Judge, 1920-12-25 · page 2 of 33
Judge — December 25, 1920 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Analysis This page is primarily a **subscription advertisement** for Judge magazine itself, not political satire. The small cartoon in the upper left appears to show two figures in what looks like a chaotic domestic scene—possibly depicting marital discord or household conflict—but it's too small and unclear to identify specific references or individuals. The text promotes Judge as "the champion gloom chaser" offering "clean, wholesome, health-giving laughs." It emphasizes original humor, a "Digest of the World's Humor," and recurring features like "Bad Breaks" and "College Wits." The pitch targets new subscribers with a promotional offer: two dollars for four months (17 issues). The "Happy Family" language is ironic marketing copy designed to make subscription sound like joining a desirable social group during what appears to be the early-to-mid 20th century.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
Won't You Join ‘Om Happy F amily? ) THE JUDGE FAMILY now has 800,000 members—but there’s room for a million. 7 Will you be one of the lucky 200,000? | You do not need to sign a long lease J 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 foreigri 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.