Judge, 1925-04-11 · page 28 of 36
Judge — April 11, 1925 — page 28: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page mixes advertisements with satirical content. The top-left features a **Marmola Tablets ad** promoting weight-loss pills to women, playing on 1920s beauty standards that prized slenderness. The ad uses social pressure ("the smartest dressed women") to market the product. The main cartoon, "Man on Bridge," uses absurdist humor about statistics. It illustrates how misleading numerical claims can be—if "four out of five" have a dental problem, the fifth person might have different problems entirely. The cartoon mocks advertising's tendency to cherry-pick statistics to seem convincing while ignoring individual variation. The accompanying essay elaborates this theme through anecdotes (people missing trains, disliking prunes, losing overcoats), reinforcing that statistics obscure messy reality. The page also includes period ads for **Old Town Canoes** and **rare coins**, typical of 1920s magazine content. The satire targets both advertising's misleading claims and readers' gullibility toward statistical "proof."
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af, shes so slender/ “Did you ever sce such a change in any one? Grace used to be positively stout. Now she’s one of the smartest dressed women I know. She must have done something to regaia her youthful figure."* Shedid do something. Realizing that her success and charm depended upon a slender silhouette, she used Marmola Tablets. Marmola Tablets are the pleasant way to reduce, Without dicts or exercises, you can regain your slender healthy figure again. Thousands of men and women each year regain slender figures this way. Socan you. Marmola Tablets are one dollar a box at all drug stores or in a plain wrapper, post- id, from the Marmola Co.,1719 General lotors Bldg., Detroit, Mich. Try them. MARMOLA Prescriztion Tablets he Pleasant Day bSeduce Days that merit fond reflection Days when the lake is crystal clear and the sky is cloudless overhead—these are such days as vacation dreams are made of. Get an “Old Town.” Here is a sturdy canoe of unusual beauty. “Old Towns” are low in price. $64up. From dealer or factory. of ¢ The 1925 catalog shows all models in snappy colors. It is free. Write for your copy today. Op Town Canoe Co., 1514 Fourth St., Old Town, Maine, U.S.A. °: nickel of 1913 with Liberty head, (not Buffalo). or) yums for ‘all rare coins. Bend 4c for large Grin Crreular. May mean much profit to you NUMISMATIC BANK, Dept. 469, Ft. Worth, Tex. | Maw on Brince—Sorry I can't | Statistics Versus Facts Gratstics are sometimes mislead- ing. For instance, you read that | four out of five have pyorrhea and you say to yourself: “Gee, but that other fellow is lucky! Dan't be too sure of that. have flat feet or something! | And so it goes. | Twenty-nine out of thirty laugh when they look through Jupce. The other one hasa tooth missing in front. You have to admit that it’s pretty tough on him! He may UL = swim, but here are some lifesavers. Five out of six stand in the subway. But when the fellow who is fortunate enough to get a seat attempts to arise when the train arrives at his station he finds it impossible to do so. You know how it is! Only two in seven dislike prunes. But they're the ones that always get ‘em! Eighteen times I visited a certain restaurant and came out with all my personal property. The nineteenth time I lost my overcoat. That was the time I took it off and hung it up! Robert Cyril O' Brien It pays to advertise. comicbooks.com