Judge, 1926-10-09 · page 28 of 36
Judge — October 9, 1926 — page 28: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains two distinct elements: **Left Side:** Advertisements for Forhan's toothpaste and the Palmer Institute of Authorship. The Forhan's ad warns of pyorrhea (gum disease), using medical language to promote their product as a preventative treatment. The Palmer Institute advertises correspondence courses in writing, quoting literary figure Rupert Hughes about learning authorship through home study. **Right Side:** Judge's Crossword Puzzle No. 94, a standard crossword with clever, punny clues typical of 1920s-era humor magazines. The clues contain period-specific references and wordplay—for example, horizontal clues like "Nickel nurser" (streetcar operator), "An Irish instrument of torture" (harp), and "Mahogany decoration" (wood grain). **Overall Context:** This is a typical Judge magazine interior page mixing advertisements, instructional content, and entertainment. No political satire or caricature appears here—it's primarily commercial and recreational content aimed at the magazine's middle-class readership during what appears to be the 1920s-1930s era.
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Watch your gums — bleeding a sign of trouble S sappers mine the enemy’s defenses, so gum-de- cay tunnels through the normal gum line and produces tooth decay in its most painful form. This gum decay of Pyorrhea we most a gerous. s come deviestoed, re laxed. They recede. They shrink and age the mouth. Gum ten- derness is present. The teeth loosen. Al- 40 Pyorrhea pockets Greed bacteria which drain into the system gg over forty fer from this thea: but. Forhan's sitively prevents Pyorrhea f used in time and used con- sistently. Forhan's hardens the gums. It con serves the gums that the teeth and hold them firm. It touches the funda mentals of tooth health in fact, And all this while you are cleansing your tiseptic and pleas ant to the taste. If gumshrinkage has already set in, start using Fos and consult a den- bist immediately for special treatment. 35c and 60c tubes U.S. and “Genius ite self must learn the ma- chinery of expression.” “Since authorship is essentially a matter of home work,” says Rupert Hughes, “it is one of the few arts that can be taught by. correspondence. The Palmer Institute of Authorship, under the presidency of so eminent a literary artist as Clayton Hamil- ton, and as conducted by Frederick Palmer and a large corps of associates, is qualified to render invaluable aid to apprentices in the art and the business of authorship.” . » ~ Palmer training is uniquely personal. It will take that talent of yours and develop it until you, too, can write the kind of stories that tug at heart strings... that grip the imagination . .". that ‘editors buy. PALMER INSTITUTE OF AUTHORSHIP Palmer Building, Hollywood, Cal. 43-K Cuaron Haminton - = = President FREDERICK PaLMren - - Vice-president Please send me, without obligation or expense, information about’ your course in Short Story Writing English and Self-Expression (Each “course. {3 “completo in itsett.) Name Address, All correspondence is “strictiy confidential No salesman witt call on Judge’s Crossword Puzzle No. 94 Horizontal . A tough knot to untangle. Social shindigs. 12. The only part of a pig the packers can’t use. 14. Putting on the dog. 15. The land of the spree (abbr.). 17. Nickel nurser. 20. Saw-bone degree 21. A poli ~al pa 28. Mekers of sheet music. 24. To stuff. 25. An Irish instrument of torture. a droop. of the wild golf bugs. A woody plant. A devotee of Deism. What a go-getter docs when he wants to find out 33. Mahogany decoration. Wise birds. Hidden, concealed or mysterious. A good’ way to cross the Channel is to get well oiled and then go across on these. 40. A gentle reminder. 42. These usually have an edge on. 44. This is bad 46. Having a sharpish, 49. This needs to be answered. 51. Where Norwegian sardines come from. 52. The cozy side. 53. Shoe leather fish. 34. This has a nap in the afternoon. (And in the morning, too.) 55. See this place and die! 59. Embryonic fish. 60. Manuscript rejector (abbr.). 61. A go-between. 63. North Western State (abbr.). 64. This is usually parted over the weak-end. 65. A plot of terra firma. 67. Places where spirits may be found. 68, Something Rip Van Winkle was. nging taste. Vertical 1, Cleopatra was nice and she was also this 2. Scottish filling station for fountain pens labbe) is” according to the poets. 4: Dark liquids, Related to. © Aran Sesquicentennial. 8. Fish wings. ill. Part of the verb be. 11. What the saddest married man in the world 13. Weak kneed . 16. Something successful aviators do. 18. Chief asset of a Prohi 19. Understandings. 20. To note. A parson’s pastime. fellow who has and holds. ‘ou can drive a horse to water but these on agent. 31. A kind of a grape. 34. Vat. 36. Both ends of the 39. Very few women reach for 41. The first two slices of a birthday 43. This kind of motorist comes to h ns. A canton in West Central Switzerland. andle. keep these after they own con- # 50. Volu a ecking eer League for the Oppression of ). it it but not gaudy. W at a magician find: omething football pl Where matrimony is his hat. s get knocked for. oncerned this is too much. 61. A flivver. Before. 64. The villain enters! 66. End of Puzzle (init.). You're welcome! Solution of Last Week’s Puzzle comicbooks.com