Life — March 6, 1919 — page 4: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# "We Are Too Sad" - LIFE Magazine Editorial This is an editorial announcement rather than a cartoon. LIFE magazine declares it cannot produce its usual cheerful satirical content because the editors feel "too bone-dry"—emotionally exhausted. They're addressing what appears to be a serious national crisis, likely related to Prohibition (referenced as "chronological alcoholic oasis"), suggesting this was published during the dry years (1920-1933). The editors hint this may be the magazine's final issue, expressing feeble hope that readers will awaken to "what the American people have not yet fully awakened to." The Latin phrase "Morituri Salutamus!" ("We who are about to die salute you") reinforces their tone of resignation and impending doom about national circumstances.