Life — June 18, 1914 — page 10: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Content Analysis This page contains two opinion pieces. The first, signed E. S. Martin, discusses Presbyterian Church debates over alcohol and tobacco use, criticizing what he sees as naive prohibition efforts. He argues that climate and cultural factors make Scottish drinking habits unsuitable to import to America, and mocks church resolutions as ineffectual moral posturing. The second piece, "Peace and Patents" by Amos R. Wells, discusses military technology. It sarcastically notes that while peace advocates celebrate inventions like the ultraviolet ray as conflict-prevention tools, modern weapons (submarines, destroyers, aeroplanes) only make war more expensive rather than impossible. The illustration shows a woman examining or sharpening what appears to be a knife or blade, captioned "I'M SO GLAD JACK HAD IT SHARPENED"—likely a domestic humor cartoon, though its exact satirical point remains unclear without additional context.