Life, 1910-01-27 · page 24 of 36
Life — January 27, 1910 — page 24: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains **multiple short satirical pieces and advertisements** rather than a single cartoon. The main satirical content includes: 1. **"Metempsychosis"** — A poem mocking the fashion of wearing feathered hats. It traces a chicken from dinner plate to fashion accessory, sarcastically noting that despite the chicken having "no soul," its feathers become a "glorious bird of paradise" on a woman's hat. This critiques the wasteful use of animal products in women's fashion. 2. **"Short on Science"** — A dialogue mocking Christian Science, suggesting its practitioners lend out religious texts rather than providing actual treatment. 3. **"The Dog Journal" section** — Contains a satirical piece about vaccination skeptics, where a doctor sarcastically lists serious diseases (lockjaw, cancer, meningitis, paralysis) as vaccination side effects while claiming it's "cheap at fifty cents." This defends vaccination against contemporary anti-vaccine sentiment. 4. **"Mollycoddles"** — A brief joke about war sentiment. The page also features period **advertisements for Cluett shirts and Martel brandy**.
📄 Transcribed text from this page (OCR, searchable)
Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
Metempsychosis A chicken lived, a chicken died : Its drumstick and its wing were fried, Its feathers by a dealer dried, And, very shortly after, dyed. Soul it had none; admitting that, How comes it? There, upon her ‘hat, lis plumes—a mortal chic A glorious bird of paradise. —Detroit Short on Science Cunrstian Sctencr Masia: Are you giving any treatment to that young error of mind who is calling on you? Cuistiay Sctexce Daventer: Yes, mamma. I lent him a copy of Science and Health. Curistiax Science Manowar Lent it to him! My dear, our good mother printed that book to sell! I sce I shall to demonstrate for more Science have in you—Judge. Says Dr. Leech to Mr. Scare : The Small-pox Devil’s loose and he's after you and me. That Vaccination’s a sure hoodoo al doctors do agree. So just step up briskly while your skin, And pump a little virus of ‘the Cor pox in. ‘Tis arue it has nephritis, Cancer, consumption, meningitis, Paralysis, p: vents, But the aggregation’s dirt cheap at the usual fifty cents. —The Dog Journc Mollycoddles First Cuacrreur: War is sentimental. Seconp Cuavrreur: Yes, the: ly go back and bury the dead. Tribune, scarf lockjaw, sepsis ant gangrene aol ja and a hundred other absu AX old farmer, on finding his pigs bod caten most of his cabbages, cast a dis gusted look at the pen and said: “ Well, Lord named hogs right, for "Housekeeper. the good hogs is hogs. waltaneously in the U vance. Additional postage ¢ Single current copies. lv cents. Canada and the Postal ater tires ‘ Were: mand uniess accompanied by stamped and addressed cuvelope. Live “inte Mor the los o¢ non retwen of auctied contributions sis for aale by all Newsdealers in Great Liritain. ‘The interauonal News Company, Breams The Black and White WHITBY Stripes " @Gutt SHIRTS will appeal to men seeking conservative In Canada, $2.25 Send for Booklet “Proper Dress”? effects for business wear $7.50 CLUETT, PEABODY & COMPANY, Makers of Arrow Collars, 491 River St., Troy, N.Y. Railding, Chancery also at Saarbach’s News Exchan St. Georges, Paris; 1, Via Firenze, The text and illustrations tn Live to Live, 14 Southampton Rew. London, Prompt notification should be sent by snbscribers of any change of address. ice, Germany ted. For Reprint Rights in Great Briss J. & F. MARTEL (Pounded 1715) _AND FINE OLD LIQUEUR BRANDIES GENUINE OLD BRANDIES MADE FROM WINE Sole Agents G.S. NICHOLAS &CO. New York comicbooks.com