Life, 1918-04-04 · page 30 of 40
Life — April 4, 1918 — page 30: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This *Life* magazine page contains WWI-era content addressing two concerns: **Top Left Cartoon ("That Binocular of Yours"):** A satirical request directed at readers to donate binoculars to Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt (likely Theodore Roosevelt) for the war effort. The cartoon mocks the patriotic appeals for civilians to contribute their personal goods during wartime. **Letters Section ("From Our Readers - In Defence"):** A reader defends medical vivisection (animal testing) against recent *Life* cartoons criticizing the Red Cross's use of animal experimentation. The writer argues that anti-vivisection advocacy unfairly prejudices people against medical science and questions whether critics consistently oppose all animal testing or only certain kinds. **Bottom Image ("A One-Ring Circus"):** A formal wedding scene, likely satirizing high society or wartime social life—the caption title suggests the ceremonial spectacle of weddings during the war period. The page reflects WWI-era debates about patriotic sacrifice, medical ethics, and civilian concerns amid military demands.
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‘LIFE? a ARMY CONTRACTORS That Binocular of Yours END it in at once to Assistant Sec- retary of the Navy Roosevelt, care of the Navy Department, Washington, D.C. Put your name and address on it, so that a record will be kept, with a view to its being returned when the war is over. Do not send opera glasses But the navy needs your binocular. “T UNDERSTAND they are silk hats an¢ don.” ving up ternoon teas in Lon- “My! but the war is getting on!” From Our Readers In Defence Dec Your last number of Lirt, 1 noticed, Editor contained another anti-vivisection car- toon protesting against the recent action of the Red Cross in the matter. Doesn't it ever occur to you w to prejudice people a t you are doing inst the medical science which contributes, perhaps, more directly to the comfort and health of the human race than any other profession in existence? In the fi place, at least one-half of all vivisection work is done on rabbits, all are vivisected are under ys, cte. Nine-tenths o and never experience the slightest pain, Do you object to all vivisection, or only vivisection of dogs. or only vivi- section of dogs without anesthesia? Why don't you make your stand clea and admit that at least some of the Red Cross appropriation is O. K.? But what is there so horrible or cruel in vivisection? Surely you don’t think (Continued on page 571) A ONE-KING CIRCUS