Life — March 6, 1919 — page 7: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Political Satire: "A Last Will" and "The Dear Departed" This page satirizes the death of Prohibition in America. The top "LIFE" letters feature caricatured figures—likely politicians and temperance advocates—collapsing or reacting dramatically as Prohibition ends. The bottom cartoon, "The Dear Departed," depicts a funeral scene for Prohibition itself. The coffin is labeled "WHISKEY" with text reading "GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN," while mourners gather around. Additional bottles labeled "BROTHER" suggest related alcohol products also being laid to rest or memorialized. The satire mocks both the failed prohibition policy and those who championed it, treating the legal end of alcohol prohibition as a death to be ceremonially mourned. The cartoon implies the defeat of temperance advocates' long-standing efforts through humorous inversion—presenting their loss as a funeral.