Judge, 1927-02-05 · page 4 of 36
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# Page 2 Analysis: Judge Magazine **Top cartoon** ("The needle, my dear Watson!"): Shows two men examining something with a magnifying glass, appearing to reference Sherlock Holmes's detective methods. The joke likely plays on "the needle" as both a sewing implement and slang for deception or a con—suggesting one character is trying to trick the other. **Middle section** presents three brief articles: instructions for bank reconciliation, a character profile titled "There's No Question About It" (describing an exceptionally dedicated worker), and "Why I Am What I Am" (a personal philosophy piece). **Bottom cartoon**: Depicts someone with a large homemade vehicle or contraption, captioned "The noisy fellow who loves a Klazon, has his own car built"—satirizing early automotive enthusiasts' tendency to create loud, improvised vehicles.
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JUDGE How to Make Your Account Balance with the Bank's Statement | RITE down each deposit with extreme care, See to it that the amount of each | check drawn is subtracted from the balance without mistakes, ide your balance by two. Add three ciphers to the result and multiply by the day's mean tem- perature. Strike out all sevens in the result and carry five. Throw out all your figures and accept the bank’s statement. Frank H. Williams There’s No Question About It IE E is never late for work by so much as a single moment. He never watches the clock. He doesn't: worry himself sick, figuring up an excuse to get to the game, He hasn't the slightest interest in the girls in the office, by which his mind might be distracted, He has never been heard to voice the thought that he is underpaid for the service he renders. | He never makes useless trips for water, which he doesn't want, merely to kill a few moments’ time. y: A {l He is everlastingly at it—work, METER hye: t : | hiatal work, work, without cessation. He The needle, my dear Watson!” doesn’t know when to quit. | He is the boss. Marion FE, Burns Why IT Am What I Am ) Eun believed that honesty is the best polic I avoided politics as I would the plague and I turned down, in quick succession, attractive offers to sell stocks and bonds, real estate and used cars, I did not own an automobile. Neither did I fish or play golf. Con- t] sequently, I can say that I have never Ht | lied to man. | ' i | High principles and pure motives ; governed my every contact with any fellowman, Invariably have I done unto others | as I would like to be done by, and my word was always considered as | good as my bond. Mister, for God’s sake, give an honest man a dime, for a cup of coffee, comicbooks.com