Life — October 5, 1928 — page 23: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This political cartoon titled "The Month" uses multiple vignettes to satirize American domestic issues. The top panel welcomes home a U.S. Senator to a "deficit" basket. Other panels mock: - **Home Brew in Philadelphia**: depicting Prohibition-era illegal alcohol production - **"Give and Take"**: showing what appears to be labor or industrial disputes - **"Not for Me!"**: unclear reference, possibly tax or policy resistance - **"Bravo! Riviera"**: likely mocking wealth disparity or elite leisure - **Bottom panel**: A figure struggling through "Storm," "Harvest Tide," and "Florida" — suggesting economic hardship affecting farmers or workers The overall theme appears to critique post-war American problems: Prohibition enforcement, labor strife, political corruption (the deficit), and economic struggles. The cartoon suggests these domestic "welcomes home" represent serious national problems rather than celebration.