Judge, 1919-07-26 · page 2 of 36
Judge — July 26, 1919 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Advertisement This is primarily an **advertisement for Judge magazine** rather than a political cartoon. The page promotes an upcoming serialized story titled "Ain't Angie Awful!" by Gelett Burgess, illustrated by Rea Irvin. The cartoon depicts a man in a checkered suit at a hardware store counter with a woman, captioned "She lurked among the hardware." The ad positions this as satirical commentary on sex serials—a popular but controversial magazine genre of the era. Judge advertises itself as offering daring content ("six scrimmon sex story satires") while maintaining respectability, priced at 10 cents. The humor targets both the proliferation of sex serials in competing magazines and readers' appetite for such material. No specific political figures are referenced; this reflects early 20th-century anxieties about literary morality and consumer culture.
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