Judge, 1926-03-27 · page 36 of 36
Judge — March 27, 1926 — page 36: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is **not satire or political commentary**—it's a straightforward cigarette advertisement from R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., appearing in Judge magazine in 1926. The page depicts a social scene of friends gathering in someone's home during evening hours. The central image shows men in formal attire socializing indoors, establishing a context of genteel hospitality and friendship. The advertisement's pitch equates smoking Camel cigarettes with social refinement and genuine friendship. It claims Camels are superior because they don't tire the taste and are what "millions of experienced smokers" choose to offer guests—positioning the cigarette as a marker of good taste and hospitality. The text emphasizes Camel's "choicest Turkish and domestic tobaccos" and French cigarette paper as proof of quality. By modern standards, this represents the pre-health-warning era when cigarettes were openly marketed as social lubricants and status symbols tied to friendship and entertaining—practices now illegal or heavily restricted.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
When it’s evening— and your little home resounds with the joys of hospitality—when it suddenly | | | seems that no other happiness compares with receiving and welcoming friends —have a Camel! WHEN friends come in. And you are busy making them know their welcome. When friendship and hos- pitality are the brightest joys in all tiie vy orld—have a Camel! es For no other good thing is so widely shared. Camels make every true friendship truer. There never was a cigarette made that put as much pleasure into smoking and giving smoking plea- sure to others as Camels. Camels never tire the taste or leave a cigaretty after- taste. Millions of experi- enced smokers just wouldn’t buy or offer to others any other cigarette but Camels. So, this night when friends come in to share the warmth of your fire and your friend- ship—taste then the smoke that is friendly to millions. You may know you are smoking and serving the world’s finest cigarette. Have a Camel! Our highest wish, if you do not yet know Camel quality, is that you try them. We invite you to compare Camels with any cigarette made at any price. R._J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. i| No other cigarette in the world is like Camels. Camels contain the j choicest Turkish and domestic tobaccos. The Camel blend is the triumph of expert blenders. Even the Camel cigarette paper is the finest, made especially in France. Into this one brand of €igarettes go all of the experience, all of the skill of the largest tobacco organi- zation in the world. PRESS OF WILLIAM GREEN, NEW YORK comicbooks.com