Judge — March 26, 1910 — page 3: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Judge Magazine: "Faster Number" Satire This page satirizes **cold storage** — a then-modern food preservation technology. "The National Cold Storage Humor Company" mock-advertises humorous anecdotes about old kitchen problems, presenting them as antiquated treasures now solved by cold storage. The central illustration shows a cylindrical storage container ("The Milestones") with radiating lines suggesting preservation or stasis. The satire mocks how businesses marketed new technologies by treating old domestic inconveniences as quaint historical curiosities. By framing outdated kitchen struggles as collectible humor from ancient times (Egyptian, Roman, medieval periods), Judge ridicules the commercial nostalgia and self-congratulation surrounding modern convenience innovations. The tone suggests skepticism toward corporate marketing that celebrates progress by trivializing past difficulties.