Life — December 27, 1923 — page 8: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# "My Husband Says" and "The Liquor Question at Four Corners" The top cartoon illustrates a domestic dispute where a wife complains about her husband's response to her illness—he dismisses her ailments and sends her to the doctor, then suggests she take pills and go for walks rather than receive his sympathy. The satire targets unsympathetic husbands who minimize their wives' health concerns. The bottom illustration depicts a rural scene involving a horse-drawn vehicle and references "the liquor question"—likely alluding to Prohibition-era debates. The caption mentions a judge's involvement in a case involving someone's "potatoes" (possibly code for illegal alcohol), satirizing how Prohibition enforcement created absurd legal situations and judicial confusion around what constituted contraband.