Life, 1908-04-09 · page 3 of 20
Life — April 9, 1908 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This Life magazine page contains satirical commentary on early 1900s American social issues. **Main Image:** "A Choice Spot to Locate" shows a silhouetted horse-drawn carriage on a rural road—likely satirizing where wealthy New Yorkers might establish summer homes or escape the city. **"Modern Mary":** A humorous dialogue mocking automobile enthusiasts who claim cars run on minimal resources ("gasoline, you know"), poking fun at early auto culture exaggeration. **"Truth and Science":** A longer satirical piece criticizing vivisection (animal experimentation) by Dr. Klein, questioning physicians' claims that animal testing causes negligible suffering. The piece advocates for animal welfare while mocking scientific justifications for painful experiments. **"Inexplicable":** Brief commentary on Charles M. Schwab's tax evasion case in New York, questioning how debts supposedly exceed assets. The page overall critiques wealthy privilege, scientific rationalization of cruelty, and tax fraud.
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Copyright 1004 by Life Pudiiting Company Modem “YPARY: Mary, quite contrary, How does your auto go?” “With toots and yells, and nasty smells, It’s a gasoline, you know Truth and Science “FORTY-THREE physiciansof prom- inence” recently told the public in a formal statement that “anesthetics are given as a matter of course, except where the pain is trifling or momentary, or in the extremely rare case that an important observation would be frustrated by the unconsciousness of the animal.” Lire realizes, of course, that ‘ forty- three physicians of prominence” could never bring themselves to utter an un- truth or even give a false impression. It may be possible for these gentlemen to believe, in their youthful innocence, that an animal clamped to an operating board with elaborate devices to prevent A CHOICE SPOT TO LOCATE strangling suffers pain that is only “tri- fling or momentary.” And it may be that Dr. Klein was lying when he gave this testimony before the Royal Commission : Q.—When you say that you only use an- esthetics for convenience, do you mean that you have no regard at all for the sufferings of the animals? Dr. KLEIN—No regard at all. Q.—Then, for your own purposes, you disregard entirely the question of the suffer- ings of the animal in performing a painful experiment ? Dr. Kietn—I do. Inexplicable 'T WAS a financial loss to the city of New York when Charles M. Schwab, the steel man, moved. within the city limits. Mr. $ this to the satisfaction of the Tax Commissioners yesterday when he appeared to swear off his personal taxes. When the examination was concluded it appeared that Mr. Schwab's debts represent a larger sum than hwab himself proved docs the value of his personal property in this city. Under the law, to pay any personal taxes—Daily Paper. erefore, Mr. Schwab docs not have That is, the men of small incomes are paying Mr. Schwab's taxes for him. And yet, strange as it may appear, Socialism is on the increase. HEN the Lord makes a fool, the devil gives him a tongue. RIGGS: I see by the paper that the Russian national debt now amounts to four hundred and twenty-five billion dollars. Griccs: Um— now they'll know how to sympathize with me. suave? comicbooks.com WHY NOT REVERSE THE WINTER MAT FOR THE SUM: MER AND SECURE A LITTLE