Life, 1919-04-10 · page 14 of 46
Life — April 10, 1919 — page 14: what you’re looking at
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This page from *Life* magazine contains three satirical pieces: 1. **"The Prohibitionist Takes His Ideas with Him to Heaven"** - A cartoon mocking American Prohibition (1920-1933), depicting a prohibitionist ascending to heaven while carrying his anti-alcohol ideology. The satire suggests such fervent moral positions are impractical or absurd. 2. **"From a Future Almanac"** - Humorous fake predictions (1920-1927) satirizing contemporary political turmoil: the new Eskimo Republic, global water fermentation, constitutional crises, and the Anti-Thought League—mocking post-WWI chaos and emerging totalitarian concerns. 3. **"One-Sided Questions"** - A list mocking how various authorities (fathers, clergy, military officers, professors, League of Nations officials) presume expertise on matters beyond their competence, satirizing unwarranted institutional authority and overreach.
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The Little Nations KRANIANS, Rumanians, Polaks and Lithuanians; Armenians, Slovenians, Livonians, Ruthenians ; Slavs—fifty-two varieties— Bohemian societies ; Czechs, long suppressed ; Croatians— Good land! What other nations, Full-syllabled mouth-fillers, Make their bow to all good-willers ? Come, little brothers all! This old terrestrial ball Has room still and to spare. We'll meet you on the square. Just tell him: “ Be our Uncle Sam!” He'll answer: “Sure! That's what I am!” Mafra Wright Newhall, Our Literature “@O the editor told you this was the greatest essay on conduct since the Sermon on the Mount. Did he take it?” “No, sold it to the Chewing Gum Trust as an ad.” THE PROMIRITIONIST TAKES HIS IDEAS WITH HIM TO HEAVEN * From a Future Almanac 1920—Proclamation of the Eskimo Republic in Greenland. 1921—Sudden and inexplicable fermentation of all the run- ning water in the world 1922—-The Supreme Court declares the Constitution uncon- stitutional 1923—Formation of the Ai Fhought League of Nations. 1924—Return of the Jews from exile in Jerusalem to their New York homes. 1925—Third battle of the Marne between the world “drys” and the world bootleggers 1926—Sudden drop in eggs to two dollars a dozen. 1927—Congress decrees the immortality of the soul One-Sided Questions HERE are two sides to every question, When a young man describes his fianc When a young woman gives an impersonal estimate of a woman friend; : When a father prescribes conduct for his children ; When a mother explains her son’s temperament; When a physician advocates his favorite method of treat- ment; When a churchman discourses on a problem-novel ; When a Columbia professor pronounces on anything new ; When a military or naval officer offers an opinion on any- thing; When anyone delivers his opinion of the League of Nations. SUGGESTED STATUE TYPIFYING THE SOUL OF BOLSHEVISM