ComicBooks.com Register / Loginit's free!

Life, 1909-07-01 · page 21 of 44

Life — July 1, 1909 — page 21: what you’re looking at

📖 Open the full issue in the page-flip reader →
Life — July 1, 1909 — page 21: Life, 1909-07-01

What you’re looking at

## Main Cartoon: "G.W.: How They Have Changed!" The illustration depicts a giant statue of George Washington being celebrated by a massive crowd below. The satirical point appears to be about changing American character or values—the caption suggests that modern Americans (the crowd) represent a departure from Washington's ideals or virtues. ## Letter Features The page includes two humorous mock-advice letters: 1. **"Husbands' Correspondence Bureau"**: A fake advice column satirizing henpecked husbands seeking help through dubious treatments. It mocks both weak men and manipulative marriage dynamics of the era. 2. **Subsequent columns** ("Clubs," "Query") critique: - **Club women**: Sarcastically noting that Chicago club women rarely have children, questioning whether such organizations truly benefit society - **Vivisection debate**: A pointed moral argument questioning why animal testing is acceptable if human experimentation on institutionalized patients isn't—exposing the hypocrisy of contemporary ethical standards The page uses satire to critique social institutions, gender dynamics, and scientific ethics of early 20th-century America.

📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

got to bring back his self-respect. The difficulty lies in the fact that he himself doesn't want to be cured. He is so far gone as actually to like being henpecked. . This is the problem before us. But to show that, even in extreme cases like this our method is a wonder in its imme diate effects, we give another letter which came two days after he had been persuaded to place himself in our hands by send- ing on the customary remittance: Dear Bureau: There must be something in your treatment. Be- fore I consulted you 1 had, as you kn occasional moments when I knew that my wife was dominating me, and I felt like revolting. It was during one of these moments that I wrote you first as I did Tut they were growing less frequent all the time. Since remitting, however, I began to gather strength. W! for twenty-four hours now I have fully believed—and still beli —that I am the most abused man in this State. Besides, I feel myself growing foxy—I have a tremendous desire to sneak off and play poker—! haven't got my courage up yet enough to do it, but I am ¢: ti. Don’t fail me now, will you? I necd you every hour of the day, or night. Yours hopefully, sear Thus our prospective customers will see that while there's life in any husband there is always hope. Don't delay. The sooner we'can get your case under treatment the better for you. There is no husband so abandoned that we won't give him a trial treatment, on receipt of our merely nominel price. Write. wire, telephone or cable for terms. All correspondence strictly confidential. Husnanos’ Corresroxpexce Bureau G. W.: now THey HAVE CHANGED! Clubs mong 833 club women of Chicago, three babies were born last —Vital Statistics. I' as would seem by this, the club woman doesn’t perpe her species, it ought to help some. And still, though never a club woman had a baby, there would still be club rat women. Comparatively few, in fact, are born club women, as compared with those who acquire club womanhood, or have club womanhood thrust upon them. Query HE vivisectionists have but one arg that they benefit the human race. If, they nt, and -this is, , the life of a single human being can be saved by cutting up why refrain? That is the whole ar; This is not a question of souls. It do inside of a body to have the bo t up. Now there are in our public institutions a large number of incurables—human beings who are a care to the State, and who would be better off—according to all human standards. if they were not here. For purposes of experimentation they are more valuable than animals. Why not cut them up? Why not take our insane patients out of the asylums and put them on the operating table? a dog, sn’t hurt the soul comicbooks.com