Judge — March 26, 1932 — page 26: what you’re looking at

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Sample-Tossing AMPLE-TOSSING, as practised in this country, has reached a stage where it has got to be curbed or stopped al- together. Victims of this practise are numer- ous among our working classes, par- ticularly the old line commuters who have to ride trains day in and day out. Placed in this vulnerable position, they fall easy prey to the sample-tossers, and the toll is heavy. First off, the train rider lolls in his Pullman seat and reads a paper. Some- thing thuds softly into his lap. A cel- lophane-wrapped sample of nut car umels. The candy butcher is halfway down the aisle spraying his wares, so the victim drops back in his seat again, A few minutes pass, then another thud. ‘Toasted almonds in cellophane. The victim mutters as the vender flashes by. Then arrives a dribble of cellophaned peanuts, followed by a shower of chocolates and hard cand ics. Now, fully re of his danger, the victim str les to arise from his On the Road to Mandalay seat, but is pinned down by the load in his lap. The candy butcher ap- proaches warily, a wolfish smile on his face, and cunningly inserts a magazine into the hands of his helpless prey Then off he goes, sure of a sale with the next attack of samples. ‘That's how it's done. No organized opposition has devel oped to sample-tossing as yet, but if things go on this way much longer, there will be a sudden and violent up- rising of the people. That is certain. Only once in history has sample- tossing been of benefit to mankind, and that was in the recent and inter- esting case of Jaspar Dedick. Ab- sconding with a factory payroll, he fell asleep in his train seat and was completely buried in samples, thus es- caping the notice of detectives who searched the train for him. He was last seen heading west from Houston, ‘Texas, carrying a black bag under his left arm. That was the Tuesday be- fore Christmas, just to keep the ree- ords straight. Thus you can easily see that, with the last exponent of sample-tossing heading west out of Houston, Texas, and thousands of commuters ready to aid in fighting it, this sort of thing could be quickly stamped out, if only our people would unite in a little de- termined action, A plank against sample-tossing was to be included in the Democratic platform this year, but at the last moment it was thrown out because the Democratic candidate . NCH ERY . feared it might cause him to lose the BIG MOMENT IN THE LIFE OF A PROFESSIONAL HUMORIST vote of Jaspar De His wife laughs at one of his wise-cracks. —Norman Sutiivan comicbooks.com