Life — September 6, 1929 — page 11: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 9 This page contains two satirical cartoons addressing Prohibition-era corruption and social hypocrisy. The **top cartoon** depicts a police officer ("fat bird") accepting a bribe at a speakeasy, mocking law enforcement complicity in illegal alcohol sales during Prohibition. The joke criticizes how cops could "walk into any speakeasy and get a free drink." The **bottom cartoon** shows figures in tall grass, apparently poaching wildlife. The caption "John! Isn't that darling! He's begging for us" satirizes upper-class hunters' attitudes toward endangered animals. Both cartoons mock institutional corruption and moral inconsistency among authority figures. The text block about missed insurance men's conferences adds workplace humor, unrelated to the main cartoons.