Judge — April 11, 1925 — page 16: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This Judge magazine cartoon satirizes arguments against Prohibition. A figure kneels at a gravestone labeled "AUNTY EVERYTHING," while two stern figures (likely representing Prohibition enforcers or politicians) hold documents marked "CENSORSHIP" and "PROHIBITION." The cartoon mocks the logic of incremental restriction: if society accepts censorship and prohibition now, the image suggests, why not expand these controls indefinitely? The "Aunty Everything" gravestone implies the death of individual liberty under expanding governmental control. This appears to be anti-Prohibition commentary, arguing that accepting such restrictions sets a dangerous precedent for further government intrusion into private life. The sarcastic title questions whether society should simply accept total control now rather than waiting for its inevitable expansion.