Judge, 1924-11-01 · page 30 of 36
Judge — November 1, 1924 — page 30: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising**, with two small cartoon jokes inserted among commercial notices. The top-left features ads for personalized stationery ($1.00), a free radio tube set, and business training courses. Below are promotions for typewriters and office equipment. The two cartoons are brief workplace humor: 1. **"The Manager"** shows a job interview where an applicant claims qualification despite the manager's skepticism. The applicant reveals he's "engaged to your typist"—suggesting he'll gain knowledge through his fiancée rather than actual competence. The joke mocks both nepotism and the idea that romantic connections substitute for job qualifications. 2. **"Second Young Thing"** (lower right) depicts a yacht scene where someone questions why a boat "jumps about." The response: "the poor thing is on a tack"—a sailing term the questioner apparently doesn't understand, playing on upper-class ignorance of nautical terminology. Both cartoons reflect early 20th-century workplace and social dynamics, with gentle satire of incompetence and class pretension.
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