Judge, 1915-10-16 · page 25 of 28
Judge — October 16, 1915 — page 25: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page from *Judge* magazine contains **short humorous anecdotes** (left column) rather than political cartoons. The jokes target early 20th-century social conventions and gender dynamics: a wife casually asking to spend a husband's entire bank account; an actor's poverty being mistaken for madness; a wife-beater who received his "just desserts." These rely on period stereotypes about marriage, theater, and domestic violence treated as comedy. The **dominant content** is the "New Way in Typewriting" advertisement promoting the Tullos Method stenography course. It advertises "$8 to $15 weekly" stenographers earning "$25, $35 and even $50"—likely exaggerated claims—through improved typing speed. Testimonials from apparent office workers claim the method is revelatory. The ad targets stenographers and office workers, positioning faster typewriter skills as a path to significantly higher wages, which would have appealed to early 20th-century working-class readers.
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Passing the Mustard ing Her Opportunity—Bank Be check, madam, isn’t filled in. Isn't what? Caskier—It has your husband’s game signed to it, but it does not state how you want. eee Ob is that all? Well, I'll take allthere is —New York Sun. Of Course He Was—“I h ard Signor fo sing ‘Hamlet’ last night.” “Ah! Did you? Now, tell me—do you ir lamlet was mad?” Cae have been. There wasn’t a hundred dollars in the house.” —Musical Courier. ified —“ We want some one to play Samson,” explained the movie manager. “Do you think you could wreck the tem- ” “Can 12, Well, I’ve been a baggage-man for eleven years.” —Buffalo Express. Happily Not—Tourist (anticipating the ssual war-time inconvenience)—You haven't any wounded put up here, have you? Landlord—Happily, gentlem the last one has just died.—La Guerre Sociale. AGentle Hint—He—Then you are not interested in my welfare? She—No; but if the two syllables were transposed I’d not only be interested, but enthusiastic. —Boston Transcript. An Honest Man—“What’s your idea of an honest man?” “An honest man,” replied Mr. Kimp, “is one who likes the same music in private that he says he likes when his wife is giving a musical evening.” —Philadelphia Record. The Boss’s Prescription—Elevator Boy —I told de boss today I wanted a raise. His Chum—What did he say? Elecator Boy—He told me to get in an’ pull de lever.—Boston Transcript. No Cure for it—Grubbs—Do you think there is any real cure for hay fever? Stubbs—Some persons believe hanging or beheading will do the trick, but in my own view it survives as a punishment in the next world.—Jndianapolis News. _ Contrast—““Why are all the women in the neighborhood so fond of Mrs. Home- y's society?” “Because anyone of them in her com- pany, appears beautiful in comparison.”— Si. Lois Republic. The Senator's Way—“Do you think the next election is going your way?” T don’t think anything about that,” lied Senator Sorghum. “I’m busily revising my opinions and trying to go its wy.”—Washington Star. ASerious Matter—“ Young man,” said is Magistrate severely, “the assault you ve committed on your poor wife was most l. Do you know of any reason why I Should hot send you to prison?” you do, Your Honor,” replied the New Way in Typewriting DoublesStenographers Pay | Hundreds Formerly Earning $8 to $15 Weekly, br pe ea or a Mr 10h Words a inate Now Receive $25, $35 and even $50 with Brepaceaes et Work Easier Than Ever Before. A Wholly New Idea Why doesn’t the average stenographer make more money? What is it that holds so many down to long hours and hard work at a salary of only a few dollars each week? In ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, it’s because they can’t turn their shorthand notes into finished letters or other | typewritten material quickly enough—it’s because they are too slow on the typewriter. Results are what count. Stenographers are paid, whether | they know it or not, for the quantity and the quality of their finished work. it worke ul diqerent. plan. “The § cial’ Finger Trainin fevelation. Formerly 1 hever exceeded filty words Ss mnnate, bat ince ako 4 ul thod have written , See Tete eg. Masten Norval Bros Law Office, Seward, Neb, Speed—Accuracy— Doubted \ ability aod VD Sings oa wall make no ONS mistake in taking Salary. course. The instruction. Is order ANNA S. Clerk to the and Public ty. Salary. is ex actly double what It was shen 1 took up the erbdy Of the Tullos Method. fan only eay if you desire to increase ‘your Talk to any stenographer who is making $25 or more a week and he or she will tell you that in large measure the secret of his or her success has been speed—great s peed—and accuracy on the machine. This is get- ting to be more true each day. Business men will no longer put up with slow, bungling work on the typewriter. They gladly pay two or | three times the former salaries to stenographers who become expert typists, because they have found it is genuine economy to do so. 80 to 100 Words a Minute GUARANTEED doubled or trebled bis or her speed and accuracy, and, the salaries have been ta creased from $8 to $15 a week (uhelt for- mer pay), to $25. $30, $40 and even $50. Valuable Book Free We cannot describe here the secret _prin- ciple of this new method. “But we have prepared a book which tells all about tt fa'complete detail, which interested. It isa. bi brimfal of eye-opening ide information. It explains how by. this unique new method you can in a few short weeks: transform your typewriting and ake ie "easy. accurate “and. amacingly speedy—how you can surprise yourself by the increase in ealary you can gain. tog Hoerner St.. Yours of the 8th. tainly know that the Tul- Course produces accu- Th lows gre: P Since facy and speed—the two f ntials_ of. good caw, telling of a 40% incr nother Increase of 20 Care Martin & Hail,Architect 80 Words to 80— $70 Monthly to $180. of less than me to write 80 and over From $70 9 month when f C The Tulloss New Way, radically different from any other eystem. is conceded to be the greatest step in writing efficiency elnce the Invention of the typewriter iteelf Already thousands of stenographer and other typewriter users who never exceeded thirty Co forty words a minute, are writ 80 0 100 words with half the effort a with infinitely greater accuracy than they ever could belore. Nothing Else Like It Don't confuse this new way in ty; with any system of the past. ‘There has never been anything like it before. Spe- cial Gymnastic Finger-Training exercises gray {rom ihe machine ‘bring results ‘in days that ordinary methods will not pro- duce in months 89 Words « Minute—28% Increase in Salary writing of the physical facts re- i welopment of ex pert ability, These Exercises will benefit the student more than rs of ordi. Wyle ass Wee” ir Adame ‘Sereet, Chie If you are ambitious to get ahead—if you want to make your work easicr—if You want to put more money in your pay envelope—get this book at once. It will be'a revelation to you. Among the thousands of operators who have taken up this system, are hundreds of graduates of business col Tear off the coupon now before you turn this page. Not for Stenographers Alon The New Way in Typewriting is not for stenographer alone. 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