Life, 1910-12-08 · page 13 of 44
Life — December 8, 1910 — page 13: what you’re looking at
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**The Cartoon:** The illustration depicts two cherubic figures beneath an apple tree, captioned "An Out-Going Administration: Final Unofficial Luncheon Given by 'The First Lady of the Land.'" This is political satire about a departing presidential administration. "The First Lady of the Land" likely refers to Lady Liberty or America itself, portrayed ironically as hosting a final meal. The apple tree references Eden—suggesting paradise lost or an administration ending in disgrace. **The Articles Below:** "High Prices" discusses post-war inflation and tariffs on beef, while "What a Place!" satirizes the Rockefeller Institute's plans to use monkeys for medical experimentation, critiquing both animal cruelty and the institution's arrogance. The page combines economic anxiety and institutional criticism typical of 1920s American satirical journalism.
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sr WF | | AN OUTGOING ADMINISTRATION FINAL UNOFPICIAL LUNCHEON GIVEN BY High Prices OW much did the empty market-basket have to do with the late election? This is what the New York marketman told the lady, his customer: “High prices? Yes, ma'am; so high these last two years that dozens and scores of retail marketmen have been driven out of business. I could not have kept on if I had not had abundant capital. My profits have been very small. In Eng- land this summer I went into a wholesale market. The man was cutting off a round-steak. ‘How much for that?’ says I. ‘Five pence, half-penny,’ says he. The same meat, ma’, costs twenty-three cents a pound at wholesale markets in Ne York. It was Argentine beef, but the sight of beef at that price was like to have made a free-trader of me.” To be sure, the tariff on beef is only two cents a pound, and could not double the cost of it. But why should there be a tariff on beef? ny Ww FIRST LADY OF THE LAND.’? What a Place! HE hospital of the Rockefeller Institute will be a jovial adjunct to the Halls of Agony. The “ scientists ’’ of the Institute will shed their benign influence over it. The patients, however, are not to suffer quite the same fate as the dogs and monkeys in the other resort. We understand that the trustees state, in their own de- fence: “THE “It is true that germs or serums obtained by the experts during the patient's illness may be used for experimentation on animals, such as the monkeys and rabbits which are kept in readiness for experimentation in the old building of the Insti- tute, Incidentally, the monkeys have been used up rapidly of late. It was reported that there were more than one hundred a month ago, and yesterday the keeper said he had only about thirty on hand,” When one reflects on the ingenious tortures those monkeys have endured he begins to wonder about the patients. Are we unjust in prophesying a perpetual orgy in those halls?—an orgy of manufactured diseases, of filthy serums, of blood and of useless agony?