as photogravures. The page reflects early 1900s consumer advertising alongside light social satire about materialism and commercialism.
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THE CHEWING AGE. The American people spend sixty mil- lion dollars annually for chewing-gum. No wonder there is a wad stuck to the bottom of nearly every chair in the land. —Chicago Record-Herald. | QUITE so. Compared with gold, the ladies hold That brass is punk. But, gold or brass, the modish lass Must have her junk. -Courier-Fournal. | CURED by a secret proces “LUCKY STRIKE” has a fragrance and charm all its own. LUCKY STRIKE Sliced Plug Pipe Tobacco thas the largest sale in the world. It smokes cool to the end without waste, and does not How out of the bowl. For over fity years the name “ PATTERSON ™ on tobacco ‘has been a guarantee of high quality. Pocket Size, Tin Box, 10c, Every Tongue Sold by leading dealers | the public with a certain method of distinguishing REAL whiskey from adulterated or impure whiskies. Over the neck of each bot- tle of cf imutent, thea you KNOW that you are getting pure, natural whiskey, distilled, aged and metiowed tn the old Keatucky way. SOLD BY ALL FIRST-CLASS DEALERS, ONE WAY LEFT. Traveler— Can't you hurry that horse|I've tried everything ‘cept twistin’ his up a bit?" tail, an’ I'm savin’ that for the climb up Driver —«'Fraid I can't, stranger. | the school hill."—Chicago News. By James Montgomery Flag Pidtures By Jamet Montgomery Flagg Copyright, 1907, by Judge Co ANOTHER BRIDGE SCANDAL. Photogravure ia sepia, 14 x 19 75 cents Copyright, 1906, by Judge Co, “HOLDING HANDS Photogravure in sepia, 14 x 19 75 cents JUDGE COMPANY, 225 Fourth Avenue, New York comicbooks.com