Judge, 1916-11-18 · page 9 of 28
Judge — November 18, 1916 — page 9: what you’re looking at
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**Top Cartoon:** A couple sits on a couch. The husband has just lost his job and tells his wife their Thanksgiving dinner will be meager. This satirizes the economic anxiety of job loss and its immediate domestic consequences—the fear of not providing for family during holidays. **"The Notion Counter" Column:** A philosophical essay by Douglas Malloch offering wry observations on life's absurdities: inefficient office workers, the elasticity of women's time, marriage as accepting kindness without reciprocity, the unreliability of office boys, and humanity's capacity for both hate and love. It advocates humor and religion as survival tools. **Bottom Cartoon:** A boy named Johnny (appearing to be on a tall pole or structure) is confronted by Percy, who demands an apology for being called "goggles"—likely a nickname referencing his appearance. This depicts childhood social conflict and the sting of playground insults. The page reflects *Judge* magazine's mix of topical humor (job loss), life philosophy, and gentle mockery of ordinary social interactions.
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John (who has just lost his job)—Well, darling, I'm afraid it's going to be a slim Thanksgiving for us. THE NOTION COUNTER N my office L have the most perfect system who does nothing but look after my mail doesn’t even do that > i \ Pg y T have one boy In fact. he Some peculiarly atilicted There is the man, for example. who is dumb part of the time. he cannot think of anything to say about himself. people are There are moments when There is an increasing scarcity of rubber but a woman’s ten minutes is still made of it The efliciency reading his dire time left to do any work If Lam ever hit by a car, [hope it won't be a flivver. Let me die the death of a soldier. Marriage is another name for a state of mind wherein you accept every kindness as a matter of course. If you ever get to doubting whether two times one are two send two office boys on an errand together and compare it with the time it takes one. We have such a capacity for hating that we hate even places and things. But, thank heaven, we can also love Two things we all need to get us through—some sort of a religion, and a sense of humor. No man ever made a failure who dared to go ahead and make expert keeps us so busy ons that we don’t have any later he will be more interested in her pies. When you were a boy you thought the tight-rope walker in the circus was wonderful; but the tight-rope walker ought 16 see you now maintaining your balance at the bank. -Douglas Malloch. Percy Johnny Jones, 1 want you to apologize for calling me “goggles” the other day. comicbooks.com