Judge, 1917-01-20 · page 2 of 28
Judge — January 20, 1917 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily **a Columbia Records advertisement**, not political satire. It promotes recordings by Amelita Galli-Curci (a famous coloratura soprano), featuring her performing operatic arias including selections from Gounod's "Miracles" and Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor." The page advertises Columbia Records' exclusive arrangement with the Metropolitan Opera's "greatest coloratura soprano." The central image shows a woman in operatic costume (the "Lucia" reference), with smaller scene photographs above. The advertisement emphasizes Columbia Records' prestige by listing other famous opera singers they've recorded (Lazaro, Fremstad, Sembach, Bonci, Gates, Macbeth), positioning the records as "living reflections of the art of the greatest singers of opera." No political cartoon or satire is present on this page.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
As “Lucia” in Lucia di Lammermoor BARRIENTOS HE new-found treasure-voice of the Metropolitan Opera—the world’s greatest coloratura soprano—can now be heard on Columbia Records exc/usively. { All the exquisite art of Barrientos is reflected in her first Columbia recordings of “Silence O’er All” and the ‘‘Mad Scene” from ‘ Lucia,” and the “ Valse” from | Gounod’s ‘‘ Mireille.” Columbia Records are living reflections of the art of the greatest singers of opera. They have the voice, the interpretation, the personality of such world-famed artists as Lazaro, Fremstad, Sembach, Barrientos, Bonci, Gates, Macbeth. Hear these records at your dealer’s to-day and—you will have heard the artists themselves. “Hearing is believing!” New Columbia Records on sale the 20th of every month comicbooks.com