Judge — October 25, 1913 — page 1: what you’re looking at

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# "A Mug for Milk" - Judge Magazine, October 25, 1913 This is a product advertisement disguised as humor. The illustration shows a baby's face designed as a milk mug or drinking vessel, with an ornate bonnet and a surprised expression. A nursing bottle appears to the right. The title "A Mug for Milk" is a pun: "mug" can mean both a drinking cup and a face. The joke plays on the double meaning—the baby's face literally becomes the mug. This was likely advertising novelty dishware or promotional merchandise for dairy products, common in early 20th-century magazines. Judge used humor and visual puns to promote commercial products to its affluent readership. The exaggerated baby imagery and expression were typical of period advertising aesthetics, though such caricatured depictions would be considered crude today.