Judge, 1912-05-04 · page 18 of 23
Judge — May 4, 1912 — page 18: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and humor content**, not political satire. The main features are: 1. **"The First National Bank" print**: A James Montgomery Flagg illustration sold by Leslie-Judge Company for 25 cents—a commercial reproduction offer, not satire. 2. **Liquor advertisements**: Old Overholt Rye and Club Cocktail ads emphasizing age and quality (typical Prohibition-era advertising, though the date is unclear from this page alone). 3. **"With Judge's Jesters" by Harvey Peake**: A humorous biographical sketch about a struggling limerick writer who eventually finds success publishing in *Judge* magazine itself. The cartoon shows Peake submitting work and later celebrating acceptance. It's self-promotional humor—*Judge* jokingly credits itself for discovering this writer's talent. The page reflects early 20th-century magazine culture: commercial art reproduction, liquor marketing, and light satirical humor about the publishing industry itself.
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The First National Bank For Sale, 25c. Copyright Judee Send Now. An artist’s color proof of this attractive picture, by James Montgomery Flagg, may be had while they last for 25c. Every color tone is brought out to its full value, on heavy enameled - coated paper, mounted on brown linen finish cover stock. You'll want to frame this picture. You can’t resist — it. It’s the kind of picture you'll want to hang on your wall. Send 25c. with this coupon now, Leslie-Judge Company 225 Fifth Avenue New York Trade supplied by Close, Graham & Scully, N.Y COUPON LESLIE-JUDGE CO., ifth Ave., New York, 1 me Th irst s jonal Bank in colors for 25c., stamps enclosed. Name Address As Rich in Javor as in Years Overholt Rye ** Same for 100 years"* Bottled in bond and aged in the wood. A delicious, pure, mellow whiskey of exquisite aroma and full, rich body. for good old Overholt—and ge! A. Overholt & Co. Pitteburgh, Pa. There’s just the difference be- tween a raw, poorly made Cock- tail and a Club Cocktail that there is between a raw, new Whiskey and a soft old one. The best of ingredients—the most accurate blending cannot give the softness and mel- lowness that age imparts. Club Cocktails are aged in wood before bottling—and no freshly made Cocktail can be as good. tint and other bottled, ready throagh eracked ice. Refuse Substitutes AT ALL DEALERS G.F. HEUBLEIN & BRO., Sole P: ‘Hartford New York ” London mum With Judge's Jesters. HARVEY PEAKE. WHEN he was a youth, the limerick was in full favor. He became so infatuated with this standard of humor that he decided to make his living writ. ing them. He wrote the first one with e. Then he wrote another and another, and kept at it until he had completed about a barrel. After he had laid in his stock, he went out after business. Inside of four weeks he had distributed them to the various magazines. Inside of another four weeks they were all back. His living did not seem assured. He was disheartened, but not crushed. He tried again. Same result. As he HARVEY PEAKE IN ACTION. believed the limerick to be the most ex- alted form of humor, he tried nothing else. After repeated efforts and the ex- penditure of a smull fortune in postage, an acceptance came from JupGE. When that limerick was published, he cut it out and pasted it in a very large scrapbook that was to hold his future contributions to the joy of nations. It became very lonesome, poor thing, and, whenever he opened the big book to gloat over it, would regard him with disgust. It was probably six months before he was enabled to provide a com- panion for it. It took a number of years to fill that big book, but it was accomplished at last, as were several others, And with the aid of Jupcr and other wide-awake journals, he says he hopes to fill several more. Every lover of a good cocktail should call for Abbott's Bitters. Makes the best. C. W. Abbott & Co., Baltimore, Md. In answering advertisements please mention JUDGE. It will be appreciated. comicbooks.com