Life, 1922-04-27 · page 8 of 34
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This single-panel cartoon depicts anthropomorphized apples with a caption reading "Lead us not into fermentation." The joke targets Prohibition-era anxieties about alcohol production. The image shows apples in what appears to be a cider press, with the heading "THE WAY OF THE TRANSGRESSOR IS HARD CIDER"—a pun on the biblical phrase "the way of the transgressor is hard." The satire works on multiple levels: apples "pray" to avoid being processed into hard cider (illegal under Prohibition), while the setup mocks both religious piety and the widespread illegal alcohol production occurring despite the 18th Amendment (1920-1933). The cartoon assumes readers recognize cider-making as common bootlegging activity during this period.
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HERE being that number of mem- bers, the New York lWorld refers to Congress as “The 531.” Don’t con- fuse with that other great comedy num- ber, “The 5:15.” As a commentator on America, Margot Asquith is only com- monplace, with Clare Sheridan forty miles ahead of her. aL about light wines and Bacchus is willing. How beer? Day-by-day record of a news- paper’s death: Friday, Satur- day, Sunday, Munsey. aL Disabled veterans are convinced that the government's rehabili- tation program is based on an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, and a dollar and a half a month for an arm. aL 12 Dry Agents Not Lost at Sea—Headline. Darn! aL A lot of folks enjoy ice-cream pie because it’s the only frozen article in ten years of which James Oliver Curwood isn’t the author, JL The only place in which some boobs ever offer their seats to a lady is in a canoe. aL Ireland’s freedom is a sort of victory without peace. JL The neighborhood theatre has at least shown our culture centers that a samo- var is not a musical instrument. Newly installed dial machines for tele- phone self-service are reported to be almost human in their ability to get wrong numbers. Statistics prove that Congress wastes too much time talking, but they don’t prove it half so well as acoustics. -L What’s the matter with Lenine? He isn’t dying as often as he used to. By 1928, at the present rate, the boot- leggers will be strong enough to have their own candidate for president. aL Motto for telephone girls: Hear noth- ing, see nothing, know nothing. From what we gather from the press, Lloyd George gets out of bed every morning, shaves, combs his hair ani comes downstairs to face the daily crisis. . aL The Greeks, says a news report, are to evacuate the hehr- Afiun-Karahissar-Kutaia line within a fortnight. If they doit alphabetically it will take longer than that. ait George Bernard Shaw is a lecturing, preaching or scolding, But give him credit—he stays in England to do his lecturing. LL A Cossack general has been ar- rested in New York for robbery. Do we believe in protecting home industries? We do. L Barbers who announce a one- dollar haircut evidently think they have a scissors hold on the public. LL And now Sweden may have pro- hibition. Introducing — Stock- holm brew. A new magazine has just been issued entitled The Interpreter. To interpret the short stories in the other magazines? aL The text of the Irish Agree- The Apple’s Prayer “Lead us not into fermentation.” A female mosquito lays 1,000,000,000,- 000,000,000,000 eggs in a hundred days. Hey, Mrs. Sanger! aL The people of Utah, pleased with their representation at Washington, are con- sidering teaching the young idea how to Smoot. IL Now that President Harding has re- ceived a document from the I. W. W. recounting its patriotism and its proud war record, a communication is in or- der from Big Bill Haywood asking to be awarded the D. S. M. ment: A contradiction in terms —L An article in the Bookman says that Sherwood Anderson and Joseph Hergesheimer are vain. But the article doesn’t say what for. IL A man in South Carolina hid rum in his wooden leg; and then somebody pulled it. aL As we understand the matter of Allied reparation, Germany is willing to le the whole matter drop. -L A prize has been offered for a slogat that will stimulate travel. In the meat time, the Eighteenth amendment seems to be doing pretty well. comicbooks.com