Judge, 1919-08-23 · page 2 of 36
Judge — August 23, 1919 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page is **primarily a tobacco advertisement**, not satire or political commentary. It advertises Prince Albert pipe and cigarette tobacco, published by R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company of Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The illustration depicts a man with an exaggerated nose wearing a wide-brimmed hat and smoking a pipe. The accompanying text uses playful language to market the product's qualities—claiming it won't bite the tongue, offers pleasant flavor, and comes in attractive packaging with a humidor. The "trick" referenced is simply the product's claimed advantage: Prince Albert tobacco allegedly provides superior smoking comfort compared to competitors. This represents standard early 20th-century advertising hyperbole rather than political satire or social commentary.
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AY, what a trick you'll turn for your tongue and taste and temper when you finally get down to bed-rock- smokes and let some of that topjoy Prince Albert float into your system! Just will put the quiz into your thinktank as to how much pipe or cigarette-rolling fun you've gone shy on—and, you'll work in a lot of double headers for quite a spell to get all-square! What's the idea kidding yourself when you know what P. A. will do for your smokespot; when you know what it is doing for men all over the civilized world! You can’t hit a happier job than to stock a supply of Prince Albert, jam that joy’us jimmy pipe chuck-full and blaze away! Why, it’s like falling into feathers when you've been batting-it-out-on-a-board! Prince Albert just can’t help doing you a clever turn because it won't bite your tongue PRINGE the national a Copyright 1919 by RJ. Reyrolds TobaecoCe at any stage! Bite and parch are cut out by our patented process. Want you to know right here, and now, that Prince Albert will be as gentle with your tongue as a toy purr-kitty is with a stuffed mouse! You can rip champeen-smokespeed-records right up the back with P. A. for packing! You don’t need a percentage table to figure out what Prince Albert's quality and flavor and fragrance will do for your happiness every time the clock ticks! You'll get the answer quick! And, now it’s your draw! Prince Albert is sold in toppy red bags, tidy red tins, handsome pound and half pound tin humidors, and, in that classy, practical pound crystal glass humidor with sponge moistener top that keeps the tobacco in such perfect condition! R. J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, Winston-Salem, N. C. comicbooks.com