Judge, 1924-09-13 · page 49 of 72
Judge — September 13, 1924 — page 49: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page satirizes **Prohibition** (the 1920-1933 ban on alcohol). The main cartoon shows a working man celebrating that prohibition has created a profitable black market—he can now sell empty liquor bottles for ten cents each, turning waste into income. The accompanying article, "Hints on Raising a Bootlegger's Boy," is savage satire. It mock-seriously outlines how to raise a child in the illegal liquor trade: polishing still equipment, target practice with shotguns, disguising one's voice from federal agents, bribing police, and bottling counterfeit scotch. The humor lies in treating organized crime as normal child-rearing. The piece satirizes how Prohibition had normalized bootlegging throughout American society—criminals, corrupt officials, and ordinary workers all profited from illegal alcohol production and sales. Rather than eliminating drinking, the law created an underground economy where even children were recruited. The minor jokes and verse below are unrelated filler common to magazine pages of this era.
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