Judge, 1920-10-09 · page 2 of 32
Judge — October 9, 1920 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Advertisement Analysis This page is primarily a subscription advertisement for *Judge* magazine itself, not political satire. The small illustration shows two figures in what appears to be a comedic domestic scene—one person appears startled or animated while another reacts, typical of early-20th-century humor illustration style. The ad promotes *Judge* as a humor publication with 800,000 members, claiming it publishes "clean, wholesome, health-giving laughs." It emphasizes features like humor digests from international sources, "Bad Breaks," and "College Wits" sections. The offer targets new subscribers only: $2 for four months (17 issues). The advertisement positions humor consumption as an "antidote for the blues," reflecting the magazine's role as entertainment during an unspecified historical period.
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Won't You Join Our Happy F amily? \) TH E JUDGE FAMIL¥ now has 800,000 members—but there’s room for a million. Will you be one of the lucky 200,000? You do not need to sign a long lease in the House of Happiness. Just send a couple of dollars and be.one of us for four months. Then, if you like it, you can arrange to stay by the year. Judge is the champion gloom chaser of today. It. publishes more clean, wholesome, health-giving laughs than any,other pub- lication in the land. To list those who contribute original humorous text and pictures is to call the roll of the laugh-producers of America. To this unequalled array it adds the only complete review of the world’s best laughs—the best from the foreign and home funny papers, carefully selected each week for Judge readers. The Digest of the World’s Humor is, say many members of the Great Judge Family, worth all it costs to join. Then there are the “Bad Breaks,” and the “College Wits,” both mnurth-compe”lng features found nowhere else. But we won’t stop to enumerate all the good things and there are a lot of ’em. Here’s the proposition for new subscribers only: Send two dollars with your name and address, and we will mail you Judge for four months (17 issues). This is the only way you can make sure of getting regularly the best antidote for the blues—and you save money. This offer is only to introduce you and Judge. It is open to NEW SUBSCRIBERS only. Send today, check, post office or express money order, or registered letter to JUDGE, Dept. C., 225 Fifth Avenue, New York, N. Y. comicbooks.com