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# Judge Magazine, April 8, 1922 This page contains satirical poetry and one large cartoon about Prohibition's social effects. **The poems** mock Prohibition (which began in 1920): "See It?" ridicules the law's appearance while benefiting bootleggers; "The Lesser Evil" and "The Change" critique how Prohibition drove drinking underground and changed social behavior; "How'd You Like It?" sarcastically asks if being named "Butler" is worth the "honor" of Prohibition enforcers. **The main cartoon** shows well-dressed men and women at what appears to be a formal dinner or party, with the caption asking why men leave "between the acts" and return "with breaths"—implying they're sneaking out to drink illegal alcohol during social events. The overall message: Prohibition wasn't stopping drinking; it was merely making it covert and creating a culture of deception among the social elite.
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VotuME 82, NuMBER 2110 Class Matter, Oct Entered as Second y the Leslie-Judge copyrighted 1¥: Editors: 1 nat-Office at New > William Pres.: Dough JUDGE ¢, Eliot Keen, J, A. Waldron Douglas H. Cooke William Allen White ntributing Editor Dulas Ht, Cool YY under, Ast of March, 3. 79. $5.00. year, 15¢ 9 ‘J. MeDonnetl, Treas, a 'y, 627 W. Green, Secretary, ApRIL 8, 1922 copy, , Published Weekly and feat 4d Steet, New York City, See It? By F. Gregory Hartswick SFE the Law upon the books? What a pretty Law it looks! Benefits the human race. (Ninety bucks will buy a case.) The Lesser Evil By Corinne Rockwell Swain Pas made synthetic booze, I never want to make it; But if I had to up and choose, I'd rather make than take it. The Change By Karl H. Rogers [It USED to be the average man— Obeyed our laws, I think; But Mr. Volstead’s liquor law Is driving folks to drink. How’d You Like It? By Ellis Parker Butler ELL, then! How'd you like to bear the name of Butler As an honor badge eight cen- turies at least, And then have the Prohibition- ists inform you That a butler is a sort of out- lawed beast? “Why do the men still go out between the acts?” “Yes, and why do they still come back with breaths?” The Reformer By Minna Irving Now having stopped the moon- shine stills From Maine to Kalamazoo, Behold him trying earnestly To stop the moonshine, too! A Riddle By Grace McKinistry A RIDDLE. What can the an- swer be? Come, Tommy, Jim and Eddie, Who took the vo/ from frivolity And put the stead in steady? Elastic By Wm. S. Adkins HE outcome seems a trifle rough, Alarming in its scope.. An iron-clad ban on honest stuff— And open sale of dope. Amendments By Fairfax D. Downey IGHTEENTH Amendment— wine is wrong. The nineteenth let the women loose. The twentieth? Abolish song. The twenty-first? Aw, what's the use? comicbooks.com