Judge, 1915-03-20 · page 23 of 24
Judge — March 20, 1915 — page 23: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is primarily a **full-page advertisement**, not a political cartoon. It promotes LaSalle Extension University's correspondence law courses. The page targets working-class people trapped in low-wage jobs, promising that studying law by mail will lead to "power, prestige, wealth" and escape from "the mill wage class." The visual rhetoric is striking: stacked law books on the left suggest legitimate education, while an illustration shows a confident man (likely a lawyer) addressing a courtroom. The appeal is explicitly class-based—positioning law as the pathway from poverty to prosperity and social standing. Notable for a modern reader: this reflects the early 20th-century mail-order education boom, when correspondence schools were heavily marketed to working Americans. The "money-back guarantee bond" suggests skepticism about such programs even then. The page includes an "Extra Special" offer of a free public speaking course, indicating LaSalle bundled multiple self-improvement programs to attract enrollees.
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SCACe Corn Ss SPReasa in Become a LAWYER There are thousands of men and women today working in small positions for small wages, with no future prospects—men and women who could be pows erful factors——who could be prosperous, independent and influential if they had the right opportunity. If you wmong these men and women now is your grand opportunity to get out of the mill wage class and cnter a digniticd profession that will give you the prosperity, the power, the respect and the ind penden: long for, We're going to make this great step into a new world the easiest thing you have ever done ~ we'll a nu, guide you. We want to prove to eve! ‘ / ica that the LaSalle Course is without doubt the most thoroegh, most prictical, simplified ond easiest : to quickly master. We want to prove how powerful and broad the LaSalle Extension University is—to prove this is the He Study School you should enroll with. LAW Leads The Way to Power, Prestige, Wealth Look around you—see who are the most pros- only a small silary—don't be discour- wed. U are time to become a Lawyer—get into perous, most independent men ah the professton that prepares you for the bis or business men with legal trait hey stopped life. Law is today such a vital or int id thought be: fore cheneae thete life 's _work. the demand for Lawyers is in be “t for the pa le . Many sort cut ! 1 on dest capitalists, statesine : Tucrative, powerful pi rt ehink it is are Law ye ard to learn Law, "We have a simplified exten: If you are now following a profession that pays you sion method. We Train You By MAIL! Itisno longer necessary to give up your position and go “o, Oxi) away to college < bay a bi tuition fee, The LaSalle can iS NONLIN OXOK NORANAN w'scioat an ames SQ MEONEY-BACK GUARANTEE BOND ities and Professors in big od thorough is the LaSalle Home Study Couree—so ‘Sreeptisesl has been the success of LaSalle students—that we issue with each LaSalle Course a legal, binding intee to refund the entire tuition fee if after you ete the Couree you are not perfectly ‘This guarantce is backed by our entire capital and resources of more than one million dollare, which nesure your absolute success, BY = x CE nroll now and rontaining over 4 text ly Mw . v EXTRA SPE CIAL! I; GIVEN—Complete Course in Public Seirangee ac uneyuaiied by any ether La iG S| MS graduates the Degree of Rachelor of LaSalle Extension University Dept. F-575, CI Send at once free facts wenn Many ar cone reesaity of we Lede ad aperton ed method of home training. Write for Special Course ACT Now! Hi yoa age in a small Job, you ean never cet bald enter a line LaSalle Extension University Dept. F-575 Chicago, Ill. —comicbooks.com