Life — September 18, 1913 — page 10: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 466 **Top Section - "Messrs. Alcohol, Tobacco & Co.":** This article satirizes the increased consumption of alcohol and tobacco despite Prohibition's expansion. The personified bottles of alcohol and tobacco are depicted as characters "hurting good men." The piece argues these substances render people unfit for business, critiquing both their consumption and the industries profiting from them. **Political Cartoon - "Little Eugene":** Shows a child labeled "Little Eugene" flanked by Mother and Father figures, with a central authority figure (labeled "Son") controlling them via strings like a puppet master. The caption states: "Even in the strictest eugenic family mistakes will happen." This satirizes eugenics pseudoscience popular in the early 20th century, mocking the notion that selective breeding could produce "perfect" humans. **Right Section - "Use Short Sentences":** Writing advice by Ellis O. Jones about effective prose style.