Judge, 1927-04-16 · page 35 of 36
Judge — April 16, 1927 — page 35: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a **promotional advertisement**, not a political cartoon. Judge magazine is soliciting readers to send in one-dollar bills in exchange for a ten-week subscription to the publication (subtitled "The World's Wittiest Weekly"). The "lucky" criteria are facetious: the bill must feature George Washington (the first U.S. President), have "Washington" spelled with ten letters, and display a green back—essentially describing a standard, ordinary one-dollar bill. The joke is that there's nothing actually "lucky" about these bills; the magazine is humorously asking readers to send in regular currency as payment. The phrase "Incidentally do it now" urges immediate action. This appears to be a vintage advertisement exploiting the playful appeal of a contest or treasure-hunt concept to drive magazine subscriptions.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
Have You One of the Lucky One Dollar Bills 9 J IXAMINE your one dollar bills and see if you S have 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 JuDcE—‘The World's Wittiest Weekly.” ip a foci “ UDGE, 627 West 43d Street, New York. Here's my lucky buck. Slip me JUDGE for ten weeks. a comicbooks.com