Judge, 1910-11-05 · page 2 of 24
Judge — November 5, 1910 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not satire. It celebrates Judge magazine's 29th anniversary with a promotional offer. The central image shows **Lady Justice** (blindfolded figure with scales and sword), representing the magazine's name and authority. A small cartoon figure on the left appears to be a jester or comic character, reinforcing Judge's identity as a humor publication. The text announces a birthday promotional deal: customers ordering engravings/illustrations worth $2.00 or more receive a free picture called "Say When" (normally 50 cents). This offer exploits an engraver's overrun to benefit customers during the magazine's anniversary celebration. The advertisement pitches Judge as containing quality comics and illustrations appealing to all ages, encouraging orders for gifts while stock lasts.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
HE National Weekly Magazine of fun is 29 years old. As long as it has lived, Jdge has always contained comics and beautiful illustrations of more serious nature under cap- tions which appeal to everyone, young or old. We have handsome engravings of many of the finest and most original and ‘striking illustrations to sell. Our engraver printed more of one subject than we ordered which gives us an opportunity to make a birthday offer in behalf of Judge. With every order for pictures selected from our catalogue amounting to $2.00 or over, we will send free of charge the popular pic- ture “Say When,” listed in the catalogue at 50 cents. This offer holds good only until the over-run from the engraver is used up. You can use “Say When” and all the other pictures in the catalogue for wedding, birthday and Christmas presents. Take advantage of this opportunity now, before it is too late. If you haven't a catalogue, we will send one to you, from which to .make up your order, upon receipt of ten cents. LESLIE-JUDGE COMPANY 225 Fifth Avenue, New York. comicbooks.com