Judge, 1921-03-05 · page 12 of 32
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# Analysis for Modern Readers **"Tempering the Wind"** satirizes class expectations and parental disappointment. A father wants his son to be a serious, wealthy lawyer; instead, the mother raises him to be charming, attentive to women, and frivolous. The irony: the "useless" son wins his first major court case, proving social charm trumps ambition. The satire mocks both rigid paternal expectations and the assumption that genteel, people-pleasing traits are career liabilities. **"A Y and an E and an S"** jokes about stenographer hiring practices. Four women answer a boss's dictation test with different regional pronunciations ("yeh," "yah," "yep," "yes"). Only the woman who answers "yes"—suggesting deference or compliance—gets hired, despite being unremarkable. The final joke: "you can't fire the boss" mocks workplace power dynamics and arbitrary hiring favoring subservience over competence. **"A Mad Suggestion"** criticizes legal inefficiency. A lawyer proposes creating more courts to clear backlogs; a layman suggests simply preventing cases from being tried repeatedly. The lawyer calls him an "anarchist," satirizing lawyers' resistance to sensible reforms that might reduce their billable hours.
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Tempering the Wind Ry Inexe Vax Varxeneurc HE was a great disappointment to his father. His father wanted him to be a lawyer, famous for his prowess, wise and clever and industrious, rich and virtuous and serious. He was, instead, all of the things that his mother desired him tobe. He was an accomplished tea-drinker, charmingly a tentive to elderly ladies, becomingly modest with designing heiresses, entertainingly frivolous with all, and with plenty of time on his hands to frivol in. On the day he was admitted to the bar his father made a little speech. “They've admitted you, I don't. know why You will never win a case or have any clients. You will never have a cent of money except what I give you. I will give you enough now to take you out of my sight.” And he did, forthwith. And the next month his son won his first case in court. It was a big case, and it brought him many ts. His father shook his head over it, and said that things n't happen that way ——— Drawn by Mo Mawces, Aww ae DerartMent Store CLeverNess But his mother smiled knowingly. She had brought him up * YOUR STOKE SEEMS TO BE ALWAYS CROWDED WITH CUSTOMERS.” to be just that sort of man 4 Tras, Wer stage Ties Warr FoR THEIR CHANGE It had been a simple thing for him to convince the feminine . jury A Y and an E and an S By Wex Jones ND can vou take dictation If I speak quickly, eh? | | | The first stenographer looked up | | And brightly answered “yeh | | | 1 she was out aH | The second girl, ‘twas evident ! ' | Lived home with pa and ma She ansv dl the same quest In modest mien with “ yah And she was out j The third was trig and trappy 1 And full of jazz and pep; i Before the boss stopped talking. She pertly answered “yep. 4 And she was out. | } | 1 Che fourth girl looked like hundreds. & j In the homing subway press ! But to the boss’s question ] | She strangely answered “yes.” And she was hired | 1 tt “Do you always hire,” L questioned, On this same system, huh?” i My friend looked round, and answered . With a monosyllabic “yuh.” But you can’t fire the boss. A Mad Suggestion Lawyer—The Supreme Court is two years behind its docket, and the Bar Association wants the legis. lature to create another Court of Appeals. Layman—Why not change the law so that the same case would not have to be tried seven or cight times? Lawyer—Beg pardon! I did not know that [ Draen by Nowwax Astuosy was talking to a crazy anarchist! SMITH’S GIRL JUST ADORES SHOOTING DICE comicbooks.com