Life, 1914-05-07 · page 21 of 52
Life — May 7, 1914 — page 21: what you’re looking at
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**Top Image:** Shows people in a trolley ride labeled "Riverside Drive" — appears to be a scene of everyday leisure, captioned "Getting Close to Nature." **Left Cartoon:** "The Three Wise Men of the East" depicts three identical caricatured faces with exaggerated features, likely mocking a group or type of person (the specific reference is unclear without additional context). **Main Article:** Celebrates Judge Bregy's Philadelphia court decision prohibiting animal torture for scientific experimentation. The text argues that laws protecting animals from laboratory cruelty indirectly protect humans, since researchers typically test procedures on animals first, then humans. The article sarcastically criticizes scientists who claim "scientific purpose" justifies animal suffering. **Poem:** "One Variety of Fool" is a romantic verse about a foolish man who loses his heart to hazel-eyed woman, struggling unsuccessfully to reclaim it — a lighthearted commentary on love's irrationality. The page combines social commentary (animal cruelty) with humor, reflecting early 20th-century concerns about medical ethics and laboratory practices.
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Cd THE THREE WISE MEN OF THE EAST GETTING CLOSE TO NATURE A Blow at the Meanest Crime 'O lovers of animals—and to lovers of justice—a recent decision of Judge Bregy in Philadelphia means a long step forward. He says: “IT charge you that the law of Pennsylvania does not allow torment or torture to be inflicted upon dogs for any purpose except the relief of the suffering of the dog itself, They have no right to torture a dog or violate the law as I have read it to you for the purpose of obtaining scientific information. “ Scientific purpose does not excuse cruelty.” Judge Bregy appears to have little respect for the secret tortures of the laboratory. Any law that stops cruelty to animals stops cruelty to human be- ings—to the helpless patients in our hospitals. For it is admitted by all “researches” that experiments on animals are useless until “ verified” on human beings, One Variety of Fool HERE was a man in our town Who wasn't very wise. He lost his heart completely to A pair of hazel eyes. And when he saw his heart was gone, With all his might and main, Ne tried and tried, but usclessly, To get it back again. Which proves his folly plain cnough; For, ‘spite the pain and cost, \ll wise men know a heart's no good Until that heart is lost. Walter G. Doty. comicbooks.com