Life, 1914-02-19 · page 14 of 40
Life — February 19, 1914 — page 14: what you’re looking at
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This page contains four satirical pieces mocking various social topics: 1. **"At the Society Circus"** (top left): Satirizes wealthy elite who attend fashionable circus events, depicting bare-back riding as entertainment for the upper class. 2. **"Puzzle Picture: Find the White Slave"** (top right): References the early 1900s moral panic over "white slavery"—forced prostitution of white women, a major social reform issue of the era. 3. **"His Fiancée"** (bottom left): A joke about economizing on furniture by sitting in a woman's lap instead of buying chairs—mocking both frugality and courtship customs. 4. **"No Sickly Sentimentalist"** (bottom right): Profiles Dr. Kingey Pynchor, a scientist whose research involves vivisecting cats to study disease cures. The text celebrates his pragmatism despite the animal cruelty involved—reflecting early 1900s attitudes toward medical experimentation.
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PUZZLE PICTURE AT THE SOCIETY CIRCUS FIND THE WHITE SLAVE SOME BRILLIANT BARE-BACK RIDING ALCOHOL is no respecter of persons, NO SICKLY SENTIMENTALIST HIS charming little portrait of Dr. Knesy Pynchor shows him at his best—at the work he loves. His is the personal charm of the real enthusiast. One of his important contributions to science is the discovery that a cat, stimulated by turpentine in its eyes and throat, can linger for several days with its intestines partially removed. His two associates in this splendid dis- covery, Dr, Futyll Wurk and A, de Generett Khuss, M. D., believe it will result in a sure cure for gout, cancer, poverty, tuberculosis, and housemaids’ knee—or any disease you His Fiancée: We CAN ECONOMIZE ON CHAIRS, JACK; care to mention. I'LL SIT IN YOUR LAP eS The triumphs of the vivisector are, indeed, countless.