Judge, 1912-09-21 · page 10 of 24
Judge — September 21, 1912 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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**Main Story - "The Information Bureau":** This narrative describes Billy, an office worker, successfully substituting for Mr. Knowitt during a vacation. Billy proves exceptionally competent by maintaining a detailed card-index system and memoranda, impressing his boss. The satire targets workplace efficiency and the "indispensable man" trope—Billy's systematic organization makes him invaluable, earning him promotion to a better office position. **Supporting Cartoons/Poems:** Three brief humorous pieces satirize social pretension and gender behavior: - "Two Views": A woman admires a fashionable hat in a store window but scorns it when seeing it worn by another woman - "A Color Scheme": A woman changes clothes to impress a man (Charlie) - "Ungrateful Guest": Visitors complain about distance to hosts' country home **Overall Theme:** The page mocks superficial social attitudes, vanity, and workplace ambition through comedic vignettes typical of early 20th-century satirical humor.
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‘We'll take in the game.’’ And they storehouse of statistics on sport of his that is stacked up with simoleons ready did. think tank can do as Billy de Breeze for the picking. As I remarked before, In the sanctuary of the grand-stand did, and incidentally land aswell sinecure memory is a mint. Do you get me, the boss quizzed Billy thoroughly Orlando? and got wise to the situation. 5 “Do you think you could fill Mr. Two Views. Knowitt’s position for a week?’’ he asked finally. “Sure thing!"’ replied Billy. “Easy as falling out of an airship ‘Very well. I'll try you out,’” She chanced to spy this hat next day, said the boss. ‘‘Knowitt wants a But passed it by in scornful way. vacation, and if you make good while Lia The hat at this time, be it said, he is away, I'll give you his posi- i! - Was on another woman's head. tion and promote him to signing ? Mrs. J. Le O'Connell. checks."" ure A Color Sch Did Billy make good? Well, rath- : te olor ocheme. er! He was never stumped once, and Madge—‘'Why are you going to now he occupies a swell little office change your shirt waist?” next to the gigantic growl, and when Marjorie—‘This one is too light the buzzer summons him to the august colored. I'm going to sit in the ham- presence, he has the question an- mock with Charlie this evening.’’ swered before the boss has had time to resume his deep breathing exer- cises, Sure, he keeps a card index; but it is merely supplementary to the Sububs, eh? How far is their his gray-matter memoranda, end I | house from the station?’’ want to say to you, Orlando, that any A SINGLE THOUGHT. Towne—'‘About two miles, as the one of you who is now making a Together—'‘ Oh, horrors! How can she walk?" dust flies!"’ She saw a hat and liked it much— Asserted that a stunner such As it she'd seldom seen before. The hat she liked was in a store. Ungrateful Guest. Brown—‘'So you spent Sunday with comicbooks.com