Judge, 1929-03-23 · page 4 of 36
Judge — March 23, 1929 — page 4: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page contains three separate pieces: an advertisement for Sir Walter Raleigh pipe tobacco, a humorous poem titled "Explorers' Song," and an advertisement for Beeman's Pepsin Gum. **"The Perfect Boss"** cartoon (left) satirizes workplace dynamics, showing a stenographer at a typewriter with a boss figure. The joke appears to target office hierarchies and the relationship between management and clerical workers. **"Explorers' Song"** (center) is a lighthearted poem mocking adventurers and journalists covering exotic expeditions in Africa, with references to hunting, photography, and radio broadcasts—seemingly satirizing the glamorization of colonial exploration and adventure journalism. The remaining content is primarily **commercial advertising** for tobacco and gum products, which dominated magazine pages of this era. These ads use health claims typical of pre-regulation advertising.
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OME men never seem to have any trouble in keeping stenographers. They're pipe smokers, too, but they've discovered Sir Walter Raleigh, the mild- est, mellowest smoke that ever came out of the South. Stoke that strong old briar | with Sir Walter Raleigh, men, and not | even the snifhest steno will object to it. | By the way,we line the tin with gold foil to keep Sir Walter fresh and fragrant to the last pipeful. pd LIMITED OFFER (for the United Scares only ) | Tfyour favorite tobacconist does not carry Sit Walter Raleigh, send us his name and addres, Ia return for this courtesy, we'll be delighted to send you without charge a full-size tin of this milder pipe mixture. Dept. 114, Brown and Williamson | | Tobacco Corporation Louisville, Kentucky & SIR WALTER RALEIGH Who discovered how good a pipe can be Explorers’ Song Oh, it's Hot climes for the tropical Where the jungles are recking and hot, With a camera man from. the Times Or the Tribune right there on the spot! With our hunting suits carefully Let us pose by a fallen giraffe, For a hunter’ who's carefully dressed Looks the best in a news photo graph. (The Hunter, the Hunter How darling he looks in his photo! A. statuesque from a lion But that doesn’t show in the roto!) Hunter, the scion) who ran Let us plunge in the dark jungle’s murk With guides Who perform all the menial work But who never appear in the our twenty experienced slides. In the land of € intic Baboons Oh, how ghastly the noises at | night, With our phonographs grinding out tunes And our radio not acting right! (The Hunter, the Hunter— thinks he’s a second De Soto! Hunter, the He He camps by abysses these days with the Mrs. To add sex appeal to. the roto!) —Anriuce L. Liretanx The big-game hunter goes in for trap shooting. Help your digestion when it’s good! M IONS have found Beeman’s Pepsin Gum a ple: | wholesome precaution ag: restion. Milli prefer the fresh, Coen flavor of Beeman’s, its smooth- ness and fine quality, and the pleas- ant way it stimulates digestive action after meals. Perfected b: Beeman over 30 years | licious gum is today the favorite of people who chew gi as an aid to digestion. Help your digestion when it’s good—enjoy a stick of Beeman’s after meals! _ GUM | aids digestion comicbooks.com