Judge, 1911-11-04 · page 2 of 24
Judge — November 4, 1911 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising for Leslie's Illustrated Weekly**, a major American magazine founded in 1855. The left side features a promotional ad for a James Montgomery Flagg "Girl" illustration, using charged language ("irresistibly bewitching and tantalizingly beautiful") to entice male readers to mail $1.00 for the picture. The right side advertises Leslie's itself, emphasizing its long history and broad readership across generations. A baseball photograph (credited to Paul Thompson) appears as an example of the magazine's illustrated content. This is **not political satire** but rather period advertising reflecting early 20th-century marketing tactics: using attractive female imagery and appeals to masculine desire to drive subscriptions. The language and approach would be considered inappropriately gendered by modern standards.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
- You Can’t Resist Her You'll lose your heart to the James Montgomery Flagg GIRL Copyright. Judge So. 23 You can’t help it. She is the most irresistible, bewitching and tantalizingly beautiful picture girl going. She'll come to you in the next mail if YOU send $1.00 to LESLIE-JUDGE COMPANY 225 Fifth Avenue New York City -— Paul Thompsoa. You see as well as read what. is going on in the world in e > Leslie's @ |: ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY “ Read by your grandfather, read _ || ™ by your father, and read today by’ the progressive people of the present || « generation. Because since its inception in 1855, it has continued to be the best illustrated weekly newspaper in America. There's a copy on the newsstand for you now. Go, get it before it is sold. It won't be there long. | Or, better still, send $5.00 for the next 52 numbers to LESLIE-JUDGE COMPANY 225 Fifth Avenue New York City wien TRETZE RS USER RES ZF 38 s ¢ comicbooks.com