Judge, 1915-11-20 · page 25 of 28
Judge — November 20, 1915 — page 25: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from *Judge* magazine is primarily **advertising**, with brief satirical jokes interspersed. The jokes are mild workplace and domestic humor typical of early 20th-century American satire. They include: a teacher's riddle about Adam and the Ten Commandments; a woman choosing one suitor over another based on temperature preferences; an employee caught playing hooky at the races; and marital banter about a wife's knowledge of her husband's cowardice. The advertisements dominate the page, hawking products like Chartreuse liqueur, diamonds, correspondence schools for cartooning, and a newspaper clipping service (Romeike's). One ad explicitly warns readers against responding to similar ads without cartooning talent. The satire is gentle, reflecting middle-class anxieties about work, courtship, and domestic life—nothing explicitly political. The page represents *Judge*'s primary function: selling advertising space to affluent readers while providing light entertainment.
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