Life, 1893-03-16 · page 10 of 16
Life — March 16, 1893 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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# Political Cartoon Analysis: Life Magazine, Page 170 The top editorial cartoon depicts **Prohibition** as a crowned figure sitting on a throne, satirizing how the policy dominates American politics. The accompanying text criticizes Prohibition activists for their "biliousness" and argues that most Americans—regardless of party—prefer the risk of drunkenness to pneumonia, suggesting Prohibition enforcement causes more harm than the drinking it prevents. The lower illustration shows a successful **juvenile masquerade ball** held by the Brotherhood of United Bricklayers, presented as positive community news. The humor between Jim and Levisohn concerns shooting accuracy at targets, while the telephone joke plays on the expense of long-distance calls—both typical period humor unrelated to the political content above.
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- LIFE: HE festivities at Washington which marked the deposition of the Grand Old Party from the throne it has held so long, are said to have been marked by a bibulous- ness calculated to make the judicious grieve. If our Prohibition friends knew their business they would insert a plank in their next platform demanding a change of date for In- auguration Day. Most people, Democrats, Republicans and Popu- 5, lists alike, prefer to take the chances 3 of getting drunk instead of getting the pneumonia. So long as the AviPrtiy American climate keeps up its monkey-shines, we must expect a large amount of inebriety at Wash- ington every fourth fourth of March. EVISOHN: Well, Miss Maud, I beat Jim shooting to-day. We “Jee wHizz! ONLY ONE HUNTER IN TWO WEEKS! shot at a nickel and I hit it. I Betieve I'LL JOIN A MENAGERIE.” Maup (to Jim): How did Mr. Levisohn happen to beat you shooting ? = Jim: You see, a nickel appears much larger to Levisohn than it does Tk is not cheap when you use a long to me. distance telephone. 2800 ang Mae, pA yar OUR READERS WILL BE PLEASED TO LEARN THAT THE JUVENILE BAL MASQUE HELD IN THE HALL OF THE BROTHERHOOD OF UNITED BRICKLAYERS WAS A DECIDED SUCCESS, comicbooks.com