Judge, 1913-12-20 · page 2 of 24
Judge — December 20, 1913 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **promotional material** for Judge magazine itself rather than political commentary. The left side features an **illustrated mascot character** (labeled "Judge") depicted as a jester or comic figure striking an energetic pose, accompanied by marketing copy describing the magazine as a source of humor and intellectual stimulation. The text humorously equates reading Judge with avoiding becoming a "mollusk" or "clam"—using the metaphor that regular exposure to the magazine's wit prevents mental stagnation. The right side contains a **table of contents** for this Christmas greeting issue and subscription information ($5/year for 52 issues). At the bottom, an advertisement mentions "the Automobile Number of JUDGE" arriving January 3rd. This is largely **advertising copy** promoting the magazine's value as entertainment and social commentary.
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JUDGE is a live wire that galvanizes the lazy microbes into red corpuscles and .sends a rejuvenating current of happiness through the system. With every subscription for JUDGE goes a certificate of intellectuality. The minute you subscribe, it is proof that you possess that saving sense of humor that distinguishes mankind from mollusks. A mollusk, you know, is a clam, and while a clam can never become a per- son, some persons become clams; that’s where the little bivalve has it on us a trifle. The only way to keep out of the clam class is to read the bright, scintillating pages of JUDGE regularly. All red-blooded, bright-minded people who begin reading JUDGE, keep it up as a mental stimulant; it’s the sort of relaxation one needs after a hard day's work and worry: Subscription $5.00 a Year—52_ Issues THREE FOR ONE Enclosed find One Dollar: Send me JUDGE for Three Months This coupon is intended for timid souls, who, having always made life a sad business, desire to tentatively dally with delight, Judge, 225 Fifth Avenue, New York za tight 1913.b4 Lesiie-J1 Cofutered at the Post. | Office at New Yorkas second S ttiail mattor Cane addtess‘Sudgark””) Telephotie 6632MadisotSonate | Published weekly by the Leslie Judge Co.22s Fifth tre New York City) | JohttA Steicher ‘ Reuben. Sleioter President f > a Secretary A.E.Rollater Treasurer Vol. LXV. | December 20, 1913 7 No. 167) CHRISTMAS GREETING NUMBER Cc oO N T E N T Ss F. L. Fithian Raymond C. Ewer Cover Design: “Glad Rags” JUDGE'S Revue of Christmas ‘ , Editorials: What Next? The Joyous Side Brief Decisions Santa and the Plutocrat . . . Terrell Lowe Holliday Christmas Etiquette F . Harvey Peale Willie's Favorite Christmas Present Walter G. Doty Egg View Notes . . . . « Latlie Van Every When the Perkins Family Did Not Celebrate Christ- mas . . . . . + Stella Miller Neal The Old and New Tom P. Morgan Lyman Powell J. A. Waldron Her Fatal Error I 1 Were Santa Claus A Christmas Litany ; ‘ Lexis Allen Why Christmas Makes Some Boys Queer Homer Croy JUDGE'S Motion Pictures: A Christmas Commotion George Carlion A Christmas Vision . J. J. O'Connell Christmas Among the Rich . F Ralph Lergengren The Modera Woman: Curbside Comments Oreola W, Haskell Suffrage Snapshots ‘; % * Ida Husted Harper With Foreign Funmakers, Passing the Mustard, With the College Wits, Stories with Smiles, Laugh Creators. Fun and Satire in Pictures by Wl’. Smithson Broadhead, L. Fellows, Zim, J. Conacher, Crawford Young, C. W. Kahles, Ralph Driggs, "e ALT. Merrick, Walt Kuhn, Ralph Larton, Ray Roku, Low GC. Barnes, and others, SUBSCRIPTION ES RAT : = 125 York, or by express or postal Bream's Buildings, Londo jarbach's News bxchan: 1 Clara Strasse, Main: . Subscriptions European A sland A when found unavailable eannot be guaranteed. itted for publication, only on condition that we shall not be held re joss or injury whilein our hands or in transit. fy zeannot be found at any news-stund, the publishers will be under obligates if that fact he promptly reported on postal card or by letter. RACK NUMBERS: Present year, 19 cents per copy ; 1812. 10 cents; 1911. 20 cents. ee. peiclhe contents of JUDGE are protected by copyright in both the United States and Great Britain, Postage free in the United States, its denendencies, and Mexico. To Canndian Pre incea add SO cents a year for postage: to all foreign countries add $1.00 a year. Western Apvertisinc Orrice: Marquette Building, Chicago, Ill. WASHINGTON REPRESENTATIVE: Wyatt Building, Washington, D.C. "THAT rumbling noise like distant thunder has nothing to do with the trouble in Mexico. It's the Automobile Number of JUDGE; on the way and coming fast. Due here January 3d. In answering advertisements please mention JUDGE. It will be appreciated. comicbooks.com