Judge, 1927-01-01 · page 35 of 36
Judge — January 1, 1927 — page 35: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is an advertisement, not a political cartoon. Judge magazine is running a promotional contest offering ten weeks of free subscription in exchange for a one-dollar bill meeting specific criteria: it must feature George Washington (first president), have "Washington" spelled with exactly ten letters, and possess a green back. The humor is gentle and self-promotional rather than satirical. The phrase "Incidentally do it now" adds playful urgency. The contest exploits the appeal of finding "lucky" currency—a common folk superstition—while actually just soliciting dollar bills and contact information from readers in exchange for a magazine subscription. This appears to be a creative circulation-building scheme disguised as a whimsical game, typical of early-to-mid 20th century magazine marketing tactics.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
Have You One of the Lucky One Dollar Bills ? IXAMINE your one dollar bills and see if you Chase one of the lucky ones. Have you one that has a likeness of the first President of the United States? Does the name “Washington” on it contain ten letters? Has it a green back? If you can answer Yes to these questions, you have one of the lucky dollar bills. We won't ask you where or how you got the dollar, nor shall we publish your photograph. Just fill in the coupon below and send it in with your lucky one dollar bill and you will receive ten weeks of JuDGE—'’The World's Wittiest Weekly.” JUDGE, 627 West 43d Street, New York. Here's my lucky buck. Slip me JuDGE for ten weeks. comicbooks.com