Judge — November 3, 1917 — page 28: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is a **cigarette advertisement** for Murad, "the Turkish Cigarette," rather than political satire. The ad features silhouetted figures in what appears to be a Middle Eastern or exotic setting, with the tagline "Everywhere Why?" suggesting the cigarettes' widespread popularity. The lower right shows a Murad cigarette package alongside what appears to be S. Anargyros branding (likely the distributor). Text indicates packaging comes in "tens and twenties." The small print at bottom left credits "Anargyros" as "Makers of the Highest Grade Turkish Cigarettes in the World." This reflects early 20th-century advertising that marketed "Turkish" cigarettes as exotic luxury products, playing on orientalist imagery popular in that era.