Life, 1919-06-19 · page 16 of 42
Life — June 19, 1919 — page 16: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
**Top cartoon ("How He Has Changed!"):** Depicts a well-dressed woman with children confronting a disheveled man, suggesting moral reformation or changed circumstances—likely satirizing Prohibition's social impacts on families. **Middle section:** "The Secret Confession of an Efficiency Expert" mocks workplace productivity culture through ironic daily contradictions—planning tasks that get postponed, doing yesterday's work today, and the perpetual wish for weekend. It satirizes the inefficiency of so-called "efficiency" systems. **Bottom cartoon ("The Kid"):** A small boy calls a tall policeman or authority figure "the meanest guy in the world," likely commenting on Prohibition enforcement. The caption suggests the child resents the cop for preventing access to alcohol, satirizing how Prohibition affected ordinary citizens and created resentment toward enforcement officials.
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allowed it to remain there for several days without a thought of its mar- velous message. The first page so fascinated us, however, when we finally got at it, that in spite of our income- tax report, we read it through from start to finish without a break. This book, in which the hero, although un- married, unhesitatingly puts himself on a bargain counter, is one that no home can afford to be without. The Secret Confession of An Efficiency Expert Mo! Y—We plan the thing that we will erase Tuesday. Tuespay—We try to remember what we planned on Sunday. Webnespay—We do the thing that ought to have been done on Tuesday. Tuturspay—We look over the plan of Monday, Fripay—We wish it were Saturday. SatuRvAY—We regret the idleness of Friday. “HOW HE HAS CHANGED!” HAT is the Anti-Saloon Leaguer going to do when the only way he can get a supply is by saying it is for medicinal purposes? The Kid: vat’s WUAT 1 CALL DE MEANEST GUY IN DE WoRLD! comicbooks.com