Life, 1920-04-29 · page 15 of 40
Life — April 29, 1920 — page 15: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains three distinct pieces of satirical content: **"From the Park Benches"** (top): A cartoon depicting men on a park bench discussing "auto-intoxication"—likely referring to drunkenness or intoxication from alcohol consumption, a timely topic given Prohibition-era debates. **Three Poems/Sections**: "Katahdin Stream" (nature poetry by Arthur Guiterman), "Sweeping" (a joke about tax exemptions for government luxuries), and "First Divorce Lawyer" (a humorous dialogue about custody disputes). **"The Happy Castaway"** (bottom): A small cartoon showing a castaway on an island with a sign referencing Prohibition and the Peace Treaty—satirizing how even isolation cannot escape contemporary legal/political constraints. The overall theme appears to be social commentary on 1920s American life, particularly Prohibition enforcement and governmental hypocrisy.
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Dennison Soakum Katahdin Stream, N cloudland born, Katahdin Stream Is fed by rills of lyric laughter From moss-encradled pools that dream, Beneath rafter, i distant Ocean's golden gleam; the hemlock’s fragrant Then down the mountain's rugged seam lt leaps and plunges, ever dafter, With all its waves cascading after; But soothes their brawling, frothy cream To flow in rippled music by The bark-roofed cabin where you lie. Arthur Guiterman, YER DON'T GET NOTHIN’. sh | \ XS FROM 1HE PARK BENCHES WHAT DO YOU GET FROM THIS WORD AUTO-INTOXICATION ? CATE, BUT DON'T! Sweeping “CHE government make an exemption on your tax for luxuries.” “Then why not take off what the government costs us? gest luxury we have.” says you can That's the big- IT JUST MEANS THIS HERE NEW BEER WOT OUGHT TO INTOXI- Business IRST DIVORCE LAWYER: Now about these people! Who is to have the custody of the child? Seconn Divorce Lawyer: Let’s settle the alimony first; we can discuss the unimportant details afterwards. ec PEACE Treaty) \\ ‘oe Fatitign and THE HAPPY CASTAWAY comicbooks.com