Judge — August 3, 1918 — page 8: what you’re looking at

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going through all the motions of listening, there is really no telling just how intently and proficiently his listening processes are being concentrated upon the listence. Even a woman likes to listen now and then, and of course, being a woman, curiosity if nothing else would prompt her to try to find out just what kind of listening she was doing. Thousands of listenometers could thus be sold directly into homes. But they would be of particular value in judging of the qualifications of office boys, stenographers, clerks, students, music-lovers, night watchmen, telephone operators, spies, gossips, and other functionaries of our com- mercial and social order. A Life Story By Wavrer G. Dory WHEN he was born they handed him the wrong Christian name and later gave him the wrong training and sent him to the wrong school. When he grew up he went into the wrong business on the wrong street in the wrong town and married the wrong woman. He always managed to say the wrong thing at the wrong time. Most of the things he did got him in wrong. Now he won- ders if, when he dies, he will go to the wrong place. And his name is legion. Drawn by J. R. Suaver As Tuey Woutp Say in THe Army “It was necessary to leave some valuable material in the hands of the enemy.” Money By Lesuir Van Every HANKS to the continuous existence of money, a lot of habits I are allowed to get in their work, good or bad. Bosses have funny habits sometimes. After a boss has annually, for six years in a row, picked out the twenty-fourth day of December upon which to give his employee a crisp, freshly-laundried dollar bill, and then forgets all about doing it the seventh year, he seriously em- basrasses said employee, hampers his progress in a certain direction, and compels him to make some ele in his plans. We had figured out a week ahead of time just what we were going to get with the dollar. s once our privilege, to personally examine a ten-dollar bill its fragrance; but by any other name it would have smelt the same. We also once saw a plumber spend two hours and a half trying to fish a nickel out from under a sidewalk grate. Why doesn’t some heady party think up a new kind of cash regis- ter? Most certainly a five-dollar purchase should be rung up much louder than a two-cent one! ‘To-day there are many financial advisers in the land. Modestly, we announce that we are one ourself. Not a day goes by but what we get letters asking us to advise when we will remit for this thing, or that. A Much Needed Invention By Exus O. Joxes HERE is a crying need in the world’s affairs for an efficient listen-— Dyaren by Joux Heuw ometer, or listen-measurer—something that will tell how hard a T aay; old ‘dear, you Kiva 6a oaly one apais” man is listening. . . “I know it, old’ thing. My stupid valet en- Many a man claims to be a good listener and while he may be _ listed and I can’t find the other one.” comicbooks.com