Judge, 1913-08-30 · page 2 of 24
Judge — August 30, 1913 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising rather than political satire**. The main content promotes a colored illustration titled "A Spring Chicken" by James Montgomery Flagg, offered for 25 cents by Leslie-Judge Company. The illustration depicts a young woman in a bathing suit, styled to appeal to male readers of the era. The accompanying text uses the phrase "spring chicken"—a period expression meaning an attractive young woman—as a marketing hook, inviting readers to imagine the colored version and order it for their homes. The page demonstrates how early 20th-century magazines blended editorial content with advertising, using pin-up style artwork to drive subscriptions and merchandise sales. There is no apparent political or social satire here.
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Wtrzamoeny race (e) LastiejuucE co, A SPRING CHICKEN A SPRING CHICKEN By James Montgomery Flagg In Color, 9 x 12. Double Mounted on Heavy White Mat, 11 x It Twenty-five Cents A Spring Chicken We Simply Can’t Help Crowing About Her The above illustration gives you an idea of how nice she is, but the colored picture is a perfect peach. Just figure it out in your own mind—a red bathing cap, dark blue and white bathing suit, peaches and cream complexion, black eyes and hair—well, taken all in all, she’s a very attractive piece of femininity. beach? You no doubt would. Do you think you'd take a second look if you met her on the Here’s a chance for you. For 25 Cents We will send you this picture in full color, mounted for framing—just the thing for your den and you'll not find a more attractive picture for your bungalow. We have printed up a good supply, but the orders are coming in so rapidly that the first issue is already more than half gone. copy, you may be disappointed. - owns COUPON LESLIEJUDGE CO. 225 Fifth Avenue, New York 2Se Enclosed find { 2 for which please send me A Spring Chicken. A Spring Chicken and Catalog. If you send your order at once, we will fill it the same day. Order NOW before you forget it. 1 on India tint paper, will b i. If you delay sending for a The Judge Art Print Catalog, containing 62 repro- ductions in miniature, beautifully printed in sepia sent to you for 10c. It shows many pictures which will appeal to you. THE ATTACHED COUPON IS FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE Enclose stamps, money order or currency. Leslie-Judge Co. 225 Fifth Avenue New York In answering advertisements please mention JUDGE. It will Ju d ge Vol. LX _ August, 30, 1913. No, 163 Copyright 1913, by Leslie-Judge Company Entered at the Post-office at New secondla Cable address, “J ‘Teleph mee eset able ie “Judgark.” Telephone 6632 Published weekly by Leslie-Judge Company, Brunswick Building, 225 Fifth Avenue, New York, Washington Representative Wyatt Building, Washington, D.C. |Toha A. Steicher, President. Reuben P. Steicher, Se . E, Roflauer, Treasurer. pages Grant E. Hamilton, Art Director. J A. Waldron, Bday SMOKERS’ NUMBER Cover Design: Smoke . « M. East JUDGE'S Revue of Summer Editorials: Tobacco The Real Requirement Brief Decisions The Telepathic Miss Treacy . Tobacco . |. . When One Day. Smoke Up! F ‘ Smoke and Smoke .. Manana. wl . Pipe Dreams. « os The Human Lyre . ® . Watching Our Funny World Go By . The Eternal Boy . The Way of aWoman . . The Fllrtatious Cigarette JUDGE'S Motion Pictures: Some Things of Ioterest to Home Makers. eee 1 Care Not Kate Masteriea Geo. B. Moreweed Valentine Horell Lida Keck Wiggias W.J. Lampies Walt Mason George B. Staf 3. W. Parker Homer Cray J. A. Waldron Roy G. Booker Hubert Kotterman George Carlson A. Walter Urtirg Walter G. Dety Will Herbert Curbside Comments + Oreola W. Haskell Citizens with a Difference Elinor Byrns The Toiler’s Day ° ry Terrell Love Helliday With Foreign Funmakers, With the College Wits, Steries with Smiles, Passing the Mustard, and Up-todae Humor by JUDGE'S Jesters. The Fun and Satire of Life in Pictures by F. L. Fithiar, R. B. Fuller, E. C. Reid, H. A. Petersen, R. Vex Buren, Henkel, Ralph Barton, Sanford Tousey, W. Smithion Broadhead, Lou Rogers, Held, Charla H. Wright, Bryans, and others, SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Qne year, o 52 numbers - = = _ $$.09 Six months, or 26 numbers = = Thirteen weeks == Payable in advance by draft on oF postal ord: tents of JUDGE are protected by copyright is The coos the United States aaa Great Briain Eurorean AGENT?—Wm. Dawson & Sone, Ltd. Breas's Buildings, London, E.C., England; Brentano's, Avene ée VOpera, Paris; Saarbach’s News Exchange, 16 Jobn Stree, ‘Adelphi, London ; 66 Rue de la Victoire, Paris’; 1Clara tras, Mainz, Germany. Subscriptions and advertising for all the publications Leslie-Jadge Company will be taken at regular ratesst s2 the above '. Contributors must include @ stamped and velf-sddrese! envelope with all manuscripts, otherwise return of the lati when found ailable cannot be guaranteed. We receiw such material, submitted for publication, only on condite that we shall ‘not be held responsible for its loss or nies while in our hands or in transit If JUDGE cannot be found at any newsstand, the publishes will be wader obligations if that fact be promptly reported @ v eter. PSRACK NUMBERS: Present year, 10 cents per copy: 1 10 cents; 1911. 20 centa, ete. Postage free inthe United States, its dependencies s! Mexico. To Canadian Provinces add 6 cents a year for po age ; to all foreign countries add $1.00 a year. = es = 42S lew York, or by expen jer. Western Apvertisinc OFrice: Marquette Building, Chicago, IL LESLIE-JUDGE COMPANY 225 Fifth Avenue, New York City be appreciated. comicbooks.com