Judge, 1918-08-31 · page 31 of 32
Judge — August 31, 1918 — page 31: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising for a book series**, not political satire. The upper portion contains a moralistic narrative about a man and woman whose relationship violated "honor and trust," illustrated with period engravings. The text poses a rhetorical question about whether passion justified moral transgression—a common Victorian melodrama theme. The bulk of the page advertises the "Immortal Edition of Famous Characters of History," a 16-volume set published by Brunswick Subscription Company. It lists historical figures (Julius Caesar, Cleopatra, Peter the Great, Napoleon, Mary Queen of Scots, etc.) with brief descriptions emphasizing their dramatic lives and moral lessons. The framing text argues that studying history through these biographical narratives teaches valuable character lessons—contrasting "sophists, economists, calculators" with the "lofty traits of character" displayed by historical figures. The advertising copy positions the books as morally edifying for the home during WWI-era America.
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ies August 31, 1918 ‘WAS IT WORTH THE PRICE? totters on its throne, Morality shitnke aghast! Was it worth all that this man and woman paid as the awful price of outraged honor and violated trust? Let all who would tread the primrose path first read and ponder. Is history after all, as reflected in the lives of those who have helped make it—as Voltaire cynically observes— litle else than a picture of human crimes, follies and misfortunes? A Wi; He called her nchanting Queen,” “Witch,” “Great Fairy,” “Serpent of Old Nile,” “Thou Potent Charm.” She dazzled his faculties, bewildered his judgment, bewitched his fancy with her gypsy sorcery and Oriental voluptuousness. We read it all with a kind of fascina- tion. against ‘which ‘our ‘moral sense rebels, but from which there is no es- cape—but this is only one of the many marvelous and true stories told in the 16 volumes of the Immortal Edition of PANS CHARACTERS oF HISTORY it out in str nd barren is imaginat contrast with what life itself: hts and in the lives of h valuable les aside from aff lived life a rom ave moulded circu s that ma atures ment 4800 Pages—Large, Clear Type—Extra Heavy Paper—Rich Cloth Binding 16 Volumes—Each Volume 8 x 5, Inches 48 Full-Page Illustrations in Sepia Remarkable Characters All JuLius caEsan ALEXANOER THE GREAT coad only to Cacsat as a colossal genius: one of world's prodigics yal Vampire: cursed with a beaut the undoing of Lerself and all with wh in'contact, PETER THE GREAT Greatest ot the needed in Runa to MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS 2 fomantic figure wh ne APPAIRES 4: AMOUR Kept her subjects and half the courts of in Miia THE CONQUEROR Founder of the British Empire; the man who made a drean NERO A soral degeorrate: a startling iMlustration of the of heredity on character mani: ANTOINETTE al victim of the French Revolution; one < charming and misunderstood figure BACK IF NOT SATISFIED y MAIL THIS COUPON TODAY the type of man most closer touch with unbought grace « enterprise, that ¢ wound —all those gloriously in the not a few of th os hat makes of smaaly ike : FR of honor which felt a stain like a JOSERMINE tame and aia of, character that shine Booed power. discarded and divorced when “for Tie ato Be volumes. cyrus THE GREAT " Sxample is the great school of Man ‘ BRUNSWICK SUBSCRIPTION COMPANY, New York City The great Carthaginian general; the implacebte rer, titles and J when the object ambiti xs Mightiest of the F a ms SERISEN STI ST Jormre«. comicbooks.com