Judge, 1928-07-07 · page 6 of 36
Judge — July 7, 1928 — page 6: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of "Suggestions from Our Employees" This Judge magazine page presents humorous employee suggestions to management. The satirical format mocks workplace culture through exaggerated proposals: - Pansy Murphy suggests a "big idea" (she's fired for it) - The Gablowitz Sisters propose weekly movie reviews and a dress code - Marion Hunter jokes about editors wearing Maxim silencers and gas masks on "Contributors' Day" - Jack Shuttleworth suggests afternoon tea service - Freddie Rhorer proposes converting Judge into a funny magazine The central cartoon depicts a job interview where an applicant asks "How did you know I was a college graduate?"—likely satirizing either obvious markers of education or the irrelevance of credentials for the position. The page mocks both employee impertinence and management inefficiency through absurdist humor typical of early-20th-century satirical magazines.
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Pansy Murphy writes in to say that she has a big idea. She st Hests that we get out a JUDGE, Note.—Pansy has been fired. The Gabrilowitz Sisters, May, June and July, think Joven should 1 1 weekly movie. re view. They also think we should “Tunes Lirrie Mains prow Senoor.” May, June and July Gabrilowit= of our Foreign Jokes Department. put more punch in the Ul, that’s life! R. C. O'Brien sug- gests that we send an advance clip sheet to the Happiness Boys. coolers filled with Tom Collins. He says that's the right spirit of ce operation, We suppose Junior also wants the filing cabinets filled with nothing but good telephone numb SUGGESTIONS rs. was a college graduate? JUDGE FROM OUR “Ovr Pansy.” Pansy Murphy of the jag Steal- ing Department, Marion Hfunter says that on account of so much laughing around the office the Editors should wear Maxim silencers. And they might wear gas masks on Contributors’ Day. Jack Shuttleworth thinks that afternoon tea should be served at the office. Well, he'd have to get to work earlier or he'd miss it! Freddie Jupar be ests that a funny Rhover. s! turned inte magazine. What! effort? Ifter all these years of Vinh EMPLOYEES JefTer: that we start a jokesmiths. We don't know whether Jeffer- son means the age of the je Machamer supyests home for aged ex or the age of the jokesmiths. If it’s the | might rent Madi son Square Garden, prmer, we that if we the comic Harry Dart went out of says business, “Our Mynter. Myrtle Cuspidorsky of the Joke Retouching Department. strip artists would also have to go out of busi- nd that it would he a worthy sacrifice That's a noble idea, Harry, but we'd have to get the English hu morous magazines also to go out with us. Phil Rosa demands that we move Judge, Jr’s, office further y from his. He s the tinkle of the cocktail shaker makes him and he aw nervous can’t work. Will one of our em- ployees kindly invent Aveiicant (to employer)—How did you know I a —Juar noiseless cocktail shaker? comicbooks.com