Life, 1905-06-08 · page 10 of 26
Life — June 8, 1905 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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**Top Cartoon:** "A Fugitive from Justice" depicts a heavily-laden automobile overflowing with passengers fleeing at speed. The satire likely comments on contemporary social upheaval or political scandal, though the specific reference is unclear without additional context. **"Ballade of a Leader":** A poem by Elisha Dyer led., apparently a humorous or critical verse about a town leader's decline from power and influence. **"Business is Business":** A brief dialogue where a doctor charges a patient fifteen dollars to sterilize their system using crude oil—satirizing either medical quackery or exorbitant healthcare costs. **"He Was Safe":** A conversational piece where a physician advises a traveling friend to have his appendix removed preemptively before visiting unregulated foreign regions, joking about the absence of "up-to-date doctors" abroad.
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Ballade of a Leader. Elisha Dyer led, N winter when the Town Is full of life, and gay,— When no man wears a frown Unless he cannot pay,— I court the social Fay Before I seek my bed, And hear how in the fray Elisha Dyer led. Daily Paper Some Scotch my grief todrown, — Cigars, or just a clay, To hold my dander down, I take; and then I pray. A Pharisee ? Nay, nay! I simply lose my head In wonder at the way Elisha Dyer led. All persons of renown, From golden-locks to gray And every Paris gown Described without delay : I read, and so betray My weakness, be it said, For all this vain display Elisha Dyer led. Friends, dyers have their day Doubtless when he is dead His epitaph will say Euisiia DYER LED. Carmen Business Is Business. bi R. BRONSON, your bill act ually makes mybloodboil.”” Then, madam, I must charge you fifteen dollars more for steril- izing your system.” “JUST A FEW PENNIES FOR SOMETHING TO EAT, 1 HAVE HAD NOTHING BUT CRUDE OIL FOR THIRTY YEARS,” He Was Safe. dear friend, you must have your appendix re- mov id The kindly and thoughtful phy- sician laid his hand on hiscompan- ion's shoulder. That individual started perceptibly. “ Why!" he exclaimed, ‘what for? I'm healthy enough. Noth- ing the matter with me. “IT know it,” replied the physician. ‘But it’s a wise pre- caution, You're going to travel, aren't you?” “Yes—Europe, Asia, Africa. ‘Exactly. You're going to unknown, unfrequented places. Don't make the mistake of taking your appendix with you, Have it removed before you start— then you can travel in perfect safety.” The other shook his head. “My dear fellow,’’ he said, “you're wrong. Your argument would hold good if I were going to travel only in Americaor England. But where I'm going it will beim possible for me to have appendi- But why not?” The wise man smiled. “Because,” he said, ‘there are no up-to-date doctors there.""