Judge, 1923-07-21 · page 32 of 36
Judge — July 21, 1923 — page 32: what you’re looking at
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This is a humor column by Norman Anthony asking six ordinary people: "What do you think of prohibition?" The joke is clear from the respondents' names and their identical answers of "Hic—" (the sound of hiccups). All six men listed—Ed Smith, Al Zeer, Joe Wood, Thomas Drinkle, Bill Weed, and Henry Jones—have names that are transparent puns on drinking and intoxication: "Al Zeer" (all beer), "Joe Wood," "Thomas Drinkle" (drink), "Bill Weed," etc. Their uniform response of hiccuping is the satirical punchline: despite Prohibition (the 1920 constitutional ban on alcohol), these men are clearly drunk, suggesting the law is utterly ineffective. The cartoon mocks Prohibition's failure by implying ordinary citizens continue drinking openly and unrepentantly, indifferent to the legal ban. The page's advertisements for firearms and other products are unrelated commercial content.
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