Life, 1899-07-06 · page 19 of 20
Life — July 6, 1899 — page 19: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertisements and publishing notices** rather than editorial cartoons. The key content: **Top Section:** Tobacco and patent medicine ads (Capstan cigarettes, Beecham's Pills) — standard period advertising. **Center:** "Life's College of Vivisection" — a **satirical mock-institution** advertising a course on animal experimentation. The humor targets anti-vivisection sentiment of the era. Fake instructor names like "Agony B. Cutter" and "Bacillus F. Taintor" are puns. The "testimonials" satirize opposition to animal testing by presenting exaggerated moral outrage ("sickening revelation of horror," comparing it to the Inquisition). This mocks both vivisection critics AND those defending the practice as necessary science. **Bottom Section:** A decorative ornament vessel illustration is captioned about Sir Thomas Lipton and America's Cup — likely satirizing Lipton's yacht racing pursuits, though the specific joke is unclear without more context. **Lower Left:** Advertisement for a book of LIFE magazine's published poems and verses. **Lower Right:** Advertisement for bound volume XXXII of LIFE magazine itself ($4.00).
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