Life, 1903-08-06 · page 3 of 32
Life — August 6, 1903 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
The main cartoon (top left) depicts two men in Victorian dress discussing smallpox vaccination. One says he's been "thoroughly inoculated" against smallpox, diphtheria, measles, and other diseases, with his "latest inoculation for snake bites." The other responds that snake bites mean "sure death—for the snake." **The joke:** This satirizes the contemporary craze for vaccinations and medical inoculations. By claiming immunity to snake bites (absurd, since vaccines don't work that way), the cartoon mocks people who place excessive faith in medical science's expanding promises. It's also a joke about the vaccinated man being so protected that *he'd* be dangerous to a snake. The page is otherwise filled with advertisements (Prudential Insurance, Saratoga Racing, Champagne) and racing schedules, typical of Life magazine's mixed content.
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COPYRIGHT FOR QREAT BRITAIN BY JAMES HENDERSON UNDER THE ACT OF te01. “HAVE BEEN THOROUGULY INUCCLATED AND AM NOW IMMUNE TO SMALLPOX, DIPHTHERIA, MUMPS, MEASLES, GREEN APPLES, APPENDICITIS AND PINK-RYR, MY LATEST 18 INOCULATION FOX SNAKE BITES," “SNARE BITES? “YES, IP A SNAKE BITES MR, IT MEANS SURE DEATH--POR THE SNAKE" Dear Sirs: So well pleased have I been with the several small policies carried in your Company for a num- ber of years, and believing fully in the Strength and Stability of The Prudential, I have taken an additional policy of $50,000 with your Company. This, I take it, is the best evidence of my appre- ciation of The Prudential. Yours very truly, —$———_, Frask Leslie Publishing ‘Send Coupon and find cut about Papas ooes: A POLICY FOR YOURSELF, alien! commiting mya any ot ‘hail ne pind fo recone, Wan at Pesci. The Prudential |[7""" Insurance Company of America. JOHN F. DRYDEN, Home Office: President. NEWARK, N. J. Saratoga Racing Association TRACK AT SARATOGA SPRINGS, N. Y. SIX EVENTS EACH DAY. First Race at 2:15. ORDER OF FIXED EVENTS. ‘Tue Batustox Cur. ‘Thr Plas. 8 MONDAY, AUG. 34 caro) Haxpicar, Syearolds and upwant, flies 3 years old. SATURDAY, AUG. st MONDAY, AUG. 10%h. h Tue SanaToos SPECIAL 2yearolds, Taavens, Syearoliis as Austano La, Syearokis and upward, oY, 2-y car-olda hevuew ¥CX, ¢-yearokdsand upward. Horaret, 2yearol farouk CHamriOs 3, FRIDAY, AGG. 1a, SATURDAY, AUG. 15th yearolds and upward. ey eax Ustax Horne, &scar-oldn Tux Sanatooa Cur, Syoar-okis and upward Tux Mouawk, Syear-o! oe Tar Quaureaie: Spearcotis and upward. CG, Sith. Tae ADIRONDACK, E-yenrolds, THURSDAY, MOG. tite. ‘Tne Sananac, Syoarokis, Principal Stake Events to Be Run During August, 1903. SARATOGA SPECIAL, estimated valve : $23,000 THE HOLERUL, for Cwe-yearolds.--.-: : fs “so00 THE SPINAWAY, for fillies two years Praia : 2 teeoo SARATOGA I WANDICAY for tareeyeatrotis aad ty ward. : 218000 U: Ores rae for two-year-olds, SOD 10,000, 19,000, WILLIAM C. WHITNEY, Pres. ANDREW 1 MILLER, Treas. J. AGOSTINI, Sec’y. GOLD LACK If you have never tasted this fine old champagne, you have yet to ex- perience a rare treat. Its delicate fruity flavor is not found in any other brand and is peculiar only to the wines made in the famous Ay district of France. “Gold Lack” does not appeal to the multitude. It is the gourmet’s choice, the delight of the connoisseur, possessing that indefinable flavor that proclaims its individuality. Put up in magnums, quarts, pints and half pints—convenient sizes for family use. Send for our booklet on both still and sparkling wines. C. H. ARNOLD & CO. Agents for the U.S. William Street, New York 27 South comicbooks.com