Judge, 1921-05-28 · page 2 of 32
Judge — May 28, 1921 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page is primarily **promotional text** rather than political satire. It's an advertisement for *Judge* magazine itself, titled "Making the Clock Tick a Smile a Minute." The ornamental initial letter contains a **decorative illustration** (not a political cartoon), showing stylized figures in classical design. The text promotes *Judge*'s mission: publishing humor to improve national morale. It claims the magazine carefully curates submissions—"weeding out" sad material—to deliver quality comedy through sketches, jokes, and illustrations. The copy emphasizes *Judge* as a "household necessity" for "alert Americans" and encourages subscriptions at 225 Fifth Avenue, New York City. **No specific political figures or events are referenced.** This is essentially a house advertisement pitching the magazine's value proposition to potential subscribers.
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dollar: for a ten weeks’ subscription? Making the Clock Tick a Smile a Minute YAN you imagine an existence without a smile? Can you conceive a working day with never a grin, or an evening at home without laughter? How many suicides would there be in a world barren of fun? G3 4 Itisa shuddering thought —and an unnecessary one, for there is no excuse for any one to go glooming through life when on every news-stand in the country a copy of JupDcE may be had for the asking. We believe JupceE has proved a life-saver to many thousands. We know it has helped the morale of the nation and made two laughs grow where only one grew before. That's JUDGE's mission—to make you laugh. It isn’t an easy job because the writing and drawing folk are a pretty serious group of humans. But then no one can sit down and say, “Now watch me! I’m going to be as funny as the dickens.’’ Humor isn’t made that way. It has to strike one like lightning or bubble up from inside of one and spill over into a funny drawing or a rol- licking bit of verse or a mirthful story. It is remarkable how much honest-to-goodness humor we manage to get into the pages of Jupce. It takes a lot of scouting around among the fun-makers, a lot of weeding out of the tons of sad stuff sent in by every mail. But that's our job and we love it; we are always tickled when we find a real gem which we can pass on to you. Of course you've noticed the big improvement in recent issues of Jupce, how the skits and sketches and “pomes” and pictures (an average of fifty of them in every number) have taken on an unwonted freshness and sparkle, made each copy a rib-tickler. If you are already a JUDGE fan, you know we are not exaggerating when we say “The Happy Medium” is a household necessity to many thousands of alert Americans. If you are just a casual reader, missing a number now and then, you will be poorer by every issue you've overlooked. Don’t take our word for it —buy the current issue and try it on your intellect. If you don’t want to bother remembering every Tuesday to buy JUDGE, why not shoot us « Address JUDGE, 225 Fifth Avenue, New York City. comicbooks.com