Judge, 1929-08-03 · page 12 of 40
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# Explanation for Modern Readers **"Helping Hands"** depicts workplace cynicism about promotions. A man receives a job advancement, but his coworkers warn him it's a trap: the company will load him with extra work without proportional pay increase, using the prestigious title as compensation instead of actual raises. The satire critiques corporate exploitation—companies leverage employee loyalty and ambition to extract more labor while maintaining stagnant compensation. **"Seeing Believin'"** is a Prohibition-era joke. It mocks a "blindfold test" supposedly distinguishing gin brands, but the actual test is whether someone can walk straight *after* drinking gin from five different illegal speakeasies. The humor targets both blind taste-test advertising and the absurdity of Prohibition enforcement (speakeasies were illegal establishments). Both sections satirize American workplace and social dynamics of the era—corporate manipulation and the underground alcohol trade during Prohibition.
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i I JUDGE “Helping Hands” In the Office. “Well, well, so they finally kicked through with a promotion for you. Mean a lot more work, s won't it?” OOH WAH Lnenory mu want to watch out they “a ai don’t start to pile it on you from z | now on, Pete. That's the trouble e with these big corporations—they » you a high-soundin’ title in- ick.” “Where do you get that ‘grate- ful’ stuff? You don't owe this comp'ny a thing. You been do- ing P.'s work on a book- keeper's. salary for years now. Don't let ‘em kid you, boy! “Well, they sure took their time in getting around to it, didn’t they? Hell, I've been try- to tell ‘em—for five years— that you weren't getting half of what was coming to you.” OOH WAH LAUNOR, | _ '. I'd take it easy from now on, It'll be a long, long time before they get around to. this department in with a boost, to any of us. —Sranxtey Jones OOH WAH UNO, | a Some dumb motorists are like Chicago gangsters—always shoot- ing out of alleys. a an, a] 0 soctow Seeins Believin —Didjer hear | new blindfold tes | —You mean cigarets? t —No. That stuff is old. Wot I mean is they're tryin it with gin. —Whater you mean gin? —Well, here’s the idear. You pout this here | take five bottles o’ gin from five if | diffrunt speakeasies, see? | —Yep, and the feller takes a pull | ach bottle. | | ht nd the test is if he can see diffrunce between them, hey? i ‘0. The test is if he can sce | after he takes off the blindfold. 4 a; | ronce Mircient i at c if) } The cheery guy who philoso- i phised that the air is free cer- i i ' ; tainly had never tried to adver- be I tise over it. “John! Were you out last night?” S | — | 10 comicbooks.com