Judge, 1915-03-27 · page 23 of 24
Judge — March 27, 1915 — page 23: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, not satire. It promotes two classic authors through sentimental narratives. **The main content** features a short story premise (likely by O. Henry, given the headline): a poor, discouraged woman writing meal bills makes a clerical error that accidentally reunites her with a lost love—a farmer. The story illustrates O. Henry's signature theme of fate and redemption. **Below that** are advertisements for complete collections of both O. Henry and Rudyard Kipling stories, positioned as essential library items. The copy argues that Kipling's wartime relevance has elevated him to "greatest" status, capturing war's true spirit. Both authors are marketed as indispensable to any respectable home library. The page represents early 20th-century **book marketing disguised as editorial content**—a common Judge magazine practice. There is no political cartoon here; it's a sales pitch leveraging sentimental fiction and appeals to cultural aspiration.
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| #4 659 Pete GES eceke we - ml 74 | it yi \ 5B 6 MAO BRNO A22O OHO The Error That Saved the Day Imagine a dreary furmshed room—a discouraged girl writing bills of fare for her meals. Ina golden glow she saw the dandelions of last summer and the young farmer whom she had lost. No wonder she made the error, but it was a glorious error—it brought Walter to her again—and_ bap- piness. Tlow 4 Ask— O. HENRY Up—up—up—goes the sale of O. Henry, higher — pity and understanding, ‘The man on the street loves and higher every day. Long ago he reached h bove him; the university professor pays him homage. The all reeords in the world for the sale of short stories, And — sale of O. Henry will go on forever, for his is a quality still the sales climb until soon there will be no home at is undyin But the sale this low price must soon be tO, Henry. 1,200,000 already in the United So ‘now, while you can, get your set. You must How many thousands in Australia, France, ave O. Henry if your library is to be complete, You 7 land, Germany, Africa and Asia we cannot tell, And voust have O: Heary if youcare to. get out of Hie all 4 ; the beauty : . You can have his all because O. Henry is among the few very greatest in work 4 all literature; est in humor, human sympathy, in to be in time. And you can have—besides Kipling GIVEN AWAY Before the war started Kipling casily held the place as the first of living writ- ers. Now we know him to be greater than ever. For in his pages is the very spirit of war, stonly the spirit of English war, but the spirit of all war re- or flag,—the lust of fight, the grimness of death, and the 77, wage. ¥ * isdying today in the tres ; it s they were horn, nd “Gunda Din™ recalls the plain men in battle. ii Send the coupon without money and the two sets of It Costs Nothing to See Both Sets ,..5¢°1{°sciazes, will go. 0 yeu promatly, al charnes prepaid. If they are not the best you ever tad, if you do.not read them and reread them, send them back at our expense. If you are not proud to have them on your library shelves, send them back. But send the coupon today. It puts you under no obligation. It gives you no trouble. Send it today before the 7 , offer closes. REVIEW OF REVIEWS CO., 30 Irving Pl., New York or comicbooks.com