Judge, 1914-08-15 · page 2 of 24
Judge — August 15, 1914 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising content**, not political satire. The Leslie-Judge Company promotes a "Poster-Stamp Collecting" fad popular in Europe at the time—small decorative stamps featuring artwork, advertisements, and fairy tales. The advertisement includes sample stamp images arranged vertically, showing various illustrated scenes. The company offers collections of these stamps at 25¢, plus a stamp album for collectors. The only contextual note: this August 1914 issue was published just as **World War I began in Europe**. The ads mention European origins of the fad and reference "Views of Europe," though there's no explicit war commentary visible on this particular page. The content reflects ordinary American commercial interests during the war's opening weeks.
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Begin Your Poster-Stamp Collection! The new fad—Poster-Stamp Collecting—is all the rage in Europe. It is an educational delight with all the charm of novelty, and none of the frivolity attached to the average craze. Old and young will find both knowledge and amusement in Poster-Stamp collecting because it opens an avenue of instruction in art, printing, color and advertising. Here is your opportunity to start a collec- tion. Read the editorial in this number and learn how the Germans have developed the fad. Special Offer 60 FAIRY TALES STAMPS 5c (12 sets of 5 different Stamps) 37 TRAVEL STAMPS. . . 5c (Views of Europe) 62 ADVERTISING STAMPS 5c (American and European) 15 ADVERTISING STAMPS 5c (Kare Subjects) 1 STAMP ALBUM oth 5c 84x Extra Special Offer With each order for 25c or over we 15 will send the STAMP ALBUM for LOC ‘The Coupon is attached for your convenience. Leslie-Judge Company 225 Fifth Avenue New York COUPON LESLIE-JUDGE COMPANY, 25 Filth Avenue, New York. Enclosed find .........0eeeeeeeeeneeseee Judge | Vol. LXVII August 15, 1914 No. 1713 Copyright 1914, by Leslie-Judge Compas: Entered at the Post-office at New York e matter.) eO8M-class mag Cable address, “Judgark.” Telephone 6632 Mad; S Published weekly by Leslie-Judge Comper Brunswick Duilding, 225 Fifth Avenue, New York, Ww. ton Representative Wyatt Building, Washington, D.C. | Joba A. Steicher, Preside Reuben P. Sleicher, See | . E, Roflauer, Treasurer, ents Grant E, Hamilton, Act Director. J. A. Waldron, Eder CONTENTS Cover Design: Summering Psy- chologically . J. Mom | JUDGE Investigates Pleaics and eomey Pl Week-ends . Editorials: = ** Take It Lack" Naval Courtesy Optimism a la Boston The Amateur Woodsman =. Douglas Mallech Abroad oa Midsummer Eve Geo. B. Morewoed The Fan . . + J. A. Waldron Summery Proceedings . Frederick Moxon The Borrower . Walt Mason Flippant Philosophy * Peter Pry Shevlin The Revised Version + Roy O. Randalt From a Jester's Notebook Horace Doda Gastit JUDGE'S Motion Pictures: A Fortune on the Half Shell George Carlson | The Complaining Wheel + William John Hoplias JUDGE'S Series of Picturesque Dances: The Minuet . Charles Sarka A Discouraging Theory . Max Merrymax The Modern Woman: Curbside Comments . + Oreola W. Hastelt Suffrage Soapshots . Ida Husted Harper From a Sinner’s Diary + Lynette Freemire About Diamond Stars . Ed A. Goewey |Snap Judgments. + Maurice Scwitzer With Foreign Funmakers, Passing the Mustard, Sterics | with Smiles, With the College Wits, and Jest axé | Verse by JUDGE'S Staff. The Humor and Satire of Life in Pictures by GrastE Hamilton, Emil Flohri, H. A. Petersen, Zim, W. Smithson Broadhead, Barksdale Rogers, Arthr Lexis, J. Conacher, Ralph Barton, C. H. Ferkdl, Donald McKee, Craruford Young, C. W. Kahlo, G. B. Inwood, Otto Schmidt, Ray Rohn, Ray Vex Buren, A. T. Merrick, Lou Rogers, and others. Frank Godwin SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One year, or $2 numbers - = = $§.00 Six months, or26numbers = == 2 Thirteen weeks ee Payable in advance by draft on New York, or by expres or postal order. The contents of JUDGE are protected by copyrieht it «conser he United States dad Great Brtala: & Sons, Ltd., Brew : x irentano'a, Aree TOperas Paria; Saar Adelphi, London 8 ued av Mi emmany Subscriptions and advertising for all the publicatkes ¢ Leslie-Judge Company will be taken at regular ratesat any@ the above offices. hen found una\ " pueh ial, submitted for publication, only on condite "not be held responsible for its lors or inje It Suber cannot be found ats stand, the publishers UDGE cannot be found at any news-stand, will be under obligations if that fact be promptly repertel postal card or by letter. - {BACK NUMBERS : "Present year, 10 cents per er: cents; 1912, 20 cents, ete. Postage free in the United States, Its dependencies sof Mexico. To Canadian Provinces add 60 cents a yea: for 9 age; toall forcign countries add $1.00 a year. WESTERN ADVERTISING OFFICE: Marquette Building, Chicago, Ill comicbooks.com