Life — March 12, 1914 — page 23: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page features a cartoon by Croughton showing a dog in a submissive, dejected posture looking down at its own shadow. The heading "Grape Juice" with the subtitle "Beverage of Peace" appears to be satirical. This likely references Woodrow Wilson's famous promotion of grape juice as a temperance alternative to alcohol—Wilson was a vocal prohibition advocate. The cartoon's dejected dog may satirize the ineffectiveness or unpopularity of such prohibition efforts, or mock the idealistic "peace" messaging attached to what many saw as an unpopular policy. The image suggests the cartoonist is mocking either Wilson's temperance stance or the broader prohibition movement's failure to achieve its stated goals, using the downcast dog as a symbol of disappointment or defeat.