Life, 1915-11-11 · page 11 of 44
Life — November 11, 1915 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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The top cartoon satirizes Prohibition-era hypocrisy. A husband (labeled "Husband of Prohibitionist") suggests splitting "a bottle of grape-juice" on their anniversary—a transparent euphemism, since grape juice was commonly fermented into illegal alcohol during Prohibition. The joke mocks prohibitionists who publicly supported alcohol bans while privately breaking the law. Below, "Faith and Works" discusses John D. Rockefeller Jr.'s Colorado investments. The article notes he's received no financial return despite fourteen years of investment, yet maintains "faith" in something yielding no "cash return." The accompanying sketch titled "A Eugenic Courtship" (depicting couples) appears to illustrate his philanthropic rather than profit-driven interests—contrasting his altruism against typical wealthy industrialists' purely financial motivations.
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Husband of Prohibitionist: ex —MARIA—MY DEAR, CONSIDERING THAT THIS Is OUR ANNIVERSARY, DON'T YOU THINK WE MIGHT SPLIT A BOTTLE OF GRAPE-JUICE? Faith and Works GFEskING of Colorado, and of John D. Rockefeller, his son, John D. Rockefeller, Jr. recently said, as reported by the New York Sun: In the fourteen years he has been interested out here he has received not one dollar of return on his invest- ment, with the slight exception of 4 small sum that once was paid on the preferred stock, yet he has never lost a particle of faith in the worth of his investment or in the future of this State or its people. That is an interesting statement, not only because it is a nice piece of psychology, but because it is highly illumi- native of a particular point of view It appears to be a graceful concession on the part of Mr. Rockefeller that he still has the power to retain faith in something which does not yield a cash return. That's A LUGENIC CouRTSHIP good. comicbooks.com