Life, 1926-03-18 · page 13 of 44
Life — March 18, 1926 — page 13: what you’re looking at
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This page contains two distinct pieces: 1. **"Retribution"** - A poem by Olga Owens imagining divine punishment for human cruelty to animals. It describes caged animals, mistreated horses, and other creatures being freed to torment their abusers in an afterlife. 2. **"Jungle Etiquette"** - A humorous cartoon showing anthropomorphic animals (appears to be a lion and hippopotamus) dining together at a table. The caption reads: "Haven't I told you never to blow on your soup when it's too hot?" The joke satirizes civilized dining etiquette by depicting wild jungle creatures attempting to follow human social conventions—the absurdity lies in instructing a wild animal on proper soup-eating manners. This reflects early 20th-century humor mocking both pretentious etiquette rules and the notion of "civilizing" nature.
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