Judge, 1926-04-24 · page 31 of 36
Judge — April 24, 1926 — page 31: what you’re looking at
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This page contains reader letters and advertisements typical of Judge, a satirical weekly. The "Judge For Yourself" section features letters to the editor addressing contemporary concerns: **Key content:** A reader defends Judge's irreverent content against Prohibition-era critics, arguing censorship of adults mirrors restricting children from harmful materials. Another writer protests his name being used in a KKK-related letter—the editor sarcastically notes the Klan is now forging signatures since they can't get their own letters published, a jab at the Klan's secretive practices. **The cartoons** show mundane domestic humor unrelated to the political content—a couple arguing, someone in a car. **Advertisements** dominate the page: Bayer Aspirin (emphasizing it's "genuine" and "safe"), memory-training books, and subscription services. The Bayer ad is notably prominent, reflecting early-20th-century pharmaceutical marketing directly to consumers. The overall page reflects 1920s anxieties about censorship, organized religion (Klan criticism), and consumer culture.
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JUDGE FOR YOURSELF A Reader Unafraid To the Editors of Svvcr: man American citizen, living in a border town. I'm thirty-three y . and I have never be- longed to rch or political party. T do not chew, smok ind I'm not afraid of going o hell because I'm a reader of depce. 1 think a bathing beauty with bobbed hair in a one-piece bathing suit is b between th paper that’s: pl ning. beer Emig! wh L know t hong my plue-nose and the bo But Pro day. Before ldn’t support ey holler towns bei tion ma Prohibition two saloon If Prohi Hur la March 11, 1926. 7 . my mother-in-law ncle, h! for the World's Wettest Weekly Jo. McKinley A Young Nation newspapers. e the childish ne most ely think stand must also be read Jena h your staf s ‘commit, editorials that the things for which y childish, However, sir, do y u think that babies should -vthing in their mouths that do you think that young lowed to see and hear things nderstand children should be which they do not and. should not and which would prove injurious to their Why, then, do you think that a nation in its in tellectual babyhood should be allowed to eat drink, read, and see things which it is too young to use properly? As there is but one reasonable anewer to these questions. | I must close beseeching you to grow up, for the love . ii Most sincerely Princeton, N. J. March 17, 1926, fosepk Guiche “Here, you can’t hit a man with glasses!” SAY “BAYER ASPIRIN” and INSIST! Proved safe by millions and prescribed by physicians for Headache Neuralgia Pain Toothache Safe Handy Colds Neuritis Lumbago Rheumatism “« ” Accept only Bayer Package which contains proven directions. “Bayer” boxes of 12 tablets Also bottles of 24 and 100—Druggists. Aspirin is the trade mark of Bayer Manufacture of Monoaceticacidester of Salicylicactd Drink Hearty! Just a line to let apprecia part of the ves Enjoy the M. H, and ‘as she is” in point US. e have one advantage that withot . Continued success to Jvnce R. McNally, Manila, P. I. Radioman @nd, U. 8. N. 1 to being called .ete., that when ‘ms at’ me as “old friend,” 1 burst into tears and checkbook, May God bless you for them kind words, Your old pal, (Signed) A. M. Carothers Not the Man Jopar: Gentlemen: I ha’ ¢ been notified by a few of ublished in recent JepGe signed with surely likes to use my name expression of his ideas, and wish to say t wrote this, neith im I a Klansman, nor have I ever attended a K! meeting. Please publish this in your next Jvar. Canaseraga, N.Y D. Bazter March 1928. Nore: Our Klan friends, unable to get their anonymous letters published, are evidently resort- ing now to signatures which are verifiable but not their own. We beg Mr. Baxter's pardon.) 29 “I FORGET—” To be unable to recall important circumstances, to be forced to the admission, “I forget,” brands one as incapable and unreliable No longer need admit of an_un: tical and effec now available ™ bitious man or woman le memory, for a simple, prac- e method of memory training is POWER and FORCE William Clarke az Institute, London, Presents in easily und of the master key to memory on “Memory in’ Business, and Faces” well as with 5 Late of the Royal Polytechnic England ood English the secret 2 cial chapters Remembering Names and “Memory Defects Remedied’ any other interesting and enlightening facts. as Bound in 16 handy pocket sized booklets, pro- fusely illustrated, our present limited edition will be sold at the remarkably low price of $1.00 per set BRUNSWICK SUBSCRIPTION CO. 627 West 43d Street New York comicbooks.com