Judge — December 19, 1925 — page 38: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is a **tobacco advertisement**, not political satire. It features a silhouette of a man smoking a pipe in profile, with a woman's detailed portrait gazing at him admiringly. The quote attributes the endorsement to someone named "Mae Murray" (a silent film actress), claiming pipe smokers possess "special charm." The ad promotes **Tuxedo Tobacco**, priced at 12¢, emphasizing it's "fresh from the factory" and "quality created" to meet demand affordably. A banner claims "This Band is Your Protection." The page uses the appeal of celebrity endorsement and romantic attraction to market smoking—a common advertising tactic of the era before tobacco's health dangers were widely acknowledged. By modern standards, it's notable primarily as a historical artifact of when such advertising was normalized.