CARTOON OF PIPE-SMOKING VICE-PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE WITHDRAWN FROM CIRCULATION IN PORTLAND
Portland, Maine (JFK+50) On August 19, 1924, N. O. Messenger of the Evening Star reports that a cartoon depicting Democratic Vice-Presidential candidate Charles G. Dawes smoking his pipe has been withdrawn from circulation upon protests by the W.C.T.U.*
The cartoon was to have been distributed around Portland** to welcome Mr. Dawes to the city next Saturday.
The ladies of the organization complained "it set a bad example for both men and boys."
*Women's Christian Temperance Union, an international temperance organization devoted to social reform, was founded in 1874. Its purpose: to create a sober & pure world by abstinence, purity & evangelical Christianity.
**Portland, located on Casco Bay, is the most populous city in Maine. It is historically tied to commercial shipping, marine economy, & light industry.
SOURCE
"Pipe-Smoking Picture of Dawes Withdrawn on W.C.T.U. Protest," by N.O. Messenger, The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., August 19, 1924, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/
