Life, 1913-09-18 · page 35 of 44
Life — September 18, 1913 — page 35: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three distinct pieces: **"Vivisection" Poem (left):** A satirical attack on animal testing in medical research. The poem, credited to Ralph M. Thomson, argues that vivisection (dissecting live animals) is cruel and questions whether it actually advances medicine—suggesting cleanliness, not animal torture, drives medical progress. It frames the practice as morally indefensible, questioning God's purpose in creating animals if humans are meant to exploit them this way. This reflects early 20th-century anti-vivisection sentiment. **AutoStrop Safety Razor Advertisement (center/right):** A straightforward commercial promising 500 shaves from 12 blades, good until January 20, 1915. Notable mainly for dating the magazine. **"Being Agreeable" Essay (bottom):** A humorous philosophical piece observing the social paradox that agreeing with oneself hurts others' feelings, while agreeing with others hurts one's own feelings. It's lighthearted social commentary rather than satire. The page mixes serious animal-welfare advocacy with consumer advertising and whimsical philosophy—typical of Life's eclectic editorial approach.
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UNDER CONTROL Vivisection TRAP down the dumb and helpless beast, Gouge out its pleading eyes, And when the tortured brute has ceased Its agonizing ¢ Then tell a patient world the truth— A world by ills profaned- What have you sages learned, forsooth, And what has science gained? Bind fast the victim on the rack, Dissect its pulsing heart; Probe every nerve-strung cul-de-sac, Tear bone and flesh apart And when you shall have loosed your clutch, In honesty confess :— Has medicine accomplished much, Except through cleanliness? Inject the struggling thing with drugs, And, in your heartless glee, Presume to reason, while it tugs, About humanity — But had God meant to aid the least Your theorizing clan, Why did He make the beast a beast, And why the man a man? Kalph M. Thomson. A Happy Marriage Depends largely on a knowledge of the whole truth about self and sex and their relation to life and bealth. This knowl- gently of itself. zorrectly’ from ordinary, every-day sources. SEXOLOGY (Iustrated) by William H, Walling, A.M., M. te Nedieat tee 8 kee Sea ie Have. © DaMstiters All in one volume. Illustrated. $2. postpaid. Write for “Other People's Opiatens” ant Farle of Contents Puritan Pub. Co. 776 Perry Bldg., Phila, Pa. You Will Not Need Blades Until Jan. 20th, 1915 UST think of the economy of 500 Shaves Guaranteed from 12 Blades. Provided you shave every day, you will not buy new blades until Jan. 20th, 191, and maybe not then. Besides, the easy stropping means easy, cool, velvety shaving with the same blade day after day, week after week. AutoStrop shavers are delighted with the new model with the Adjustable feature. All beards are alike to this razor, which can be regulated for any kind of a shave. The AutoStrop Safety Razor is sold on 30 days’ free trial by all dealers. If it does not fulfill every advertised claim, return it and your money will be refunded. AutoStrop Safety Razor Shaves, Strops, Cleans, Without Removing Blade ‘The new adjustable model is now on the market in theUnited States. Adjustable to all beards, Price $5. Send for our Catalog showing fancy and fitted sets. Being Agreeable RE you agreeable? If so, with whom do you agree? Do you agree with yourself A or with other people? h of us, as we journcy through life, is confronted with this dilemma almost daily. The trouble of course lies wholly with the peculiarities and predilections of the human animal. If one doesn't agree with the human animal, its feelings arc hurt. Hence, if you agree with yourself, you hurt other people's feelings, while, if you agree with other people, you hurt your own feelings. Someone's feelings, alas, must be hurt. At the present stage of evolution, there seems to be no way out of it. It may be that sometime, we plod on toward the millennium, we shall get our feelings so under control that it will make no difference whether people agree with cach other or not. Haste the glad, but remote, day! ‘ comicbooks.com