Life, 1919-08-07 · page 14 of 44
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This page critiques radical political movements of the era (likely 1920s, given prohibition references). The main article argues that revolutionary change inevitably causes disruption and suffering, defending this as necessary evil during transitional periods. The upper cartoon shows a man being turned away from his home—captioned with dialogue about hiring a cook, suggesting domestic disruption from social upheaval. The lower cartoon depicts a woman at a beach asserting her physical attractiveness as a weapon, with commentary about women carrying concealed weapons. This satirizes debates over women's rights and safety in revolutionary times. The article specifically references Prohibition as a "revolutionary proceeding" that caused social problems, using it as evidence that radical change often proves impractical despite good intentions.
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“WOULD YOU MIND LETTING US IN, BRIDGET? WE FORGOT OUR LATCH-KEY.” “WHEN I MIRED OUT TO COOK, 1 TOLD YE I'D NOT ANSWER THE DOOK.” The Interloper 'HE fifty-seven Amendments to the Constitution held a convention in Independefice Hall in 1935. No sooner seated around the ma- hogany than they were interrupted by a great commotion outside. Craning from the windows, they saw an old, battered, tattered man being hustled away from the hall, which he had tried to enter. It was the Constitution of the United States, “LIFE: Revolution 'HESE are revolutionary times, and in revolutionary times nothing is done right. The business of such times is revolution; highly unpleasant, but, from time to time, necessary, and therefore inevitable. Shaking things up means shaking a lot of things down. We the crash of them, and are worried. We might as well save our and transition with philosophy, expecting nothing to be done right at the first go. pains watch the processes of The better then may we expect every- thing to come right, more or less, in the long run, and possibly while we are still alive; not perfectly right, of course, else this were not Earth; but so as to be tolerable. For example, there is this matter of Prohibition, a revolutionary proceed- ing through and through so many people so much trouble that it became possible by skillful political Rum made organization and management, and by hard work extending over years, to. pass an amendment of the Constitution throwing it out altogether. That was not the way to do it, but it was the revolutionary way, and only practicable way, and these being revolutionary times, it was so done. Now as these lines are written the 7 perhaps the on Its Job pers discuss whether Congress will , now under consideratiog, making it unlawful to harbor intoxi- pass cants in one’s house, and perhaps mak. ing every house subject to search and its alcoholic contents to seizure. For the moment Congress declines to pass such a law, but the times being what they are, it may yet come to it, One office of revolution is to Mow deep-set evils out of their intrench. Another is to which of the social cure than the disease. ments, demonstrate Hs are worse The Bolshevists are trying out more cure-alls than any other revolutionary group. in these S but for us es the Prohibitionists are They C out of its as yet the leaders in experimen’ have blown the rum tra and they have closed the saloons, and as preliminaries to a great improvement in drinking habits in the United States those may be useful ex- ploits. But the Prohibitionists are little worth. When they have shut off rum, or think They have no ideas about a sane and bene ficial use of the less potent int Their one definite purpose trenches, on the constructive side they have, they are through. icants, is to swat alcohol between the eyes, and they have done it. To them any drink that con- “BEAUTY IS ALL A WOMAN HAS TO FIGHT WITH.’ “WELL, THEY'LL > ER BE ARRESTED FOR CARRYING CONCEALED WEAPON comicbooks.co