Judge, 1908-04-25 · page 19 of 24
Judge — April 25, 1908 — page 19: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not political satire. It contains four product advertisements typical of early 20th-century magazines: 1. **Pears' Soap** (top left): Features a woman overlooking industrial harbor scenes, marketing soap as protecting women's health and happiness—reflecting Victorian gender ideology. 2. **El Príncipe de Gales Cigarettes** (top right): Cuban cigars advertised with tropical imagery, capitalizing on Cuban products' prestige before trade restrictions. 3. **General Compressed Air & Vacuum Machinery** (center): Promotes a cleaning machine as a money-making opportunity, targeting entrepreneurs. 4. **W. Harpe Whiskey & Underberg Bitters** (bottom): Spirits marketed for medicinal and digestive purposes, common before Prohibition restricted alcohol advertising. The ads reveal period attitudes: women as consumers needing protection, foreign luxury goods as desirable, and alcohol/tobacco as health products. No political cartoons or satire are present.
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El frincipe e ae Gales Cotlh Havana Cigarettes Do nut stain the fingers Just introduced —an immediate success. The most satisfying cigar- ettes in the world because made of the finest Cuban leaf—the same, in fact, that won for El Principe de Gales Cigars the title of “ King of Havana Cigars.” Ric Fo 1 pz, 10c per box of 10 fet (White) “EVERYWHERE” (Bae In Cedarwood boxes containing 50 for 50c, of 100 for $1.00. Also the large, new “King Edward” size, price 20 cents pet box of 10. If not on sale at your dealer's we will supply vou direct on receipt of price. HAVANA- AMERICAN COMPANY 111 Fifth Avenue, New York (Also makers of El Principe de Gales Havana Cigars) world’s most useful and 3 y valued ne- 3] protect our women and keep them jj happy ENTED SOAPS PEARS* OTTO OF ROSE IS THE BEST. The Man Who Owns a Mechanical Cleaning Wagon Makes Money. $3000.00 CAN BE MADE a General Compressed Air & Vacuum Machinery Company : The Mactone That Makes the Money. 4497 Olive Street, St. Louis, Mo. = aaa “ON EVERY TONGUE” The Best Whiskey For All ¢ , lM J] members of the family. Before a meal it i creates a keen appetite, and as a final “Liqueur” insures good digestion. “Always Uses the same,” after sixty years of merited and 7 ever increasing success, Once known it is kept handy for use by all SOLD BY LEADING 3 DEALERS "Betted only by H. Underberg. Albrecht, heiaberg Germany LUYTIES BROTHERS, 201 William Street, New York, Sole Agents. comicbooks.com