Judge, 1930-03-08 · page 7 of 36
Judge — March 8, 1930 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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# Judge Magazine Page Analysis **Top Cartoon ("Judge"):** Shows a man with a large polka-dotted chicken fleeing chaos, illustrating the caption about phoning the Ritzonia Arms hotel operator. The joke appears to satirize incompetent hotel management—the operator creates such disorder that the manager must personally intervene in trivial matters. **"How Yittz Got Ahead":** This story and accompanying cartoon by John Redckill depict workplace success through shrewd observation. The protagonist Yittz gains promotion by noticing the company president's habit of pausing to pick up pins during work. When questioned, Yittz reveals he's collected hundreds of these pins over years—demonstrating that small attentiveness and thriftiness, not major achievements, drive corporate advancement. The cartoon shows the president rewarding this calculated, penny-pinching behavior with promotion.
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JUDGE Censorship Note In Boston you're not allowed to read a book under a tree if it’s shady. And when somebody yells “Fire!” in Chicago, people don’t make for the nearest exit; they duck. A husband is a man who works him- self nearly to death in order to meet the instalments on the labor-saving devices his wife buys. Breach of Promise Woodman, do not spare that tree; Put your axe right through it; After phoning the telephone operator of the Ritzonia I carved my heart with hers right Arms four times for his mail, Mr. J. J. Pleppit de- ther cides to attend to the little matter himself. She wants to hold me to it. How Yittz Got Ahead The other fellows hadn't time for such things. But Yittz had read the advertise- ments and learned a secret of success. Every so often he would pause in his work, or while he was walking through the company’s big establish- ment, and pick up a pin. Wasn't that Benjamin Franklin’s advi Wasn't it the proper way to get ahead? Yittz thought it was. For years he did this without any- one noticing him. Then one morning Yittz stooped to pick up a pin as the assistant vice- president happened to be watching him, A few minutes later Yittz was called into the president's office. “Mr. Yitt said the president, ‘you were seen to pause during work today to pick up a pin. I don't be- lieve anyone else in this organization ever did that.” Yittz was abashed. He tried to grin shamefacedly, but all he could do was look down and sigh. “Yittz, how many pins do you sup- pose you have picked up in the nine years you have been with us?” the president continued. “Oh, probably three or four hun- dred,” replied Yittz modestly. “I've saved them all, too. I have them home.” “Yittz,” said the president, “I'm sorry that little habit of yours has gone unnoticed so long. An employee of a large jewelry store like this who will pick up pins deserves somethin Yittz got from ten to twenty years “Twenty years! Have you anything to sa: “Yes, yer honor, I’d like to see me lawyer alone for a few minutes.” 5 comicbooks.com