Judge, 1913-09-06 · page 2 of 24
Judge — September 6, 1913 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily an **advertisement for a colored illustration**, not political satire. The main image shows a young woman in a bathing suit standing on a pedestal, labeled "A Spring Chicken." The accompanying text explains this is a "colored picture" available for 25 cents, mounted and ready for framing. The phrase "spring chicken" was (and remains) slang for an attractive young woman or newcomer. The advertisement emphasizes the illustration's appeal—"peaches and cream complexion, black eyes and hair"—and markets it as suitable home decoration. This reflects early 1900s aesthetic tastes and the commercial illustration industry. The coupon below allows readers to order the print.
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= <A SPRING CHICKEN | weremeroaen vac (€) EestinjuvGR ©. A SPRING CHICKEN By James Montgomery Flagg In Color, 9x 12. Double Mounted on Heavy White Mat, Il x 1 || address‘Su 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. Do you think you'd take a second look if you met her on the beach? You no doubt would. 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. If you send your order at once, we will fill it the same day. If you delay sending for a eopy, you may be disappointed. Order NOW before you forget it. ~ COUPON - LESLIE-JUDGE CO. 225 Fifth Avenue, New York § 25¢ | for which please Enclosed find 7 350 f send me {4 Spring Chieken: A Spring Chicken and Catalog. The Judge Art Print Catalog, containing 62 | reproductions in miniature, be | pointed in Sepia on India tint paper, will be sent to you for loc. It shows many pict ures which will appeal to you. The Attached Coupon is For Your Convenience. Enclose Stamps, Money Order Address. or Currency. Leslie-Judge Co., 225 5th Ave., New York’ ice ei New York as tail matter, tnatter.Catle Telephone 6632Madisot Sonate Published weekly’ by the Lestie Judge Co.22s Fifth tv Now York cae Jott A Steicher President || Grant E Hamiiton Art Direct rer A. E.Rollater Treasurer Vol. LXV. ~ September 6, 1913 Cc oO N T E Cover Design: A College Bull . . JUDGE'S Revue of the Zoo. . . Editorials: Distinction Progress “* What's ina Name?" — Brief Decisions Sweet Sympathy ; r . ‘ The Slender Maiden 3 . . Reno-vated Proverbs Reassuring . . . Method i Their Madness . . : Eating In a Dining Car An Exceptional Case (J/lustration by Felloces) Every-day Philosophy i 3 P To Date . Then and Now . . . . . Genealogical * . JUDGE'S Motion Pictures: Parted at the Altar The Modern Woman: Curbside Comments . The Road of Progress ° . Birth of the Woman's Club . The Weather . . . . Little Conversations =. Horace Dodd Gastu Laughs from Other Lands, Stories with Smiles, With the College Wits, Passing the Mustard, Trimmings, and Bits of Joy in Prose and Verse by JUDGE'S Jesters. The Humor of Life in Pictures by W. Smithson Broadhead, Charles H. Wright, Zim, F. L. Fithian, W. O. Wilson, Talbot Perry, H. A. Petersen, Sanford Tousey, F. L. Packer, Arthur E. Jameson, Low Rogers, Ben Kidder, Art Young, H. C. Geiger, and others. SUBS CREPT LON RATES One year, Six mont Thirteen weeks Subscriptions payable in advance by draft on New York, or by express or postal er. European AGENTS—Wm. Darson & Sons, Ltd., Bream's Buildings, London, B.C, Eaoland; Brentano's, Avenue de UOpera. Paria; Saarbach's, News Exchange, it Jd 16 Jobe Street, Adelphi, London; $6 Rue de la Victoire, Furia; 1 Clara Strasse, Suiscrintions and advertising. for all the publications of Leslie-Judee “Gompeny wil be taken at regular rates at any of the above Contributors must include @ stamped and self-addressed envelope with all mancxeriot, otherwise return of the latter when found unavailable cannot be guaranteed. We receive such material, submitted for publication, only oa condition that hall not be beld re sponsible for its lose or injury while in our hands or in transit. if JuocE cannot be found at any news-stand, the publishers will be under eblestina if that fact be promptly reported on postal card or by letter. BACK NUMBERS: Present year, 10 cents per copy ; 1912, 10 cents; 1911, 20 cents, #. The contents of Jupce are protected by copyright in both the United States and Grat Britain. Postage free in the United States, its dependencies, and Mexico, To Canadian inces add SO cents a year for postage; to all foreign countries add $1.00 a year. Marquette Building, Chicago, IIL Wratt Building, Washington, D.C N Carter Housh H. G. Peters Terrell Love Holliday Grace McKinstry Corsiys Wells Blakeney Gra Tom P. ‘Morgan Homer Cro J. A. Waldron Will S. Gidley Lurana Sheldon Wilbur D. Nesbit McLandburgh Wilson George Carlin Oreola W. Haskell Elinor Byrns Lida Keck Wiggins Pron Western Apventisina Orrice: WASHINGTON REPRESENTA’ THE CLUB NUMBER OF JUDGE OUT SEPTEMBER TWENTIETH Ten cents At All Newsdealers In answering advertisements please mention JUDGE. It will be appreciated. comicbooks.com