Life, 1928-10-26 · page 15 of 40
Life — October 26, 1928 — page 15: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains satirical comics and commentary about **Prohibition enforcement** in 1920s America. The top comic strip titled "The Sad Tale of the Jealous Chap Who Looked Daggers—At a Professional Knife-Thrower" depicts a domestic jealousy scenario ending in slapstick violence, likely a humorous interlude. The main content addresses **Prohibition's effects**: an article reports on enforcement efforts (raids, arrests for bootlegging) and quotes opponents warning that bootleg alcohol is damaging public health. A poem titled "A Matter of Opinion" sarcastically contrasts a man's boasts of achievement with his wife's humbler assessment. The bottom cartoon, "What This World Needs Is More Concentration," shows office workers at desks discussing work productivity while one figure gestures emphatically—likely satirizing corporate management's obsession with efficiency during Prohibition's economic disruption.
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Wuo Looxen Daccers — Progress of Prohibition Enforcement Ax Epworth League rally at Peoria, Illinois, resolves that “National Prohibi- tion has been of incalculable benefit to American youth,” and the President of the University of Michigan asks Federal dry sleuths to investigate rumors of wide- spread drinking on the campus; at Clinton, Ilinois, a dry agent kidnaps a girl of fourteen to use her as a lure to tapedrinkers, and a bootlegger in South Bend requests the police to put his son in jail to cure him of drunkenness; a man in Michigan gets a life sentence for violation of the Volstead Act, and another offender in Brooklyn draws a fine of twenty-five cents; at Lorain, Ohio, a girl motorist we are doubling cutput “of our male Statt, is shot at night by dry agents she mistook for hold-up men, and a Vermont whiskey smuggler’s automobile throws off a smoke screen to baffle pursuers; Prohibition Com- missioner James M. Doran argues that the Volstead law is making men better-look- ing, and the American Cosmeticians’ Society warns that bootleg rum is ruining girls’ complexions. W. W. Scott. Mary: Bill made a forward pass this afternoon. Rutn: I told you that you'd have to watch those college boys, dearic. Aspreviate>—Now is the time for all good men to come to. ‘A Teal brilliant stroke, p) Yes SIP ~9 Peel brilliant stroke! A Matter of Opinion My deeds would make Napoleon's pale; Poor Shakespeare’s words divine Would sound nonsensical and stale Compared with verse of mine; No hero since the world began, No sage could equal me, If I were only half the man My mother thought I'd be. The dullest dolt that breathes, I fear, Beside me would seem wise; A sloth by contrast would appear A thing of enterprise; No failure ever was so great, No coward more suspect, If my wife's mother’s estimate Ot me is half correct! Dalnar Devening. Wuat Tuts Wortp Neeps Is More ConcenTRATION comicbooks.com