Judge, 1911-08-26 · page 27 of 28
Judge — August 26, 1911 — page 27: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is **not a political cartoon** but rather **corporate advertorial content** for the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T). The piece celebrates the business efficiency achieved when telephone and telegraph systems shared infrastructure ("double tracking"). The diagram illustrates how six people could simultaneously conduct phone conversations while eight telegraph operators sent messages over the same wires—demonstrating economic synergy through shared equipment. The text emphasizes that despite this infrastructure cooperation, the two services remained "distinct and different": telephones let users communicate directly; telegraphs required company intermediaries to transmit written messages. For modern readers: this represents early-20th-century corporate publicity celebrating infrastructure consolidation and promoting AT&T's expanding dominance in American communications. The magazine's inclusion suggests *Judge* accepted substantial advertising revenue from major corporations alongside satirical editorial content.
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Vol. LXI. No. 1559 JUDGE Copyright, 1911. by Leslie-Judge Company. Pub- lishers. Entered at the Post-office at New York as Second-class Mail Matter. Cable Address. “Ju ark." Telephone, 6632 Madison Square. | Pub- lished weekly by Leslie-Judee Company, Bruns- wick Building, 225 Fifth Ave.. New York. John A. Sleicher, Presi. | Reuben P. Sleicher. See'y, A. E. Rollauer, Ass’t T James Melvin Lee. Mi Grant E. CONTENTS: Cover Desiga James Montgomery Flagg The Pendulum—Draccing ‘Tis Better == = ~~ William J. Burtscher Editorials : Shooting “Lame Ducks” Eccentric Mississippi Growth of Gubernatorial Timber Caustic Comment A Post-card Recital - = - J. 1. Harbour Me and Jack—Drazcing Doctors - - - - Stuart B. Stone After the Ceremony - - E L. Sabin To a Corn Cob = - ~—-_—s“E stelle May Nolte Last Chance of the Season To Ring a Sweetheart— Drawing The Flight of Gaffacy Greene Ellis Parker Butler We Have With Us To-night - Homer Croy Etc. Etc. Ete. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. ‘One year, or 62 numbers - : $5.00 Six months, or 26 numbers : + 250 Thirteen weeks - : : : 1.25 Subscriptions payable in advance by draft on New York, or by express or postal ordi Postage free in the United States, its Sependen cies, and Mexico. To Canadian Provinces add £0 cents a year for postage; to all foreign countries add $1.00 a year. EUROPEAN AGENTS — International News Com- parm, Bream’s Euilding. Chancery Lane. C. London; Brentano's, Avenue de SGarsach’s News Kechange, 16 John Strect, Aacipht, London; 56 Rue de la Victoire, Paris; 1 Clara Strasse, Mainz, Germany. Subscriptions and advertising for all the publi- cations of Leslie-Judge Company will be takes at regular rates at any of the above offices. Contributors must include a stamped and self- ‘addressed envelope with all manuscripts, otherwise return of the latter when found unavailable cannot be guaranteed. We receive such materi ted for publication, only on condition that w not be held responsible for its loss or injury while in our hands or in transit. If Jupce cannot be found at any news-stand, the publishers will be under obligations if that fact be Dromptly reported on postal card or by letter. BACK NUMBERS: Present year, 10 cents per copy ; 1910, 20 cents ; 1909, 30 cents, etc. The contents of Junce are Protected by copyright in both the United States ai Britain, Western Apvertisine Orrice Marquette Building, Chicago, Il Double Tracking The Bell Highway Two of the greatest factors in mod- ern civilization—the telephone and telegraph—now work hand in hand. Heretofore each was a separate and distinct system and transmitted the spoken or written messages of the nation with no little dggree of effici- ency. Co-operation has greatly increased this efficiency. The simple diagram above strik- ingly illustrates one of the mechani- cal advantages of co-operation. It shows that six persons cannow talk over two pairs of wires at the same time that eight telegraph operators send eight telegrams over the same wires. With such joint use of equipment there is econ- omy; without it, waste. While there is this joint use of trunk line plant by both companies, the telephone and telegraph services are distinct and different. The telephone system furnishes a circuit and lets you doyour own talking. It furnishes a highway of communica- tion. The telegraph company, on the other hand, receives your mes- sage and then transmits and delivers it without your further attention. The telegraph excels in carrying the big load of correspondence be- tween distant centers of population ; the telephone connects individuals, so that men, women and children can carry on direct conversations. Already the co-operation of the Western Union and the Bell Sys- tems has resulted in better and more economical public service. Further improvements and economies are expected, until time and distance are annihilated by the universal use of elec- trical transmission for written or personal com- munication. AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY AND ASSOCIATED COMPANIES One Policy One System Universal Service Jacksonville, Fin. Atlanta, Ga Dwight, IL Marion. Ind. Lexington, Mass, portland, Me. Grand Rapids: Mich. Pailadelphla; Pa Kansas City, Mo. Broad St. M For Liquor and Drug Using ‘A scientific remedy which has been skilfully and successfully administered by medical specialists for the past 31 years. At the following Keeley Institutes: White Plains, N.Y. Colambus, 0. Vroviéence, K. 1 Columbia, & C. it. pituberg, Pa Winnipeg. Manitoba. «26 Fifth Ave. London, England. comicbooks.com