Judge — March 25, 1911 — page 30: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is a vintage advertisement for "Red Raven," a patent medicine priced at 15 cents. The cartoon depicts a hungover man (with a bandaged head, suggesting a headache) sitting at a table with playing cards and a glass, accompanied by a raven perched nearby. The ad's text promises the product "clears the head, puts you right so you can do your work and the old man won't kick everywhere." This satirizes common hangover remedies of the era while making a dark joke: the raven suggests the man has overindulged, and the reference to "the old man" kicking implies domestic abuse—presented here as an inevitable consequence of drinking that Red Raven supposedly prevents. The title "The Morning After" reinforces the hangover scenario.