Judge — November 17, 1923 — page 8: what you’re looking at

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# "If the Ad Man Got His Slogans Mixed" This satire imagines what would happen if famous advertising slogans were randomly reassigned to the wrong products. For instance, Ford automobiles' slogan "There is beauty in every jar" (meant for jars of something) is crossed with Lloyd baby carriages getting "Just a real good car." A woman in a corset receives Mellin's Food's slogan "Raised on Mellin's Food," while Camel cigarettes' famous "I'd walk a mile for a Camel" goes to a man in athletic wear. The joke satirizes how mechanical and interchangeable advertising language had become—slogans were so generic and emotionally manipulative that they could absurdly fit any product. It's a critique of aggressive early-20th-century advertising's vapid, mass-produced appeal and the era's acceptance of such marketing tactics.