Judge, 1929-10-05 · page 5 of 36
Judge — October 5, 1929 — page 5: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Judge Magazine Page This page contains two distinct pieces: **"The Bookkeeper's Sweetheart"** (top left): A poem by Arthur L. Lippmann praising a bookkeeper's romantic interest, crediting her with various positive qualities while humorously noting her tongue "lectures / Me like a bubble!" **"Helping Hands"** (right): A dialogue between an overdrawn bank customer and a banker. The customer claims ignorance about overdraft consequences, while the banker warns of banks "getting nasty" with persistent small depositors. References mention a "Frank Clahane" throwing a "notice into the waste basket," suggesting the dialogue satirizes banking practices and customer-banker tensions during what appears to be an economic strain period. **Bottom cartoon**: Shows a woman at a desk; the caption by Stanley Jones satirizes women's fashion, joking that short skirts are a workplace distraction requiring legal prohibition.
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The Bookkeeper’s Sweetheart I debit her her high-hat pose, T credit her her smile; I debit her her freckled nose, I credit her her style, But, oh, her tongue that lectures Me I dub a liability! I credit her her agile brain, I debit her her ma; I credit her her kindly strain, Her brother and her p. And Uncle Heetor’s leg An asset is that pleases me! I debit her the stubborn way She failed to acquiesce, But credit her that magic She fondly whispered “3 Oh, all my’ entries, when’ com- plete, Give her a splendid balance sheet! —Arrucer L, Lippmann “Gentlemen, I'm a Prohibition Officer—and I’m sorry to say you're all under arrest.” “Helping Hands” When you are overdrawn. “Oh, I wouldn't let a printed notice like that upset me. It's probably just a form the banks have to go through, that’s all.” “Ordinarily, I'd say it didn’t mean a thing. But with money as tight as it is now, they're apt to get nasty and jump you. “Aw, tell ‘em you've been : and that your wife has been checking on it. I don't be- lieve they'd be as hard on a . "Go ahead and try: it, “IT don't know just means, but I did h a fellow over in couldn't dig up an who spent two weeks in the cooler when he went down to see about its’ “IT don’t take much stock in rumors, but just the other day I ard that the banks are going to I down pretty hard on the Small depositors who persistently overdraw.”” “Hell, you'd better hop a cab and get down there, man. Itt can nothing, and then again- d what happened @ - ‘lahane when he threw 3 A his second notice into the waste- “Darn it, there should be a law against women wearing such basket.” short skirts, They’re too much of a distraction.” —Stantey Jones