Life, 1908-07-30 · page 7 of 20
Life — July 30, 1908 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains humorous anecdotes and social commentary typical of Life's satirical format. The top cartoon depicts a vivisectionist (animal researcher) conducting experiments, with the accompanying text questioning whether he genuinely believes in results or is "mad" because opponents challenge his methods. The satire criticizes both animal experimentation and those who defend it. Below, a separate anecdote titled "Nodd" mocks a man who enters the wrong house and is treated courteously by the lady there—she even offers to keep him in "exchange for her husband." The joke plays on the absurdity of casual infidelity. A section on Tobacco follows, providing factual information rather than satire, discussing tobacco's prevalence in society and its widespread consumption across demographics.
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“LE ES How Long? OES the vivisector really believe in good_results from’ his barbarities, or is he “ mad!" bécause opposed?~ The evidence is so overwhelmingly against his practices that we might sympathize with him were he a little more human. Can there be two opinions of a man Who finds pleasure or profit in, for in- stance, these experiments? An Experimental Research Into Surgical Shocl by George W. Crile, A.M, Ph.D., Philadelphia. 4 “Adult fox terrier....Holding the nerve trunks with one forceps, they were grasped peripherally by another and roughly torn off....Collie terrier... Crushed foot extensively just before corneal reflex was abolished (that is to say, before the animal was under the influence of the anssthetic). Under incomplete anxsthesia crushing of foot caused a very sharp rise"... And ali to what end? “I am convinced that whatever is bad, erroneous, narrow- ninded, or hard-hearted in my profession, has some root drawing evil nourishment from the vivisecting school.""—Dr. Garth Wilkin: $0 contend that these experiments, from a moral point of view, are criminal, inasmuch as they often’ involve the unnecessary. tor ture of sensitive animals, and that from a scientific and didactic point. of view they are worse than useless."—Stephen Townsend, ODD: I came home late the other night and got in the wrong house. Topp: What happened? “The lady was very nice. Treated me like a human being, and sent word to my wife that she would like to keep me in exchange for her husband." “What was the matter with him?’? “One of the kind who stays home all the time and bores every one to death."’ YOU CAN'T LOSE HIM. “ENGLISH SPEAKING GUID MISS? snow you EVERYTHIN Miss ’" Tebacco Tomacco is one of our staple commodities, a large portion of the population of Connecticut alone being employed in the manufacture of Havana Cigars. It is one of the best substitutes known for incipient love and chronic matrimony. Tobacco exists and is put on the market in many different forms. Traces of it have even been found in the Pittsburg stogie Tobacco is used by the young, the middle aged and the old. It is one of the regular college courses. According to statis- tics it is more responsible for tke great age of our centena- rians than any other agency, except Rum. The number of constant users of tobacco is enormous. In literature alone it is estimated that every year at least five thousand characters are constantly employed in flecking the ashes from cigars and-cigarettes. In this country over thirty millions of men, women and children are working for the tolacco trust. It is consumed in the open air, in restaurants, in living rooms, behind the barn and in the form of half burnt stumps on trolley cars. It is also smoked up the chimney by Bishops. The Main Point is the orator of the day. He has a splen- did delivery. READING MAKETH A FOOL MAN But has he anything to deliver?" comicbooks.com