Life, 1914-01-29 · page 37 of 40
Life — January 29, 1914 — page 37: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **financial and advertising content** rather than political satire. The top two-thirds consists of the Manhattan Life Insurance Company's 63rd annual statement, listing assets, liabilities, and financial data for 1914—routine corporate disclosure. The advertisements include a **"Sexology" book** (a medical/educational volume), **Boston Garter** socks, and **Blue Peter cigarettes** prominently featured with decorative Art Nouveau borders. The only editorial content is a brief **"Morning Musing"** poem about shaving frustrations (why can't one be bald on the chin but have whiskers above?), and a section on **vivisection experiments** documenting animal testing regulations in England, Scotland, and Ireland—noting the US had no restrictions, unlike "civilized" countries. The page reflects early 20th-century concerns: corporate financial transparency, gentlemen's grooming products, and emerging animal welfare advocacy—not political cartooning.
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bd eh) 63D ANNUAL STATEMENT OF Thomas E. Lovejoy, President "Khaitttolfe Insurance Co, Total Payments to Policyholders Since Organization Plus the Amount Now Held for Their Benefit $94,808,166.85 - PAID FOR BASIS ADMITTED ASSETS JANUARY 1s¢ 1914 Bonds and stocks....... + $3.547,824.25 Bonds and mortgages. 7,941,727-12 Real Estate « $.398,946.99 Loans and liens on policies 4:423,857.98 Cash in banks and on hand, 261,049.53 Deferred prems. and prems. in course of collection Int. and rents due and accrued and LIABILITIES Policy reserve (as computed by the New York Insurance Dept.).... Reserve for supplementary contracts Policy claims awaiting proof... Premiums, interest and rent paid in advance ... Dividends duc policyholders (includ- ing 1914 dividends apportioned in 1913) e+e 6 BROADWAY, NEW YORK + $19,648,578.00 injection until the animal recovers from the effects, if any, or dics.” In England and Scotland five cases of infringement of license are re- ported. Is the United States there is no re- striction whatsoever. Vivisectors in this country may cut and burn to any extent. Curs is the only coun- try, otherwise civilized, where useless wholesale torture is freely permitted, Be eis Morning Musing Scrape! Scrape! Scrape! Each morning { have to shave And then with a tonic to coax the hair The top of my head I lave. 118,658.99 Federal and State taxes payable And this is the song I spin i othervasscta: 1914 (Estimated Vhile giving the blade ved alt other assets, arid, (Estimated) __ hile giving the blade a shove: can Amount held wubjee Why can't I be bald upon my chin here contingencie a for Su: And have whiskers that grow above?” pervisorship Dividend --Boston Globe. she Policies. -$1,391,630-65 ¥ 4 04,682.11 eee oo ght? Contingent reserve fund) “613,051.46 § “00H82. See $22,137,996.83 37,996.83 Something worth In in Assets - Increase in Surplus Policyholders remembering-the » of A Hava Marriage ; . iad Déieade” wapele Sh a most part inoculations, a few feed- . knowledge ‘of the ‘whole ing experiments, and the abstraction an Lad thle sclatloe tocite of blood by puncture or simple vene- : . elore and health. This know! section. “In no case,” says the re- is the only kind utiful telligently of itself, nor port, “has a cutting operation more for men that has the ks to correctly from ordinary, severe than a superficial venesec- hails every-day sources. tion been allowed without anzs- SEXOLOGY thetics. . In no instance has a certificate dispensing with the use of anasthetics been allowed for an ex- Periment involving a serious opera- tion.” The experiment is held to last “during the whole time from the administration of the drug or Holds Your Sock Smocth av Your Skin "UBBER SUTTON IN A VARIETY OF STYLES—PAD, CORD, DOUBLE GRIP Lisle or Mercerized, 25 Cents Silk, 50 Cents GEORGE FROST COMPANY, MAKERS, BOSTON WORN ALL OVER THE WORLD EVERY PAIR GUARANTEED set to Her Daugiiter. i Have, All in one volume. Illustrated, $2, postpaid. Write for “Other People's Opinions” and Table of Contents, Puritan Pub. Co. 776 Perry Bldg. 274 “me Experiments On Living Animals Returns Showing the Number of Ex- periments on Living Animals ye During the Year 1912. H. of C. 270. 84. on QUALITY ‘ The total number of vivisection NEVER NEVER licenses held in England and Scot- land was 598, but of these only 447 were used. In Ireland 21 licenses were held, but only 17 used. The total number of experiments con- ducted was 83,599, showing a de- crease of 11,604 from the return for itt, The Act “requires that for serious operations “the animal must be kept under anxsthetic during the Meow whole experiment, and must, if the pain is likely to continue after the effect of the anzsthetic has ceased, or if any serious injury has been inflicted on the animal, be killed before it recovers from the influence of the anasthetic.” ‘The operations for which no anzsthetic is required to be used under the Act are for the VARIES CHANGES Made of the Fincst Turkish Tobacco Mild but Rich in Aroma 50 BLUE PETERS p:ts!.3 gs! 2>8e'« Price $1.25 postpaid y y BLUE PETER CIGARETTE CO., 76 Beaver St., N. Y. comicbooks.com