Judge, 1916-11-25 · page 25 of 32
Judge — November 25, 1916 — page 25: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily a **commercial advertisement** for a typewriting course, not political satire. The small cartoons at the top are unrelated foreign humor pieces from *Le Rire* (Paris) and *Punch* (London). The main content promotes a typing method claiming to enable 80-100 words per minute through finger exercises alone. It targets stenographers and office workers, arguing they earn low wages ($8-15/week) due to poor typing speed, not shorthand skills. The ad promises that proper finger training will "double and triple salaries." The pitch emphasizes "only 10 lessons" of simple exercises developing finger flexibility and speed. A free 32-page instructional book is offered as incentive. The Tullos School (Springfield, Ohio) is the advertiser. **Context for modern readers:** This reflects early-20th-century office work's gender dynamics—stenography was feminized, low-wage labor. The advertisement exploits economic anxiety while promoting dubious speed-improvement claims typical of period self-improvement marketing.
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