Judge, 1920-03-27 · page 35 of 36
Judge — March 27, 1920 — page 35: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising, not political satire**. The dominant content is a book advertisement for "Famous Men and Women of History," a 12-volume set published by Brunswick Subscription Company. The header story about Alexander the Great—whose ambition to "conquer the whole world" led to his downfall through vice and luxury—serves as **marketing copy**, not satire. It frames the book set's appeal: readers can learn dramatic true stories of historical figures whose lives contain moral lessons and romantic grandeur that "fiction ever lags after." The accompanying photograph (top right) appears to show a theatrical scene, likely from a period drama, reinforcing the "stranger than fiction" marketing angle. The listed "Remarkable Characters" (Julius Caesar, Queen Elizabeth, Alfred the Great, Cleopatra, etc.) are **selling points**, not subjects of satire. **No political commentary or cartoon satire is present on this page.** It's a straightforward early 20th-century mail-order book advertisement targeting readers interested in history and biography.
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March 27, 1920 HIS LIFE WAS THE FORFEIT r O conquer the whole world and be worshipped as a god was his ambition. \s a youth, his imagination framed events so stupendous tin twelve short years he was master of the known world : achieved his most romantic dreams through an impulsive energy and high physical courage that led him into unheard-of dventures through scenes of the greatest: magnificence and plendor. All the world looked on with astonishment. ‘he iespots of the carth trembled at his name. But there was one despot he could not subdue. With power rrew his appetite for luxury and vice—a tyranny greater than tof blood and chains. Cutraged Nature, who had dowered 1 with a glorious vius, demanded his life as the forfeit for lis crimes and vices while still at the threshold of his career. Read the amazing story of Alexander the Great, which is only of many marvelous and true stories told by the famous ican historian Abbott in Famous Men and Women of History 3600 Pages- -Large, Clear _ = Type Extra Heavy Paper Stranger Than Fiction Rich Cloth Binding N° OTHER SET of books ever written shows so convincingly that Fiction ev s after Truth, all fall far short of the reil fies of History that the wildest imaginings of the romancer after 12 Volumes—Each y The Romantic facts that the authors have brought out in strong telicf in this series, giving. the lives Volume 7!14x5!/ of the world’s most famous characters, demonstrate how unfruitful is invention, and how cold and COST barren is imagination, in contre t with what life itself can show in those ever hanging circumstances in.—Full-Page , that make of every fully lived life a The heights and depths, the Nights and shadows in the lives of hi nies, have moulded. circumstances Mlustra to their will are aside from affonling that variety of interest. which is ever the tions in ; mother of enjoyment Sepia. Remarkable Characters All JULIUS CAESAR GENGHIS KHAN ONLY ssw Sit Je for that purpose. x of he and a e L MONEY BACK IF NOT SATISFIED MAIL THIS COUPON TODAY PETER THE GREAT poe ew ww ww ewe nnn ee ee eee f the Czars; the typ a i BRUNSWICK SUBSCRIPTION SONFANY ia tod. 418 Brunswick Building, New York MARY QUEEN OF scoTs th ¢ ¢ £ LIAM THE CONQUES ‘OR ent to fame and power, a fortune smiled. comicbooks.com