Judge — April 4, 1885 — page 9: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This Judge magazine cartoon satirizes the **Prohibition Administration** during the enforcement of alcohol prohibition. The central figure is an exaggerated woman in elaborate dress, likely personifying **Lady Prohibition or the Anti-Saloon League**, surrounded by bureaucrats and enforcement officials holding hammers and tools. The caption "461 days before she goes dry!" suggests criticism of Prohibition's implementation timeline. The cartoon mocks the federal government's aggressive enforcement apparatus and the theatrical, overwrought nature of the Prohibition movement itself—depicted through the woman's garish costume and the crowd of officials surrounding her with destructive tools. The satire critiques both Prohibition policy and those administering it as ineffectual and excessive.