Judge, 1917-01-20 · page 23 of 28
Judge — January 20, 1917 — page 23: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page primarily showcases **advertising for the Tullos Stenography Method**, presented as a revolutionary typewriting system. The ads feature testimonials from stenographers claiming salary increases from $8-$15 weekly to $25+ weekly, with promises of typing 80-100 words per minute. The satire lies in **Judge's skepticism about business education claims**. The left column contains the magazine's traditional "College Wits" humor section—short, cynical jokes mocking academic life and human nature. These undercut the earnest advertising claims on the right: while the ads promise rapid self-improvement and wealth through the Tullos Method, the humor section satirizes the gap between aspiration and reality in American life. The implicit critique: readers should be as skeptical of stenography-school promises as they are of the absurd contradictions in daily life. The juxtaposition suggests these "get-rich-quick" typing schemes may be exaggerated, reflecting broader Judge skepticism toward modern educational and business schemes targeting vulnerable workers.
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Mutable Arthur—‘Arthur has ce! tainly changed a lot during the past month.” “What makes you think so?” “He's been working in the box office down at the Bijou.’ —Juck 0 Lantern. OF Course—Lounge Lizard—Why are débutantes always so healthy looking? “| Rocking-chair Reptile—Aw, think of the simple life they lead.—Purple C Pick Me Up—Site (making small talk) .}) These light dresses spot awfully easy. He (making the play to first) —You know | I spotted yours way across the campus. —Longhorn. The Uncomplaining Wheat-cake—He ‘Are wheat-cakes healthy? Me—I never heard one complain of being | Sick.— Record, A Long Lane— ty» dor fat has no {™used the absent- Kos} patiently doorwa; It’s an extended corri- termination,” minded professor, as he plodded around the revolving Jack o' Lantern, With the College Wits New Istake ‘The instruction is of NaS. C 109 Hoerner Salary Increased 40% Then 20% More Yours of the sth. I.cer- tainly know that the Tul- loss Course produces ac- curacy and speed—the two sof good nd puts the position to jemand a higher salary. Since writing the letter you naw. telling of & 40% increase, 1 haye had another in- crease of 20%. C. E. VERnatt, Care Martin & Hall, Architects, Providence, R. 1. $70 Monthly to $150 From a speed of less than fifty words per minute, this Method quickly enabled me to write 80 and over. From $70 a month when I took’ "up the study. 1 was soon drawing $150—salary Se doubled. There Harrisburg. Pa, is no comparison whatey: ‘Ddetwoen the Tulloss Meth- od and the ordinary systems. ‘A. H. Ganpixer, 429 Hawthorne Place, Madison, W 80 Words a Minute ‘This unique method hax been a revelation to me. It brought my speed up to over 80 words per Way in Typewriting Doubles Stenographer’s Pay Hundreds Formerly Earning $8 to $15 Weekly, Now 100 Words a Minute 4 ing ine Easier than Ever Before serve URE ca aii A Wholly New Idea Bie se Spa Pinte Why doesn’t the average stenographer make more money? v Rorsserty Lnovar aecovied joss Method have written as hig work at a salary of only a few dollars each week? a0 Os pias Lew DOT In ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, it’s because they can’t turn their shorthand notes into finished letters or other ‘Am now Chief Olerk to the too slow on the typewriter. * at it was when I Results are what count. Stenographers are paid, whether Method.> f can they know it or not, for the quantity and the quality of their , ‘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 speed—and each da’ 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 to do so. . 80 to 100 Words a Minute GUARANTEED The Tulloss New Way, radically different from any other system, is con- typewriter itself. Already thousands of stenographers and other typewriter users who never exceeded thirty to forty words a minute, are writing 80 to 100 words with Nothing Else Like It Don't confuse this new way in typewriting with any system of the past. ‘There has never been anything like it before. Special Gymnastic Finger- methods will not produce in months. Among the thousands of operators who have taken up this system, are hundreds of graduates of business colleges and special typewriting courses— single one who hasn't doubled or treb ed his or her speed and accuracy, and the salaries have been increased from $8 to $15 a week (their former pay), to $25, $30, $40 and even $50. Receive $25, $35 and even $50 with Work ‘There fe nothing (in the nan entirely different What is it that holds so many down to long hours and hard (Op uhids g ainute, but since taking up Doubled Salary typewritten material quickly enough—it’s because they are double what it was finished work. accuracy on the machine. This is getting to be more true expert typists, because they have found it is genuine economy ceded to be the greatest step in writing efficiency since the invention of the half the effort and with infinitely greater accuracy than they ever could before. Training Exercises away from the machine bring results in days that ordinary great numbers were so-called touch writers—yet there has hardly been a Valuable Book Free theonly typo- weiting instruction is based upon a scientific an- ‘of the physical facts relating to the de- We cannot describe here the secret principle of this new method. But we fagterclaingie Mode 7 pook 'anout have prepared a book which tells all about it in complete detail, which abiity:'“These Exer- OH, a" Newer ren Shes wilt genent the sia 2p It is a big 48-page book, brimful of eye-opening Menem is free to those interes Searsof ordinary ideas and valuable information. It explains how by this unique new method you can in a few short weeks transform your typewriting and make it rasy, accurate and amazingly speedy—how you can surprise yourself by the increase in salary you can gain. If you are ambitious to get ahead—if you want to make your work easier— if you want to put more moncy in your pay envelope—get this book at once. It will be a revelation to you. ‘Tear off the coupon now before you turn this paxe + State Qeempotlensssinsiessisesdscigi se ‘Mail to the TULLOSS SCHOOL 8821 College Hill, Springheld, Ohio J! YOU believe that it is more important to know why ten thousand fail rather than why one man succeeds, read this book. The “LETTERS OF A SELF-MADE FAILURE” are written in epigrammatic style with a touch of irresistible humor, and they impart a system of quaint philosophy that will ap- peal to everyone, regardless of age, sex or station. 14 Brilliant Pen-Drawings by Frank Godwin The “Letters of a Self-Made Failure” ran serially for ten weeks in Leslie's, and were quoted by more than 200 publications. If you sit in “the driver's seat" or merely plod along beside the wagon, whether you are a success or think FAILURE yourself a failure, you will find this book full of hope, belp and the right kind } oe 5 of inspiration. F Price, $1.00 - By Maurie Switzer Leslie-Judge Co., 225 Fifth Ave., New York City