Life, 1929-04-19 · page 10 of 52
Life — April 19, 1929 — page 10: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains three satirical items from what appears to be the Prohibition era (likely 1920s-1930s based on references to bootleggers and alcohol). **Top cartoon**: Shows a domestic scene with the caption "Mamma when is this man going?" — mocking men lingering during social calls. **Middle cartoon**: Depicts a car accident with scattered coins and a man thrown from the vehicle. The caption "She: There! Now the starter won't work. Please look and see if your foot's caught in it" satirizes the newfangled automobile and incompetent drivers. **Right column**: Contains brief humorous items mocking Prohibition reformers, bootleggers facing jail time, and a poem "Ode to Spring" using casual dialect. The humor relies on contemporary readers' familiarity with Prohibition's unpopularity and criminal consequences.
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“Mamma when is this man going?” Ox tHe Puttinc Green: Great Prohibitionists and other reformers In Chicago oaths from little acorns grow. don’t have to drink. They're dizzy enough without it. Ganeowtre (to little tot): Run down to the coroner and see if papa’s com- ing home. What if a bootlegger gets five years in jail? His stuff will be just that much older when he gets out. Fonp Moruer (as minister presents little boy with penny): Now, Bobby, what do you say? Bossy (accustomed to nickels and dimes): Well, I'll be damned! Ode to Spring I ain’t hadda lotta, now, lurnin’, Anna perm ain’ta bit in my line, But I’ve hadda, now, sortava yurnin’, Ta spill out some idearsa mine, My pertry’d be whatcha call cheesy, But the idear’s awright, still an’ all, The pernta the thing?—that’s easy, Sue: There! Now the starter won't work. Please look and see if your It’s “byoodiful spring”—thass all. foot’s caught in it. H. S. comicbooks.com