Judge, 1922-06-24 · page 3 of 37
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine, June 21, 1922 The main cartoon, titled "Still Tired Business Man," depicts a bald man in bed with a woman, as an alarm clock rings at his bedside. The joke plays on the double meaning of "office"—the man tells his wife to say he's "left the office," using it as a euphemism for staying in bed rather than going to work. This satirizes the "tired businessman" trope popular in 1920s humor—the exhausted male worker seeking escape from professional duties. The cartoon reflects post-WWI American culture's preoccupation with leisure, domesticity, and the tension between work obligations and personal pleasure. The illustration's style is typical of Judge's sophisticated line-drawing aesthetic.
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VOLUME 82, NUMBER 2121 Busine JUNE 24, 1922 JUDGE WITH WHICH IS COMBINED LESLIE’S Drawn by JULIA DANIELS, J. A. Waldron ditur S.-Y. under Act of March 3 Prea.i RJ MeDuanell, Treas, 8, 1879. § W. D. Grern, Secretary, 6 WEEKLY ‘ West kid Street. New York iy Still Tired Business Man (as alarm clock goes off)—Miss Typer, if that’s my wife, tell her I've left the office. How We Confer for Pleasure and Profit As Totp To Ray Gites sy Harrow BLooMER MarsHy UR “Superdreadna ” line of O n’s d erwear had shown considerable falling off in Frankly, | was worried. Con- sumers were turning to other goods. We sent out our entire research de- partment to mingle among the trade and get their reactions. The investi- gators reported that sales of “Super- dreadnaught” underwear were slump- ing badly. We run our plant as an industrial democracy. No move is made without first having it fully understood by ev- eryone who works here. So I cove the whole situation in a general memo- randum to the “ci all ployees who have been with us for four hours or more. A holiday was imme- diately declared for Monday, in order that the citizens might hold a mass meeting preliminary to proposing a sales (“The Knit Goods King”) definite platform and line of action. Our fleet of motor trucks was requisi- tioned to convey the entire working force to spur Park for an open air conference. As the meeting prom- ised to be long, ample provisions were carried for dinner, supper and a late evening meal. This spirit is typical of the Marshy Underwear and Hosiery Mills. Neit men nor management spare any effort when there is a job to be done. HE citizens’ mass meeting immense suce The vote: mously decided to refer the matter to the company house of representa- tives, who were called upon to meet not later than Friday of the following week. Sales of “Superdreadnaught” Unde: wear by this time were 37 per cent. subnormal, But I knew that we would Z turn the corner with so many minds at work on the problem. The house of representatives met on Friday. This a body truly repre- sentative of our entire plant, as 31 per cent. of our total force sit in it. While the meeting was going on | stood anx- iously outside the door awaiting results I knew the representatives would give me something tangible, and I was not mistaken. At 4:30 in the afternoon the door to the representatives’ room opened and Burt Geehan, the chair- man, came out with a tired but happ; smile. “This here problem is r t put up to the senate,” he sai blunt, homespun way. “It a cinch that one of three things is wrong: (1) price, (2) profit, or (3) the qual- ity of the goods. The senate is called on to meet within the next thirty days,” y oO comicbooks.com