Judge, 1922-11-11 · page 2 of 36
Judge — November 11, 1922 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Page Content Assessment This page is **primarily advertising**, not political satire or editorial content. The upper portion shows a photograph of four books by Charles Paul de Kock, a French novelist, with the Brunswick Subscription Company promoting a four-volume set of his works at $2.90. The only narrative element is a quoted passage featuring characters "Georgette" and "M. de Mardeille," discussing a character named "Aimée" who came to Paris with hopes of using her talents as an embroiderer—apparently a euphemism referencing the author's reputation for risqué French fiction. There is **no political cartoon** on this page. It represents Judge magazine's commercial content rather than its satirical editorial purpose.
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“Yes,” resumed Georgette, addressing herself to M. de Mardeille, “Tam: the sister of that poor Aimée who came to Paris, where she hoped by her talent: as an em- broideress to earn enough to be useful to her parents. As ill-luck would have it, she fell in your way. Aimée was beautiful, she pleased you: she was simple and inexperienced, she believed all you said to her, believed in your promises and vows and * (see page 236, “THe Damsen or tHe THreE SKIRTS.” AVE you EVER READ Charles Paul de Kock’s famous book—The Barber Pari I | his “Sister Anne,” ‘The Child of My Wife” and “The Damsel of the Three Skirts”? You'll find all these remarkable works of this famous French novelist in this unusually attractive t volume set—a splendid library edition that you'll be glad to own. We have but a few of these sets remaining on hand and this is positively the last announcement that will be made of them. We believe, truly, that this is positively the last chance that you will ever have to buy these t volumes, in such a handsome edition, at anything approaching this price. The volumes are 514 x 814 inches in size, printed from large type on fine quality antique hook paper, with title pages in color and beautiful frontisy Hustrations. The volumes are uni- formly bound in crimson cloth, stamped in gold, gilt tops. This set would sell at) your local book store for approximately $10, hut we have only a limited number of sets on hand and, to close them out at once, are offering them to you AT LESS THAN Cost to us $ 2 Le) 0 in very large quantity. Send your check or money order at once for 7 $2.90 and this handsome set will go to you, carefully packed and 4 volumes transportation charges prepaid. If the supply is exhausted when carefully packed your order comes, your remittance will be returned the same day all charges prepaid received; only a limited number of sets remain, so:act at once. Brunswick Subscription Company 627 West Forty-third Street, New York City