Life, 1922-07-20 · page 10 of 36
Life — July 20, 1922 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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The central cartoon depicts two men in formal dress shaking hands while exchanging contraband. One figure labeled "THE CRAFT BOOTLEGGER" holds a sack, while the other labeled "PROHIBIT POLITICIAN" receives it. This satirizes the hypocrisy of Prohibition enforcement: politicians publicly supporting the alcohol ban while privately obtaining liquor from bootleggers. The surrounding "Life Lines" column contains brief satirical comments about Prohibition's failures, including commentary on the difficulty of enforcing total abstinence and criticism of enforcement methods (like the Broadway police shootings mentioned). The overall message mocks the contradiction between Prohibition's stated goals and its actual implementation—that those in power circumvented their own laws while ordinary citizens faced strict enforcement.
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TER a while our American literature will be teeming with quaint old bootlegends. JL Prayer to the coal In about six months it will be time for somebody to write an interest- ing pamphlet entitled, “Who Was Will Hays?” The police fired one hundred and forty shots on Broadway the other night without hitting an innocent by- stander. It is high time that they held some target miners: Strike while the weather's hot. ell. England, France and Italy are going to investigate Turkish atrocities. And then they ought to hang everybody found smoking one. aL Were Henry Ford to be elected Presi- dent, historians could hardly be blamed for referring to this as the Tin-Eliza- bethan Era. aL Answer quickly: Who ran for Presi- dent against Hard- ing? aL The world really is progressing. The fact that a boy has been through college is no longer consid- ered a sign that he does not know any- thing. aL Brief digest of the Dry _ Enforcement Laws: Nobody is fit to be trusted to take a drink except a Prohibition agent. JL A vote in time saves wine. aL And now Congress is raising the duty on wheat. Doesn't that go against the grain? IL London is reported disappointed be- cause Mr. Taft did not turn out to be as large as had been expected. The tonnage question has always an- noyed England. The Combination Against Light Wines and Beer but It's taking the eighteenth and nine- teenth amendments pretty long to bring on the millennium. JL Doesn't the bonus for the men who fought in the Revolution have to be settled first? JL A Utah friend of ours bemoans the fact that he has but one wife to give to his country. I. In declaring that he would hoid the Canton government in spite of every- thing, Sun Yat Sen gave evidence that he had been feeding on puffed rice. practice. aL New York is en- thusiastic about the idea of an art cen- tre for Central Park. This would enable it to have all its art gathered together at one place, so that there’d be no danger of running into it at odd moments. aL It might be a good idea to give Lenine and Trotzky the mandate for Ireland. aL Judging from the way the Prohibition law is observed, the way to make the country really dry is to pass a law com- pelling everyone to remain constantly intoxicated. reliable is that JL The latest information Suzanne Lenglen will positively play in the big net tilt, that she posi- tively will not play in the big net tilt, as her health is bad, although she is not worried about her health, which is perfect. aL Mr. Busch has made it plain what was meant in a recent dispatch in which it was stated that a vessel staggered into port. aL The thief who stole a few cigarettes has gone to jail for fifty years, but the friend who never has any of his own is still at large. aL The slogan of the occasional drinker is now, “Nip and duck.” comicbooks.com