Judge, 1914-04-11 · page 2 of 24
Judge — April 11, 1914 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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This is primarily a **Milo cigarette advertisement** rather than political satire. The page's main cartoon depicts a man hanging from a noose in an elegant interior, with the caption "Christmas Eve?" and text below referencing "the PARIS EDITION of JUDGE—that's all," dated May 2, 1914. The joke appears to be a dark humor advertisement: the man's predicament humorously suggests that smoking Milo cigarettes is preferable to the alternatives suggested by his situation. It's employing macabre comedy to sell cigarettes—a marketing approach reflecting early 20th-century advertising's looser standards around taste and subject matter. The cartoon contains no identifiable political figures or social commentary beyond this morbid commercial humor.
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Office at New York as se ttail matter Catt, address'‘Judgark™ ) Telephotie 6652MadisonSonare Published weekly by the Lestie-. Judge Co.225 Fifth te new York Cit JokHA Steicher oe Reuben D. Steioher President Secretary Grant E Hasnitton ae — Siok TAWaldton aaa A.E.Roflater Treasurer Eattoe Vol. LXVI April 11, 1914 ic oO N T E N Cover Design: An American Greenback + Alfred E. Orr The Modern Babylon: New York as It Seems to an Out-of- Visitor . . . Forbell Editorials: Easter = The Dance . The Miraculous Hat . . George B. Morewosd Frivolity A : : «Berton Braley Wash Day. . . : Walt Mason Little Miss April . «Dixon Merritt Reflections from Miladi's “Meroe” . The Saving Grace ‘ F Chas. Campbell Jones The Amateur Farmer . . William S. Adkins Tips in the Mito The Easter Parade in Scripture : + Stuart B. Stone Yellore ‘Libel Box A Catechism . . : Ted Robinson Idle Conversation (Mlustration by Fellores) » J. A, Waldron Silhouettes. é ‘ . ‘ Homer Grey Easter “In Our Town” + Byron Williams JUDGE'S Motion Pictures: A Spring Day Incident: or, Easy Come, Easy Go. + George Carlson Easter Obligations =. . . Terrelt Lowe Holliday Peggy's April Bonnet =. : + Gordon Johnstone The Moderna Woman: Curbside Comments Oreola W. Haskell Suffrage Snapshots : : «Ida Husted Harper About Diamond Stars % 5 Ed A, Goewey Oversea Humor, Passing the Mustard, Stories with Smiles, With the College Wits, and Verse and Jest by JUDGE'S Humorists. The Comedy of Life in Pictures by Grant E. Hamilton, Emil Flohri, H. A. Petersen, Walt Kuhn, Charles Sarka, C. W. Kakles, Edrop, Zim, AL T. Merrick, Frank Godwin, A. Conway Peyton, Sinclair, Will Vancter, Charles H. Wright, Raymond Perry, Ro M. Wright, E. P. Upjohn, RK. M. Brinkerhoff, Barksdale Rogers, Ernest Olander, Pitt, Leonard P. Dowd, Schmidt, Barns, and others. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year, or 52 numbers : Six months, or 26 numbers Thirteen wee! Subseriptions payable in advance by draft on New York, or by express oF postal order, EUROPEAN AGENTS—Wm. Dawson & Son: Beildings, London, E. (~ England; Brentano's, Avenue de UOpera, Fa Street, Adelphi, London; 56 Rue de la Victoire, Paris; 1 Clara Str Subscriptions and advertising for all the publications of Le be taken at regular rates at any of the above offices. Contributors must include a stamped and self-addressed envelope with all manuscripts, otherwise return of the latter when found unavailable cannot be guaranteed. We receiva such material, submitted for publication, only on condition that we shall not be held re Christmas Eve? sponsible for its loss or injury while in our hands oF in transit. If Junce cannot be found at any news-stand, the publishers will be under obligations Oh, no; merely the lingerie, etc., of a lady if that fact be promptly reported on postal card or by letter. awho ts posing for one of our special artists BACK NUMBERS: Present year, 10 cents per copy; 1912, 10 cent; 1911, 20 cents, ete. at work on the PARIS EDITION of ‘The contents of JUDGE are protected by copyright in both the United States and Great - soaks Britain, JUDGE—that's all. Postage free in the United States, its dependencies, and Mexico. To Canadian Prot | ncea add GOcents a year for postage: to all foreign countries add $1.00 a year. L’edition Parisien Western Apvertisina Orrice: Marquette Building, Chicago, Il. WASHINGTON REPRESENTATIVE: Wyatt Building, Washington, D. C. de JUDGE paraitra 4Mal, tai LESLIE-JUDGE COMPANY TWO TWENTY-FIVE FIFTH AVE. NEW YORK In answering advertisements please mention JUDGE. It will be appreciated. comicbooks.com