Judge — November 1933 — page 9: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis: "Interesting Sidelights on the Coming Repeal of Prohibition" This Judge magazine page satirizes opposition to Prohibition's repeal (ratified in 1933). The cartoons present apocalyptic scenarios meant to convince readers that ending Prohibition would be catastrophic: **Top left:** A "former drunkard" eagerly awaits repeal to resume domestic violence against his wife and child—implying alcohol abuse caused family harm. **Top right:** The "poorhouse" fills with crowds expecting admission once drinking resumes, suggesting alcohol consumption leads to destitution. **Center circle:** Children representing "the younger generation" might be "debauched by liquor interests"—fear-mongering about youth corruption. **Bottom:** "Loathsome topers" (habitual drinkers) wait to "roll in the gutter," depicting alcoholics in degradation. The satire cuts both ways: Judge presents these as inevitable consequences of repeal while implicitly mocking prohibitionists' dire predictions as exaggerated propaganda.