Judge, 1928-11-24 · page 2 of 36
Judge — November 24, 1928 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Analysis This page is **primarily an advertisement** for Gillette razor blades, not satire or political commentary. The top section shows a humorous weekly calendar where a razor faces different fictional challenges each day (hourglass running out, alarm clock, thermometer, train, water conditions). The joke is gentle and commercial: despite these "different jobs," Gillette blades supposedly perform consistently well under all conditions. The text emphasizes quality control and reliability—inspectors discarding imperfect blades, testing materials rigorously. While published in *Judge*, a satirical magazine known for political cartoons, **this particular page contains no political or social satire**—it's simply an extended product advertisement using light humor to market razor blades to American men in what appears to be the early-to-mid 20th century.
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MONDAY c T harry up SUNDAY S// lenby of Tone NN (a w / C4 THURSDAY On the train FRIDAY Sht Water TUES DAY Keeling finc WEDNESDAY Out of sorts SATURDAY Cold Whaler Every Day you give your razor a different job to do but your Gillette Blade will do every job smoothly and surely T TAKES all kinds of days to make a week. This morn- ing you can take your time. To- morrow you have to rush. One day you're feeling fit; the very next morning you may be ragged from lack of sleep. Hot water, cold water, soft water, hard water, a slap-dash lather, or a careful thorough preparation of the beard which may take a full three minutes. You never give your Gillette Blade the same job twice. Yet you can always get a smooth, comfortable shave from your Gil- lette Blade; the blade, at least, doesn’t change, and its swift,sure job <> is the same under any conditions. Eight out of ten American men count on the Gillette Blade to start the day right—seven daye a week. And Gillette takes extraordinary precautions not to disappoint them. The steel is the finest in the world. It comes in long gleaming ribbons, and we test every ribbon with cru- cible and micrometer before we even pay the import duty. To be « thew fream Gullette Blade During the last ten years Gillette haz spent millions of dollars on steady blade improvements alone. Four out of every nine Gillette em- ployees are inspectors and do noth- ing else. They get double pay for every blade they discard. They make certain that every package of Gillette Blades contains its full quota of smooth, comfortable shaves for you, CILLETTE SAFPTY RAZOP CO. BOSTON, U.S. A. comicbooks.com