Judge — March 6, 1915 — page 2: what you’re looking at

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# Judge Magazine, March 6, 1915 This page consists primarily of a **Collier's magazine advertisement** (left side) promoting a serialized novel called "Open Market" by Josephine Daskam Bacon. The ad poses a rhetorical question to upper-class female readers: what would you do if suddenly impoverished? The right side shows **Judge magazine's masthead and contents page** for Vol. LXVIII, No. 1742. The contents list various satirical articles and illustrations typical of the era's humor magazine. The advertisement's central appeal is **class anxiety**—targeting wealthy women by imagining their worst fear: loss of wealth and social status. This reflects early 20th-century concerns about economic instability and the fragility of genteel society during the Progressive Era. The pitch emphasizes romance and drama as selling points for readers seeking escapist fiction.