Judge, 1911-07-29 · page 10 of 24
Judge — July 29, 1911 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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This page presents **office workplace satire** through a mock dictionary of terms and accompanying cartoons. ## The Glossary The left column humorously defines office jargon to mock workplace culture. Key terms ridicule: employees killing time ("Time"), bosses criticizing typed letters ("Roast"), stenographers' complaints ("Raving Idiot"), and the exploitative nature of employment ("Victim—Either party to any contract"). References to "Cashier," "Canada," and "Pinkerton" suggest corruption/embezzlement scandals of the era. ## The Cartoons **"New Rubber-Neck Automobile"**: A multi-story vehicle for skyscraper office workers—satirizing both urban density and workers' nosiness. **"Deacon Todd"**: A moralistic man criticizes women's fashion, unaware his own wife is the offender. The joke: his comeuppance when she's revealed. **"A Sure Cure"**: Dark humor—a doctor recommends police work to cure insomnia (implying danger/stress). **Overall**: Satirical commentary on early 20th-century office culture, class dynamics, and urban American life, presenting work as exploitative and social hypocrisy as rampant.
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Per Centum—So much a hundred. Commonly used as applied to interest paid the bank. Picnic— Any peri- od during which the, boss is out of the office. (See Rough House.) Pig's Knuckles—The boss's luncheon. Quail on Toast—The stenographer’s luncheon, (See Cashier, Also Canada.) Roast—Remarks by the boss upon re- ceiving his dictated letters in typewrit- ten form. Raving Idiot—Remark by stenog- rapher after receiving roast. (See Roast.) Speculation—(See Cashier. See Can- ada. See Pinkerton.) Sunday—The day after pay day. Time—Something to kill. (See Office Force.) Trial—What the office-boy is taken on, and what he proves to be. Unsatisfactory—Any job. wages. Any employe. Anything. Victim—Either party to any contract. Any Feare— Momvey NEW RUBBER-NECK AUTOMOBILE POR THE SKYSCRAPER DISTRICT. Victim—'* Shake, old man! Waist— (See Also Peek-a-boo. ) Waste—(See Lead Pencils.) Yap—A customer from the country. Yahoo—A customer from the suburbs. Zeal—What? Among the members of the office force? Quit your nonsense! The Humbling of Deacon Todd. “¢7] TELL you, Edgely,’’ said Mr. Todd, as they sat in the park, “‘the way women dress these days is ab- surd! And nine times out of ten it is the fault of men. Just for instance, take that woman coming down the path. Some fool husband has told her she looks perfectly charming in that outrageous get-up, lacking the stamina to come right out bluntly and tell her that she looks positively ridiculous.” Since this remark Mr. Todd has never been seen in public without his glasses. The woman was Mrs. Todd. A Sure Cure. Police chief—'‘You say your doctor recommended that you get a place on the force. What is your affliction?” Applicant—" Insomnia." Stenographer. AN UNEXPECTED PLEASURE After being robbed at the hotel, held up by the taxi drivers, and buncoed in all the shops, it 's quite a relief to meet you." What's the Use? ‘OU MAY think you'll drown your troubles in drink, You may drain the dregs till your eyes grow dim And soil your soul mood— What's the use if your cares can swim? ena Nicholas BeBe in your maddened ERHAPS the druggist keeps postage stamps just to prove to a doubting world that he has something in stock for which there is no substitute. UP AGAINST IT. comicbooks.com