Judge, 1922-09-09 · page 2 of 36
Judge — September 9, 1922 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is a **promotional piece for Judge magazine itself**, not a political cartoon. It lists the diverse readership who will encounter this particular issue—from dentists' waiting rooms to Pullman cars to libraries—emphasizing Judge's broad circulation across American society and beyond. The humor lies in the **specific character vignettes**: a woman avoiding jokes at the dentist, a high schoolboy pretending to study Cicero, a small-town editor stealing jokes for his newspaper, and notably, a Japanese valet puzzled by American content. The final section boasts Judge's **international reach** to 5,000+ libraries and clubs across North America and beyond, claiming 50+ readers per copy. The overall message: Judge is ubiquitous, culturally significant, and read by everyone from millionaires to schoolchildren—a self-congratulatory statement of the magazine's importance and influence.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
"Weekly and sopyriaht This Number of JUDGE will be read by —a woman in a dentist’s waiting-room, in no mood for humor —a high schoolboy supposedly studying Cicero —a house party chaperon while any number of things happen —a husband waiting for his wife —a movie actress who will read the razz of her latest picture —a lonely ranchman on a rainy night —a wife who has some folks coming to dinner this evening —a small town editor who will appropriate some of the jokes as his own —a little girl who will paste the cover in her scrapbook —a man whom time has snatched half baldheaded as he waits at the barber's for his daily dip in hair tonic —a newsstand attendant while his customers wait —a millionaire in a bathtub —a red-nosed old lady who will be shocked at two of the pictures —a college youth who will maintain these same pictures the only thing worth looking at in the whole magazine —a lady in a pink peignoir lying in bed at midnight, reading and smoking —a radio fan between messages —a salesman who's after an order from a “‘twelve-minute egg” —a commuter who will read past his station —a vaudeville actor waiting his turn —a Japanese valet who will wonder what it is all about a young baby who will lick the cover to it tastes good a young man in a Pullman who will let his attention wander to the pretty girl across the aisle —a pretty girl who will never raise her eyes from its pages.* Nore: The young man ma raph and pass it a This Number of JUDGE will go into every town and city in the United States, Canada, Alaska, Mexico, Cuba, the Canal Zone; Central and South America; to every Country on the Globe. To those who cannot read it, the pictures tell their story. This Number of JUDGE will go to more than 5,000 Libraries, City and Country Clubs, Pullman Observation and Club Cars, where every copy will average at least 50 readers. JUDGE is known, and loved, throughout the world. Geral 2s Sp inbs e Pee ata ee aa ce eee hae oT Ley Bees We Ciel aaah, aaa atesceh oP fed by the Leniie-dudge So:; Witham Green. Pres; Docglas Hl. Cake: Vice-Prea's BJ: MeDonnell, eas. W-'D. Grows, Secretary, ‘streets New York City