Judge, 1926-01-23 · page 4 of 36
Judge — January 23, 1926 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page is primarily **advertising content** disguised as editorial material, circa 1926. The main illustration—"No place like home"—depicts an impossibly crowded interior stuffed with furniture, satirizing the antique dealer's business. It's a visual joke about cluttered Victorian homes and the antique craze. The bottom cartoon, titled "The antique collector brings home a bride," shows a domestic scene where the groom appears more interested in displaying his antique acquisitions than attending to his new wife—a gentle jab at collectors' obsession with possessions over human relationships. The text consists of humorous testimonials promoting various antiques (Louis XVI cabinets, armor, family bibles) from the Vox Populi Antique Co., encouraging readers to purchase "real antiques" rather than "old junk." The satire mildly mocks both collectors' pretensions and dealers' marketing tactics.
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| —EEE I 5 1G ops “No place like home.” Memory Gems for Little Antiquarians Br say buy! Never look a gift shoppe in the door. Don’t use your highboys until they are patched. Great hoax from selling antiques grow. To the spoiled. Hepplethwaite’s for no poor man. Don’t give up the chip. Uneasy sits the man who buys antiques. All is not old that totters! Carroll collectors belong the From the 1926 Catalog of the Vox Populi Antique Co. ETSY ROSS’ Own Gate Leg Table. ($15 each.) Specify if you desire table that served George Washington. ($2 extra west of the Rockies.) Large number always in stock for immediate shipment, though worm hole effect usually takes two weeks extra. Louis Sizxteenth’s Cabinet. ($22.) Two thousand now in stock. Cer- tificeate accompanying each states that cabinet was in Louis’ own bed- room. These cabinets reflect the highest craftsmanship. Our two fac- tories in Hoboken, N. J., are turning them out night and day. Mr. “A” of R. F. D. No. 4, Paris, France, says, “I sold one to a tourist from New Rochelle, U. S. A., for $500 and want you to send me three dozen more before the tourist season opens again.” William the Conqueror’s Personal Suit of Armor. ($85.) Three thou- sand in stock. Each embossed with the initials of Richard. Made of best steel with demountable rims. Rust guaranteed not to wear off. Stand it out in the rain for a week and sell it for a fortune. Service stations all over. For $5 extra we will give it our ultra-medisval finish, thereby obviating necessity for stand- ing it in the rain. Family Bibles. Thirty-five thou- sand old family bibles cleverly made. Fill in any names you want. An in- valuable aid in selling Vox Populi antiques to city folks. Specify if you want 100, 200 or 300 year old effect. We are also making Grecian urns, Babylonian jugs, Assyrian gadgets, Chippendale sofas, Fragonard towels, Hepplewhite hammocks, Tudor tab- orets, Jacobean beds, Queen Anne sideboards and thousands of other antiques daily. Deal with a reliable concern turning out real antiques. Don’t get stuck by buying old junk that’s been laying in somebody’s attic for hundreds of years. Arthur Lippmann Die Teenoy SEL The antique collector brings home a bride. comicbooks.com