Judge, 1917-05-19 · page 2 of 32
Judge — May 19, 1917 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily a **paid advertisement** for Leslie's Motor Review, a trade publication launched by Leslie's Weekly magazine one year prior (around 1916). The left side features a photograph of early automobiles and horses with the tagline "THIS SPEAKS FOR ITSELF!" promoting the review's success: 15,000 automobile dealers now receive it. The ad emphasizes the publication contains valuable industry articles and technical content. The right side lists the magazine's **table of contents** for the May 19, 1917 issue—humorous pieces like "What Is a Tractor?" and "Does a Nameplate Mean Anything?"—establishing Judge's identity as a satirical publication. This is **commercial content rather than political satire**, documenting the early automotive industry's growth in America during World War I.
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THIS SPEAKS FOR ITSELF! LESLIE’S MOTOR REVIEW published by the Motor Department of Leslie's Weekly has completed its first year. It is a success. 15,000 of America’s leading automobile dealers are now receiving Leslie’s Motor Review. They tell us they enjoy it, that it contains some of the newsiest pictures and some of the best articles of interest to the dealer in automobiles and motor accessories that are printed anywhere. They write to H. W. Slauson, M. E., head of the Motor Department of Leslie’s Weekly, who edits the Review, expressing their appreciation of what he has accomplished. The April issue, the first anniversary number, con- tains, among others, the following articles: ‘““What Is a Tractor?” “‘Does a Nameplate Mean Anything?’”’ ‘““The View the Touring Car Driver Does Not See.” “The Army’s Seven League Boots.’’ “How the Automobile Has Helped the Flying Machine.”’ If you are a dealer a letter to us on your letter- head will secure the April issue free. LESLIE’S MOTOR REVIEW 25 FIFTH AVENUE NEW YORK CITY | Pretty Kitty udge | Vol. LXXII May 19, 1917 Now Has the Largest Cliculation of | Judge any Humorous Publication in America | Cc O N T E N T S Cover Design The Rubber Business JAMES MONTGOMERY FLAGG The Bum Note in the World's Orchestra (fall-pose Cartoon) - - - CHARLES SARKA Editorials: A Great Mistake—On Top Sixes and Sevens Getting Things Twisted - Drawn by CHESTER L. GARDE His Deduction - TOM P. MORGAN Getting Even - - Drawn by P. D. JOHNSON The Chauffeur TOD CHENEVIX | Getting the Sensation without the Expenses Drawn by A. S. DAGGY Upkeep Worse than the Initial Expenss (full-page drawing : Coaching from the Sidelines ORSON LOWELL LAWTON MACKALL. NATHAN M. LEVY Drawn by MACHEFERT DOUGLAS MALLOCH G. VERE TYLER S. E. KISER | Reason Enough With Caviar $1.50 per Portion The Notion Counter Modern Foes Of Course You Know That The Millennium WALT MASON Abundant Advice - - TOM P. MORGAN Indescribable - - LURANA SHELDON J. A. WALDRON Drawn by C. W. KAHLES CAROLYN WELLS Drawn by F. L. FITHIAN CHARLES L. FUNNELL Facing a Solution The Cabaret Strikes the Jungle At Washington University To My Fiancee Judge's Artistic Alphabet The Automobile How Life Looks to Onz The Romance of the Inarticulate Ad-| Man and the Skeptical Spinster MARSH K. POWERS A Fifty-Fifty Break - ALBERT E. HOYT The Town Clock - - W. E. NESOM The Pleasures of Travel PAULINE EGCLESTON MANDIGO To the Reader = - HAROLD SUSMAN Between Curtains CYRIL ANDREW The Modern Woman ANNA CADOGAN ETZ STUART W. KNIGHT HOMER CROY Judge's Foreign Humor. with the College Wits. Stories with Smiles, Passing the Mustard, and Jest and Verse by His Honor's Humorists Additional Drawings and Decorations by Zim, C. Bertram Hartman, Norman Anthony, To: sey, Westmacott. Lang, Miller, Flohri, Fellows. Chester L. Garde, J. K. Bryans, and others