Life, 1903-03-05 · page 7 of 22
Life — March 5, 1903 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three distinct satirical pieces: **"Pandemics"** mocks an Ohio doctor's claim that smallpox is now pandemic everywhere. The satire suggests this is an overblown medical pronouncement, contrasting it with diseases like diphtheria and scarlet fever that lack such dramatic claims. **"The Evolution of the Game Hog"** depicts hunting's evolution through three panels showing increasingly rotund hunters shooting game birds, satirizing wealthy sportsmen becoming lazier and more out-of-shape over time. **"Life's Fashions"** shows a caricatured figure in absurdly ornate formal dress, labeled the "official costume for mayor of an American metropolis"—mocking the pretentious ceremonial garb city officials wore. The page includes humorous dialogue snippets about marriage, childhood innocence, and job interviews, typical of *Life* magazine's satirical style.
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Pandemics. A Ohio doctor assures us that smallpox is now pan- +X demic. That is to say, smallpox is all over every- where. Diphtheria and scarlet fever are not pandemic, as yet. Serum inoculation for these diseases has not been in vogue anywhere near as long as vaccination. OW do you suppose she manages to make her hus- : band still love her?” ‘“ Why, she won't let him draw on her principal; and that, of course, keeps up the interest.”* A LITTLE newsboy, who had been in an accident, ~ came into his Sunday school class with one of his ears bandaged to his head, and said to the teacher, ‘I’m a good one to preach to to-day, for it goes in one ear and can't get out the other.”” MANAGING EDITOR: What is your specialty? = APPLICANT (haughtily): I have just graduated E from college. LIFE'S FASHIONS. * “Well, you might accept the position of editor-in-chief, OFFICIAL COSTUME FOR MATOR OF AN AMERICAN METROPOLIS. until some of your knowledge wears off.”” comicbooks.com