Life, 1923-04-12 · page 16 of 40
Life — April 12, 1923 — page 16: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
The page features a charming four-panel cartoon about bulldogs titled "Can You Blame Him?" The panels show a large adult bulldog and smaller puppy in humorous exchanges about appearance and growing up—the punchline being the puppy's refusal to mature into the father's wrinkled, stern visage. Below this is a satirical article titled "Since Tobacco Has Been Barred in Utah—" The text mocks Utah's tobacco prohibition by claiming that without cigarettes, villains now smoke cubeb cigars, train passengers chant instead of smoking, and London finds this anathema. It appears to satirize Prohibition-era regulations and their unintended consequences, suggesting the ban merely shifts behaviors rather than eliminating them. The cartoons and article reflect early 20th-century American attitudes toward smoking restrictions and social regulation.
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“Daddy, do all bull dogs look like you?” “The best do.” “Will I look like you when I grow up?” “Absolutely!” Since Tobacco Has Been Barred in Utah— OU walk more than a mile for a Camel. In melodramas the villains have to smoke cubebs. Cigar coupons are worthless, just as anywhere else. The wealthiest citizens are pro- fessional cherootleggers. “Are you considered handsome?” “Well, ah—er—some think I am.” Can You Blame Him? Pullman smoking compartments are open forums for the discussion of Nicotine Prohibition. Home runs are knocked out and not smoked. rain pests that chanted, “Cigars, cigarettes, chocolate bars and chew- ing gum,” have had their work cut in half. What’s a shilling in London is anathema in Salt Lake City. “Well, then, I don’t wanna grow up.” Double certificate days are not «b- served. Pipes are permitted in the Tabor- nacle organ only by special dispen- sation. Pictures of Uncle Joe Cannon in a characteristic pose are not cn- couraged. The philosophy of Velvet Joe is absolutely forbidden. comicbooks.com SUITOR e" i, Al ge