Life, 1913-08-28 · page 9 of 40
Life — August 28, 1913 — page 9: what you’re looking at
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**Top Cartoon ("Dissatisfied Clients"):** Shows a crowded waiting room of various clients or patients appearing frustrated or bored. The specific context isn't entirely clear from the image alone. **"Sides":** Discusses which side to sleep on, treating this as a serious philosophical question. The piece gently mocks overthinking trivial matters. **"Summer Pests":** Cartoon showing a woman overwhelmed by a swarm of small figures, apparently representing summer insects or nuisances—a relatable seasonal complaint. **"Boston First Again":** Announces Boston's new animal dispensary for free veterinary care, positioned as civic progress. The tone is congratulatory toward this welfare initiative. **"Suspicious":** Brief comedic dialogue between a dry cleaner and customer about a missing white flannel suit—everyday urban humor about domestic mishaps.
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On KE MOUES spamteaens PPmioieAM o> DISSATISFIED CLIENTS Sides O*’ which side do you think best when you lie down? The gentleman who has propounded this question claims that there are certain kinds of things which he can only think when he lies upon his left side. These involve matters of the imagination, the play of fancy, the creative instinct. If he turns upon his right side, all this creative stimulus vanishes and he becomes then intensely practical. He can think only of mathematical problems or concrete things entirely removed from the world of sentiment and purple. We should be glad to hear from our readers on this important subject. +, RMU (HLT te reas SUMMER PESTS Boston First Again THE general belief that Boston is a state of mind should not be confounded with the fact that Boston in practical affairs has usually taken the lead. While others talk it over, Boston acts. Boston, for example, had a large sum of money raised and in hand for the Dayton flood sufferers when others were only beginning to take notice. Now Boston quietly announces, through the Massa- chusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, the opening of the first free dispensary for animals in New England. No matter what kind of an animal you are—horse, dog, cat—or even if you have wings—by apply- ing at the dispensary on Central Street you can get free treatment. Hitherto the man who owns a horse would avoid paying a fee and take the risk of the animal getting well. But now in Boston there will be no excuse for this parsimony. This dispensary will be, no doubt, a worthy contemporary of the one established in this city by the Woman's League for Animals. Suspicious RIGGS: Doesn't the manager of that cleaning estab- lishment give you a receipt? Cterx: No, sir, You are not afraid you won't get your white flannel suit back, are you? “Well, I thought I saw her wearing it yesterday.” A WELL-ROUNDED life—that which the bell buoy leads, comicbooks.com