Judge, 1920-11-06 · page 2 of 32
Judge — November 6, 1920 — page 2: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This is primarily an **advertisement for Judge magazine itself**, not a political cartoon. The small illustration in the upper left appears to show two figures in a chaotic scene with money flying—likely depicting slapstick humor or comedic chaos, meant to exemplify the magazine's comedic content. The ad promotes Judge as "the champion gloom chaser," emphasizing it publishes "clean, wholesome, health-giving laughs." It highlights features like "The Digest of the World's Humor," "Bad Breaks," and "College Wits," positioning itself as a premier humor publication. The subscription offer—two dollars for four months (17 issues)—targets new subscribers only. This was Judge's membership model, inviting readers to join the "Happy Family" of 800,000+ subscribers. The page reflects early 20th-century magazine marketing and humor culture rather than political satire.
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Won't You Join Our Happy Family? lon | : THE JUDGE FAMILY 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 mirth-compelling 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.