Judge — June 8, 1929 — page 12: what you’re looking at

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# "The Fleischmann Yeast Lad" - Judge Magazine Satire This is an advertisement disguised as satirical cartoon, promoting Fleischmann's Yeast. The six panels depict a young man's rise to success through consuming the product. Panel 1 shows him as an infant on a pedestal; Panel 2 depicts childhood mischief in a bathtub. Panels 3-4 show him as a businessman in various social/professional situations. Panel 5 reveals him as a successful entrepreneur surrounded by breakfast cereals and grain products. Panel 6 shows his ultimate triumph—he's become wealthy enough to literally *wear* money. The satire mocks the era's widespread health claims about yeast products, which were heavily marketed as cure-alls and success-promoters. By tracing absurd causation from infancy to riches, the cartoonist—Gardner Rea—humorously exaggerates Fleischmann's advertising promises that their yeast guaranteed prosperity and health.