Life, 1919-03-06 · page 8 of 42
Life — March 6, 1919 — page 8: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
**Main Cartoon ("Stick Around and See the Fun"):** A large, disheveled figure clings to a lamppost while a smaller man walks away. This appears to satirize a drunk or inebriated person unable to leave, likely mocking those who resist Prohibition enforcement. **"Salvation Ahead" Article:** References an entrepreneur planning steamship service from Nova Scotia to New York, marketing it as a way to smuggle alcohol ("messengers of comfort") past Prohibition laws. The joke satirizes how Prohibition created loopholes and illegal commerce. **"When It Comes" Section:** Lists things people will miss (breweries, old acquaintances) versus won't miss under Prohibition, alongside things they *won't* miss (sermons, temperance lectures). This mocks both Prohibition advocates and its critics. **"Dry Reading Matter" Cartoon:** A figure reads near a "Saloon Closed" sign, likely referencing life after Prohibition implementation. The page satirizes the imminent Prohibition era (1920-1933).
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Salvation Ahead VERY cloud—even a bone-dry cloud ver lining, [1 is reported that an inspire in Nova Scotia is already planning to come +t rescue of New Yorkers as soon as the bone goes into effect This gentleman has already formed a cory» tion with a large invested capital. He prop to run a line of steamers from Nova Scor They will be called the John Barleycorn, + Pousse-Café, the Sabbath Calm, « They will anchor just outside of N. York Harbor, and a line of fer boats will connect them with the M: tropolis. Each of these messengers of coms and internal joy will be loaded to t guards with Manhattan cocktails, « Bourbon, Scotch, amber beer, red asl white wines and champagnes. Nothing in the way of that which not only cheers but inebriates will be omitted. As soo: as the steamer has been relieved of its load it will be replaced by another: All hail, thou super-genius from Nova Scotia! Here's looking at you! “THE temptations that a young fel low has now are something enor- mous,” “ Aren't they? Look at young Brigg son. He tells me that his father he just bought him a seat in the Stock Exchange.” O. P.: STICK AROUND AND SEE THE FUN When It Comes We Shall Miss By fiat appointment with an old busi- Ness acquaintance Calendars from our favorite brewery Blotters from same. Reunion dinners (a) College. (hb) Fraternity Scientific dissertations on the only non- refillable bottle. Stories about how Broadway spent New Year's eve. The real mint julep. The s:15—without being unjustly ac- cused. A SMALL boy, whose father is now on the other side with the Y. M C. A. was taught to say at the end of his prayer, “ Please, God, make Graham a good hoy.” One night he did not say (Ve Shall Not Miss Sermons against rum Sermons a pst Prohibition. Vhe free lunch. The Southern gentleman who says he's the only man who can make the real mint julep. German beer gardens The man who never drinks without offering a toast. New Year's eve on Broadway Corfic-opera drinking songs. A vote on the next Constitutional amendment it, and when his mother asked lim if he had not forgotten something, he said, “ No; I thought I was asking too much of God. I'd hetter do more my- self.” PRY READING MATTER