Life, 1909-05-13 · page 11 of 32
Life — May 13, 1909 — page 11: what you’re looking at
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**Top Cartoon:** Shows two men arguing over a large sandwich. One says "I had it first," the other responds "Said friction-minded Fred. 'What's she up to?' said Maggie. 'I have it on my head.'" The joke appears to be about marital discord and domestic disagreement. **Main Article:** "Have You a Dog?" argues that society should recognize animal cruelty as morally outrageous. It predicts that future generations will view dog torture as we view grave atrocities—something unthinkable. The piece cites the *London Abolitionist* and suggests public opinion against animal cruelty is growing. **Bottom Image:** "Evolution of the Porter Pigeon" shows five similar bird silhouettes in sequence, likely satirizing pseudo-scientific evolutionary claims popular in the era. **Right Image:** "Get a Horse!" depicts a vintage automobile, captioned with dialogue about summer travel plans.
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Said facetious. “What's the use,’ “T have it on my head.” Have You a Dog? HIS maf interest you, even if you are denied the priv- ilege of that companionship : This nobler and truer way of regarding the dog as a fellow being will hasten the coming of the day when the deliberate ill- usage or the deliberate torture of a dog will be regarded as an intolerable outrage against hu- manity, an outrage as unthink- able by the average man or woman as the ill-usage or torture of a little child is to-day. A scientific dog-torturer, a Schiff or a Majendie, will then be regarded asa moral freak or monster whose proper abode would be an asylum for criminal lunatics, and who, at any rate, must be segregated by universal consent from contact with ordinary men. When such a public opinion is formed there will be no need to denounce vivisection, no need for laws to suppress it. It will be effectually extirpated, like un- natural crimes which once were rife and which now are not even mentioned by the average member of human society, which has left such atrocities behind it for ever in the grave of the buried past—London Abolitionist. And public opinion, unless Lire is much mistaken, will soon take a hand in the business. She is waking up. HE xew cook (after a long serics of questions): Might I ask, ma'am, where you go in the summer? Tur wistress: It hasn't been decided yet, but you might let us know later, THE EVOLUTION OF THE POUTER PIGEON “GET A HORSE!” comicbooks.com