Every see anyone haul salt?
In an era in which police are much in the news, Judge depicted a comical scene of a classic police child interaction. Such depictions are much rarer today. Stylistically, frankly, this depiction is somewhat odd.
The Saturday Evening Post depicted a miserly traveler with a lot of luggage stiffing a porter, tip wise. This depiction today would also convey racial overtones which were in fact likely there, albeit unconsciously, in the original, given that in many areas porters were more likely to be black than white.
Tipping is a distinctly American custom, we'd note, and often baffling to foreigners who are not accustomed to it, and to Americans who don't travel much or encounter tipped classes much. Not knowing who to tip, or how much, is a perennial problem for such folks.
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