Judge, 1914-01-31 · page 2 of 24
Judge — January 31, 1914 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
The main cartoon shows two men in conversation. The caption reads: "Medium—And you are a member of the judiciary? / Jones—Well, I subscribe to JUDGE, if that's what you mean." **The joke:** A "medium" (spiritualist) is consulting with a man named Jones, asking if he's a member of the judiciary (courts/legal profession). Jones misinterprets the question, thinking the medium is asking if he subscribes to *Judge* magazine—playing on the double meaning of "judiciary" versus "Judge" (the publication). This is self-promotional advertising humor, using wordplay to humorously suggest that reading *Judge* is equivalent to being legally informed or sophisticated. The cartoon appears on a subscription advertisement page encouraging readers to subscribe.
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Medium—And you are a member of the judiciary ? Jones—Well, I subscribe to JUDGE, if that’s what you mean Foretelling the future is no longer a lawful business, except for the Weather Man; but if you will send One Dollar to JUDGE, 225 Fifth Avenue, New York, you will receive pleasant news for three months, and care and sorrow will be banished from your house. If you will send Five Dollars to the same address, the aforesaid fortuitous period will be extended over a season of fifty-two weeks, When in trouble, consult JUDGE, the happy medium THREE FOR ONE Send me JUDGE for Three Months Enclosed find One Dollar Judge, 225 Fifth Ave., New York Judge 225 Ave New Fifth) nue York} Office at New York as Ue that fact be promptly reported on postal card or by letter. BAI tttered at the Posi. ttail matter, Y") Telephotie 6632 Madison Sonate by the Lestie-Judge Co.225 Fifth ty Now York cage address’ Jt Published weeks Vol. LXVI. January 31, 1914 N Emil Flohri H. G. Peters Cc O N T E Cover Design: What the Doctor Ordered Her Only Interest . é A Editorials: = Censorship A Fashion Note Brief Decisions ‘ : : The Bridle in the Shucks . . Reading a Magazine . ‘ Wisdom . . Always Hanging Around 5 It Takes a True Artist To: A Little Essay on Our Quee The Germ Cop Understanding a Woman . . F The Joys of Patagonia (I/ustration by Fellows) JUDGE'S Motion Pictures: A Boarding-house Eplsode ‘ ‘ George Carlson A Sport » » Zim The Garden of Love Stuart B, Stone Recipe . . . . falentine Horwell Snap Judgments . . . : Watching Our Funny World Go By . . The Modern Woman: Suffrage Snapshots . Curbside Comment . . . The Mother Habit In Politics . . Passing the Mustard, With the College Wits, Stories with Smiles, Shear Steal, Oversea Humor, and Jest and Verse by JUDGE'S Humorists, John H. Crain Walter G. Doty Chas. Campbell Jera Eleanor Piatt Kearny Geo. B. Morerwoed William J. Lamptes Don Augur Terrell Lowe Helliday J. A. Waldron English Homer Croy Ida Husted Harper Oreola W. Haskell Lou Rogers Pictorial Amusement by Grant E. Hamilton, H. A. Petersen, Charles H. Wright, Edrop, Walt Kuhn, Ray Rohn, Henkel, Clarence Row, R. B. Fuller, Eddy, A. Weil, Sanford Tousey, Monica Mayell, C. F. Peters, Broadhead, Frank Gedrwin, Lou Rogers, R. M. Wright, RE. Washburne, and others. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year, or 62 numbers : - Six monthe, or 26 numbers . . Thirteen weeks . . < Subseriptions payable in advance by draft on New York, or by Eunorean A Wm. Dawson & Sons, Bream's Bu England ; Street, Adelphi, London; 55 Rue de la Victoire, ‘Subseriptions and advertising for all the publications of Les! be taken at regular rates at any of the above tors must include @ stamped If-addressed envelope with all manuserya) urn of the latter when found unavailable cannot be guaranteed. We ret 1, submitted for publication. only on condition {hat we shall not be beld »| sible for its loss or injury while in our hands or in transit. If JupGe eannot be found at any news-stand, the publishers will be under obliga) reas or postal erie dings, London, BC NUMBERS: Present year, 10 cents per copy ; 1912, 10 cents; ‘ed_by copyright in both the United States and Britain. Postage free in the United States, its dependencies, and Mexico. To Canadian Pr inces add cents a year for postage; to all foreign countries add $1.00 a year. ‘The contents of JUDGE are protect Western Apventisina Orrice: Marquette Building, Chicago. Il, WASHINGTON REPRESENTATIVE: Wyatt Building, Washington, D. C. LESLIE -JUDGE COMPANY TWO TWENTY-FIVE FIFTH AVENUE, N.\: In answering advertisements please mention JUDGE. It will be appreciated. comicbooks.com