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Candy was a comic strip and a comic book, originally created by Henry Sahle and Ed Goggins. It's unclear which came first, as the comic book and the comic strip debuted at around the same time, and it's possible they debuted simultaneously. Sahle and Goggins appear to have worked on both of them, at least at the beginning. Sahle eventually began focusing only on the comic book, allowing other writers and artists to take over on the comic strip. Both of them seem to have lasted from 1944 to some time in 1956. The strip involves a group of high schoolers who were extremely "hip" and utilized every slang word that was available in those days. As I wasn't alive then I don't know if teenagers actually spoke like this, or if this is just how adults imagined they spoke, and the words being used had already gone out of style by the time they appeared in the newspaper. Either way, it's a fun time capsule of the kind of language that may have been in use at that time.
This particular strip takes place after the kids have successfully renovated an old building and turned it into their clubhouse. They have each decided to take turns cleaning it, and it seems it was Ted's turn. I'm not sure why Ted couldn't tell Trish that he had gotten a job and just not tell her it was to save money for a Christmas present, but then again Ted doesn't seem like the brightest of bulbs. I hope he gets Candy a good present with that money he earns. Perhaps tomorrow we'll find out what it is...