Judge, 1912-10-26 · page 19 of 24
Judge — October 26, 1912 — page 19: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertisements** interspersed with short prose pieces about small-town life. The left column contains sentimental vignettes about former neighbors—Arvilla Moone (now successful in poultry farming) and Minnie Simpson (now a school principal)—written to evoke nostalgia for a small hometown called "Windy Corners." The advertisements dominate: **Mennen's Shaving Cream** (center-left) uses a mock-scientific pitch about lather softening beards and protecting sensitive skin. **Pears' Soap** (center) promotes complexion care. **Kingsford's Corn Starch** (right, two ads) advertises both for pie-making and laundry use, with images of housewives. **The satire**: These ads represent the era's obsession with manufactured solutions to everyday problems—shaving, skincare, cooking, laundry—marketed through pseudoscience and appeals to respectability. The contrast between sincere small-town nostalgia and aggressive commercial messaging satirizes American consumer culture's encroachment on traditional life.
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of the prominent business women of Windy Corners. She owns a bakery and ice-cream parlor and is doing well. ‘Three of her sons are associated with her in the business and her three daughters all have good places as teachers, She thinks that her home town looks natural and says it seems nice to be here once And there was little freckle-faced und blue-eyed Arvilla Moone. You were wondering the other day what had be- foe of her. Now you know, for a late mr ilather issue of the “home paper’’ gave you this information in regard to Arvilla, : . , You had to help soften the beard by rubbing yao you once:numbered among sour inthelather. Neturally, your rubbing brought sweethearts: . . the blood to the surface, opened the pores and “Mrs. Arvilla Hickey, nee Arvilla made the skin very sensitive. That helped the Moone, is here on her way to Springfield, Sree caustic to get in its work and made the skin where she goes to exhibit at the poultry doubly sensitive. Under these conditions any show. Since leaving our village, Ar- razor will feel as though it were pull- villa has become one of the leading poul- ing the hair out instead of cutting it. try ladies of the county and has even ; : been called the poultry queen, because Mennen’ 's Shaving Cream of her success in both fancy and common pore: oye aig ap Das pen fof 2 ey poultry. She hatches only by incubators worked ap on the face. Redwoes shaving fo and has a record of 1,325 little chicks ao eperedione— lathering and shacing. 36 the Standaid sincsiia4a taken from an incubator at one time. Ast contains no free caustic, ra 4 . She took three first prizes at poultry there fee smarting, and you set = Delicious Home-made Pies with shows last year and is now acontributor For sale cvervuhere 266 y Perfect Crust and Tempting Filling. to the poultry literature of the day, an Sample Tube 4¢ P To make light, flaky and delicate crust use article of hers, entitled ‘Housing Hens,’ GERNARO MEXNEN CO.,. Newark, WJ. “Qrd part Kingsford’s Corn Starch instead of all having appeared lately in the Hen flour. Kingsford’s insures a fine pie crust Fanciers’ Journal, Her husband is a - —dry and tender even in wholesale egg shipper, so Arvilla al- ways has a market for eggs through her husband.” And you would never have been the middle-aged bachelor you are to-day if Minnie Simpson had said ‘tyes’ instead . : le penend wie extreme care abeokatety of ‘‘no"’ when you asked her to marry liveryone admires a clear Substitutes. | Kivgslord's costs Bo more. you, So many years ago that you do not . of oe Insist on it. ike to remember how many they are. |COMplexion. It’s an open| f Sead yout sume on a post card fot Cook juicy fruit pies. In prepar- ing the filling or custard use Kingstord's wherever your recipe calls for corn starch. In fact fot all cooking purvoses, Kingsford’s fs the core starch to ase in order to get the resolts you desire, Ibis the perfect corn starch— Book “U" that tells all about making Youlet the ‘home paper” fail from your |secret that Pears’ Soap has G) amemmatree|| pics and elves 168 recipes tor all kinds hands and sit staring long into the fire NeaRORD: ‘&30N in the silence of your room when you [brought the glow of health to} joi sueache Ser ees have read this about Minnie: ii 71 4 pn ————_—S aA YQ TT oar iss Minnie Simpson is now prin millions of fair faces. ‘Are You Sure that Your Laundress Uses clean pal of schools over in Waylandville. Sold in America and every other country. . Starch? Of course the clothes are thoroughly She lately finished teaching her fifty- washed—but it takes the pure natural lump fifth term and is counted one of the best teachers in the county. She has spoken N » before a number of county institutes and FE h Li k S . ‘wi GSFORDs is at work on a school text-book. She renc IC! prings oss is spending her vacation here with her father, Squire Simpson, one of the old- est and most honored residents of our Daily service from Pennsylvania [| STARCG H town.’” 4 Jew York , Fora moment there comes into your Station, New York, by to give results the careful, woman want-—clear toddle what you characterize later as white, efop clother—the Both the “fool idea’? of throwing a few things ae (ee that delights the eye of every itoyourgripandtightingoutforbace || The Pennsylvania Limited | 9 eres! tonewie” Frey tome’? and trying your luck again with Feel cate tasacd couse Minnie. But, then, she would never fit Lv.New York - = - 10.50A.M. See thatthe laundeess vies it oe into your *‘set,"’ and, hang it all! she Lv. Hudson Terminal - - — 10.50 A.M. and not one of the cheap woald probably say “‘no’” again, and Ar. French Lick Springs (next day) 1.10 P.M. starches containing impur- show her good sense by doing so. ities that spot or stain J. bs Horbour, . and spoil the good of ——————— Through sleeping cars to Indianapolis; the seashing 10 far Her Fighting Clothes.—A certain ma- parlor car Indianapolis to French Lick ort tron alludes to a certain gown of hers a Sold in tb, 2 1b, as her ‘quarrel dress.” Springs. and O1b baxer, «cl always wear it," she explains, T. Kingsford & Soo met have had a quarrel with my Returning, leave French Lick Springs eband.'* ‘ 5 P. » New York Bue why do ‘oul call 1€ i quarrel daily at 1.45 P.M. arrive New York dress?” 5.30 P. M. (next day) with like service. egestas it is the only gown q bare a * i - qoently I'don’t have to eail'on the old || PENNSYLVANIA R. R. aha” help me.’*—Lonisville Courier- In answering advertisements please mention JUDGE. It will be apprecia-od, comicbooks.com