Life, 1914-10-08 · page 35 of 44
Life — October 8, 1914 — page 35: what you’re looking at
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This page contains **multiple unrelated items** typical of Life's format: **"Their Inheritance"** — A satirical poem criticizing animal vivisection (medical experimentation on live animals). The narrative describes a dog whose eyes are surgically removed and replaced by doctors, then argues this cruel practice causes the animal's subsequent violent behavior. This reflects early 20th-century debates over animal testing ethics. **"There's something about them you'll like"** — A Herbert Tareyton cigarette advertisement (lower left). **Old Hampshire Bond Advertisement** — The dominant content. This is a business-to-business pitch arguing that quality paper, though marginally more expensive, enhances a company's professional reputation through correspondence. **"A Faulty System"** — A brief editorial discussing President Wilson's comments on seventy-five million dollars held in private banks rather than the public treasury, arguing this creates financial inefficiency during wartime. The page reflects concerns of the WWI era: animal welfare, business standards, and fiscal policy—typical subjects for Life's satirical commentary.
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ok e's ed 10- “NO AGENTS ALLOWED TO COLLECT” Their Inheritance “THERE was a dog in our town Who was not wondrous wise; He strayed into a clinic where They cut out both his eyes. The reason for his meeting with So vicious a reception Was that the doctors might observe His luminous perception. And when they saw his eyes were out, Although he howled with pain, They strapped him down in proper form To put them in again. The brute, of course, could not per- ceive How these acute sensations Wrought changes in his optic nerves By retina excitations. If dogs delight to bark and bite, And even go quite mad, What wonder when for years they've been Food for the surgeon's fad? The frothing jaws result from wrongs Which cause a predilection Toward fierce revenge for wrongs re- ceived In futile vivisection. “"THERE seems to be some differ- ence of opinion about the Euro- pean war.” “Yes. The great trouble is that those who know the actual facts are no longer alive.” London Cigarettes An Adverttsemeat to Manulacturers, ‘Merchants and Professional Mea ho of a cent will buy Prestige ANY firms who have the best equip- ment money will buy, who do quality things in a quality way, still buy sta- tionery on price consideration alone, strange as it may seem. And they do this, notwithstanding the fact that the letters they mail are the repre- sentatives of their firms who make the most frequent calls on their customers or clients. Ad pipshive oud Take a Pencil and Paper and Figure it Out GA fair cost of ordinary paper is about $1.50 to $2.00 per thousand sheets. On that basis Old Hampshire Bond would cost from 1/10 of a cent to 1/20 of a cent more per sheet. Your own figures will prove what would be the cost compared with the paper you use. (Not counting your time in dicta- tion, a series of five letters will cost you at the very least 20 cents (for your | stenographer’s time). To have these letters on Old Hampshire Bond will cost just a 34 cent more, or 2034c. For that extra % cent you have expressed to your five customers, subtly yet forcibly, the standard of your business, The appearance and “crackle of quality” of Old Hampshire | Bond cannot be disregarded. No man who is not proud of his business and its good name feels any incentive to use Old Hampshire Bond, HAMPSHIRE PAPER COMPANY | SOUTH HADLEY FALLS, MASSACHUSETTS ‘THE ONLY PAPER MAKERS IN THE WORLD MAKING BOND PAPER EXCLUSIVELY f business stationery, Id Gi recess abies wae Be A Faulty System And it ought to be equally unneces- sary to point out that it is a very N asking for the new war tax Presi- dent Wilson referred to the sev- enty-five million dollars of public money in private banks, and said: “T need not point out to you what the probable consequences of in- convenience and distress and con- fusion would be if the diminishing income of the treasury would make it necessary rapidly to withdraw faulty system which ties up government money so that it can’t be used when we need it. If this money were in the public treasury, where we used to keep it, the present situation would be helped instead of hurt by putting it into circula- tion, Mr. Wilson should seize the first opportunity to make the government funds more elastic, E.0.J. % Pound 50? Sam; le upon reque Herbert: Tareyton S8West 35% Street NewYork. these deposits.” ~ comicbOoKS.com