Judge, 1917-12-08 · page 2 of 28
Judge — December 8, 1917 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising for Leslie's Illustrated Weekly Newspaper** as a gift subscription. The left side promotes a year-long subscription for $5, emphasizing that Leslie's delivers "fresh and new each week" throughout the year. The right side is a **table of contents** listing various articles and illustrations from that issue. Notable pieces include war-related content ("World Power," "Another Air Raid Victim," "With the War Bill") and social commentary ("Mrs. Greytail in Business," "Why Not?"), reflecting concerns during America's involvement in World War I (1917). The masthead indicates this is **Volume LXXIII, No. 1917**, dated December 8, 1917. The page contains no visible political cartoons—it functions primarily as a sales pitch and editorial guide rather than satirical content.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
ae Pee OT TS | A Gift That is Fifty-Two— Merry Christmas SEP and ES * happy New Year The Leslie's Gift-Card Think of a present that ‘keeps coming” the whole year, fresh and new each week, a renewed reminder of the giver-- —that is what a gift-sub- scription to Leslie’s means America’s leading illustrated weekly newspaper that shows the news which the daily press can only hope to describe, this is what Leslie’s means and the service it brings to more than 450,000 good American homes | where it is read. You will find the most war-pictures, the best war- pictures, first, in Leslie’s. ha 9 Leslie’s Illustrated Weekly Newspaper 225 Fifth Avenue NEW YORK CITY For $5.00 and the coupon in the cor- ner, we will send Leslie’s for a year to the person you On morn- indicate. Christmas ing your friend will receive a taste- ful card _ stating that Leslie’s is coming as a gift from you. | LXXI ‘December 8, 1917 C ON TENT S Cover Design: The Pacifist - The Big Idea (Full page) - - Drawn by JAMES MONTGOMERY FLAC(| The Woman - WILL RANNEUS Editorial: Mr. Bryan's Adventure Element—Sixes and Sevens World Power Drawn by RODNEY THOMS\ Hands Off! Drawn by POWER O'MALLEY KENNETH L. ROBERTS TENNYSON J. DAFT TOM P. MORGAN GEORGE BINGHAY Scenery - - Their Criticism His Decision Banishing the Gloom - The Man Behind the Hun (Full page) - - - - Drawn by WALTER de MARIS Drawn by J. R. SHAVER Vanished from Our Sight - - - CYRIL B. EGAN Why Not? (Full page) Drawn by CARL ANDERSON Christmas Time WALT MASON Lines to the M. R. C. C. L. FUNNELL Patriots Mrs. Grylls in Business (Full page) - Drawn by RODNEY THOMSON Drawn by MARK FENDERSON Souvenir Spoons (Full page) Drawn by BARKSDALE ROGERS With the War Bill - - - Drawn by HENKEL Another Air Raid Victim (Double page) - - - Drawn by ROF SCHABELITZ CYRIL ANDREW No Man's Land Between Curtains - Smart Bits from Current Plays, With the College Wits, War Ca toons from Abroad, Contributors to JUDGE'S Trench Chris mas Fund, Jest and Verse by JUDGE'S Humorists. Other illustrations by Westmacott, Emil Flohri, C. F. Petes. and others. Judge ls printed by the Sehwelnler Press comicbooks.com