Judge, 1910-11-12 · page 20 of 24
Judge — November 12, 1910 — page 20: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily an **advertisement**, not a cartoon with satirical content. It promotes the Leslie-Judge Company's picture catalog featuring artwork by Penrhyn Stanlaws, a popular illustrator of the era. The "Pretty Girls for Presents" offers decorative prints of attractive young women engaged in fashionable activities—yachting, bicycling, horseback riding, and football. These were marketed as affordable gift options (10 cents for the catalog, prints starting at 10 cents) suitable for birthdays, weddings, and Christmas. The single illustrated example shown is "The Football Girl," depicting a young woman in athletic attire—likely referencing the 1920s-era cultural phenomenon of women's increasing participation in sports and more active lifestyles. This represents a modest social commentary: the advertisement capitalizes on evolving attitudes toward women's independence and modern activities, positioning these images as contemporary and desirable. The appeal emphasizes scarcity ("limited supply") to drive sales—a standard advertising tactic.
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Pretty Girls for Presents 1 CENTS and upward presents is solved as soon as you have a copy of the Leslie-Judge picture catalogue. The highest-priced artists in the world draw for Leslie’s Weekly and Judge. The choicest of their work, carefully engraved and beautifully printed for framing, is listed in the handsome illustrated catalogue of our picture department. A beautiful picture of a pretty girl by Penrhyn Stanlaws, 10!x 14 in size, is sent without charge to every purchaser of a catalogue. The price of the latter is ten cents, sufficient to cover cost of production and postage. Send ten cents in stamps or coin and receive this handsome illustrated catalogue of striking pictures and, without further charge, a Stanlaws draw- ing, making your choice from the following list. r | NHE question of what to give as birthday, wedding and Christmas “The Breezy Yachting | YR ‘““The Dashing Bicycle Girl" | A Girl” “The Football Girl” | p 4 | ““The Horsy Girl’’ THE FOOTBALL GIRL You get a picture for nothing and the catalogue costs only ten cents. Only a limited supply of these Stanlaws pictures left. Send your order quick before the supply is exhausted and an opportunity lost. LESLIE-JUDGE COMPANY 225 Fifth Avenue New York Trade Supplied by the W. R. ANDERSON CO., 32 Union Square, New York In answering advertisements please mention JUDGE. It will be appreciated. comicbooksicom