Judge, 1919-07-26 · page 35 of 36
Judge — July 26, 1919 — page 35: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a **tobacco advertisement**, not political satire. It promotes Prince Albert pipe and cigarette tobacco through an illustrated portrait of an unnamed distinguished gentleman smoking a pipe. The ad uses period slang ("smokeluck," "smokemotor," "smokethrottle") and appeals to masculine identity—"two-fisted-man-tobacco" suggests virility and toughness. It emphasizes the product's quality and unique "patented process," and highlights its availability in various forms: loose tobacco, bags, tins, and humidors. The ad ran in *Judge*, a satirical magazine, but this particular page functions as straightforward commercial promotion rather than social commentary. It reflects early 20th-century advertising's casual approach to tobacco marketing, before health warnings or restrictions existed.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
PRINCE ALBERT the national joy smoke AY, you'll have a streak of smokeluck that'll put pep-in-your-smokemotor, all right, if you'll ring-in with a jimmy pipe or cigarette papers and nail some Prince Albert for packing! Just between ourselves, you never will wise-up to high-spot-smoke-joy until you can call a pipe or a home made cigarette by its first name, then, to hit the peak- of-pleasure you land square on that two-fisted-man-tobacco, Prince Albert! Well, sir, you'll be so all-fired happy you'll want to get a photograph of yourself breezing up the pike with your smokethrottle wide open! Quality makes Prince Albert so different, so appealing. And, P. A. can’t bite or parch. Both are cut out by our exclusive patented process! Right now while the going’s good you get your old jimmy pipe or the “papers” and land on some P. A. for what ails your particular smokeappetite. Buy Prince Albert everywhere tobacco is sold. Toppy red bags, tidy red tins, handsome pound and half pow humidors—and- classy, 1 glass humidor with sponge moistener top that ya heeps the tobacco in such perfect condition. R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO., Winston-Salem, N. C. SRINGE E ALBERI “CRIMP Cur ING BURNING PIPE AN. Fisarer TTE TOBACCO comicbooks.com