Life, 1918-01-17 · page 26 of 40
Life — January 17, 1918 — page 26: what you’re looking at
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**Main Content:** The page features two satirical pieces: 1. **"Men Who Did Not Advocate Prohibition"** — a list of historical and religious figures (Jesus, Shakespeare, the Popes, etc.) presented ironically during America's Prohibition era (1920-1933). The satire suggests these great men somehow survived and achieved greatness *without* promoting alcohol bans, mocking prohibitionists' claims that banning alcohol was necessary for civilization. 2. **Sunday School Dialogue** — A teacher asks a child "Ferdinand" to define "enemy." The boy responds his enemy is "a fren' what's found yer out." An officer then demands the boy be muzzled because he's honest—never lied, stolen, or cheated, yet "you can't tell what he might do." **The Joke:** The cartoon satirizes unfair suspicion and censorship of innocent people, suggesting authorities punish honesty itself out of paranoia about potential wrongdoing.
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106 Men Who Did Not Advocate Prohibition Jesus Christ John ©, Calhoun Christopher Columbus Saint Paul. Socrates. Daniel Webster. Wm. Shakespeare. The Popes of Rome. John Paul Jones Martin Luther. Henry Cl; John Calvin. Michel Angelo John the Baptist. All the Apostles roethe. ius Caesar. Alfred Tennyson Robert Burns Alfred the Great Pericles. N. Ronapa Plato. Charlemagne. Immanuel Kant Voltai George Washington To LIFE'S Subscribers [¥ revty t0 complaints concerning the 1 ate arrival of subscription copies of Lire, we must refer our readers to * the Post Office Department with a recommendation to mercy. The weather situation, the coal situation and the trans} ion situation are interrupt- ing a gow many of the regularities of American existence UNDAY - SCHOOL TEACHER (smiling benignuly): erdinand, what is an enemy? Tir StemNite: He's a fren’ what's found yer cut. Officer: Werk, THE LAW REQUIRES YOU TO MUZZLE AND GAG HI. PeRIEAPS 10 HAS NEVER LIED, STOLEN OR CHEATED HIS REST FRIEND, OR RUN NEIGHBOR'S WIFE, BUT YOU CAN'T TELL WHAT HE MIGHT bo, AWAY WITH HS