Judge, 1911-10-21 · page 2 of 24
Judge — October 21, 1911 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising with one satirical comic strip**. The three-panel comic titled "An Up-to-date Hold-up" depicts an aerial comedy scenario. A figure in what appears to be an early airplane encounters another person, with captions suggesting a robbery or confrontation ("Post up here, Mr. Birdman, or we'll smash your machine"; "Just a moment, please"; "Well, gentlemen, how do you like the cyclone?"). The humor likely plays on the novelty of early aviation technology and the absurdity of attempting a robbery at altitude, though the specific satirical target is unclear without additional context. The advertisements dominate the page, promoting champagne, beer, and a photography book "Around the World with a Camera," emphasizing leisure and consumption typical of early 20th-century American magazines.
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A Connoisseur will tell you that the deli- cious flavor and boguet of IMPERIAL A Extra Dry \Champagn GOOD OLD vale Htock THE FINEST BEER EVER BREWED The most popular bottled beer in all localities where it is sold. Ask for a bottle and get the reason. Order acase for the home. Ash for it at the Club, Cafe or Buffet Insist on Blatz. Correavone dence inyitec' divect. An Up-to-date Hold-up. An Aerial Comedy in Three Acts. Pads—" PONY UP HERE, MR. BIRDMAN, OR WE'LL SMASH YOUR MACHINE” m. Aviator—" WRLL, GENTLEMEN, HOW DO YOU LIKE THE CYCLONE?” In answering advertisements please mention JUDGE. It will be enprociated. “The most notable book of photographic reproduetions ever issued in this country ~GEORGE G ROCK Woop, the Famous American Photographer. J AROUND THE & WORLD WITH A_ HE camera tells the truth. No book of travel ever published contains so much valuable informa- tion as this beautiful and copiously illustrated book. The reason for this is that the publishers have let the camera in- stead of the pen tell the story. What would take page after page of de- scriptive matter can be told by one picture, occupying but small space. At present there is spreading a movement all over the United States, a movement that has for its motto \“See America First.” Bearing this fact in mind, the publishers have |given much space to the sights and wonders—unequaled by any other countaydound in this glorious land of ours. The book shows one how jthe camera catches the leading news jand events. It takes you to great fires, shipwrecks, conventions, dis- asters, in fact, wherever the news- | papers send their reporters. One of the great attractions in this ;volume is the trip which it enables Jone to take with the fleet in its spec- |tacular voyage around the world. | The publishers have reason to be- las [ lieve this superb work—the first of jits kind ever undertaken in the United States—will be warmly wel- comed by the American public. ' Superbly bound in dark green cloth, gold top, SIZE, 102 x 16 INCHES Price, $5.00 REMIT TO Leslie-Judge Co. | 225 Fifth Ave., New York City comicbooks.com