Life, 1924-09-11 · page 7 of 36
Life — September 11, 1924 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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This page contains satirical content including "Scientific Tales for Scientific Tots," a humorous story about laboratory lambs Z-62 and Z-63 that mocks scientific experimentation and animal testing. The three small cartoons below appear to be domestic humor strips showing a husband and wife in various scenarios—one referencing movie kissing, another showing the wife hitting the husband, captioned "IT CAN'T BE DONE." These are generic domestic comedy gags common to 1920s-30s humor magazines, poking fun at marriage dynamics and gender relations without specific political reference. The right column contains brief humorous observations titled "These Americans" and "A Higher Plane"—typical Life magazine filler commentary on contemporary American life and culture. No specific political figures or events are identifiable from the content shown.
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GhPE ~ Scientific ‘Tales for Scientific Tots The Story of the Laboratory Lambkins there were two dear little lambs. One was pure white all over; she was a little girl lamb and her name was Z-62. The other was her little brother; he was all and he was known as Z-63. Little Z-62 was always quiet and well behaved, and did not gambol and frisk about like the other little lambs. She dearly loved to stand in one corner of the pen where she lived and look up at the blue sky and dream melancholy and unhappy little lambkin, and she would often weep softly to herself because her thyroid had been removed for experimental purposes. But little Z-63 would run up and down the enclosure like mad, bleating and jumping about, and often jostling his little sister Z-62 rud He would laugh at her for sitting still and dreaming all day. “Why don’t you come and pla; and he would prod her with his budding Then he would scamper the whole length of the and come back and prod his sister again without merey. He was all full of thyroid. But one day several tall figures dressed in white robes came and took little Z-62 and Z-63 into a great hall all glittering with glass and silver. “These are the angels who have brought me to heaven,” murmured Z-62 dreamily She was a “YOU SAID YOU COULD SWIM; WHY THE WATER WINGS?” “THEY'RE NOT WATER BOTTLES. THIS WATER'S TOO CHILLY FOR MF.” as she sank to slumber. Z-63 bit and swore, but the angels were much too strong for him, and they laid him out on a cat glass table. When other: woke she heard one of the angels say to an- Keep close track of their progress; it is an inter- esting transplantation.” hen she was put in ner runway She frisked and frolicked about like mad. Then she perceived the black lambkin Z-63 in a corner, looking sad and unhappy; she cried out hah! Who's went up and kicked him in the face. So we should all of us who are rich in thyroid be kind and gentle to those who, for the moment, are not. Morris Bishop. t the thyroid now These Americans AT HOME — ¢ =) The Californian } WANT | E knows that it pays to advertise, To Kes YOU | H that it pays t Iverti LIKE THEY DO IN THE MOVIES He He can sell you a lot in Los Angeles. can enumerate everything that never happened in Hollywood He can explain the difference between an earthquake and a fire He has heard that the other forty- seven states have sunshine occasionally He can give the answer to the Jap IT CAN'T BF DONE ITS fer IMPOSSIBLE anese problem. He can tell you the number of orange drink stands on Broadway He can explain why Hiram Johnson did not get to first hase. McC. H. A Higher Plane GATHA: Helen attributes her sue- cess to Dr. Eliot's five-feet-of- books, Harriett: Yes, she's shelf-educated. comicbooks.com