Life, 1907-10-24 · page 8 of 24
Life — October 24, 1907 — page 8: what you’re looking at
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**Main Cartoon:** "A Bridge Problem" depicts four people playing cards around a piano in a parlor. The title is a pun on the card game "bridge." **The Articles:** 1. **"Our Fresh Air Fund"** discusses charitable donations for children's health and welfare. 2. **"Another"** recounts a anecdote about a seven-year-old boy named Walter E. Brown who died after vaccination, presented as criticism of compulsory vaccination policy—a contentious public health issue of the era. 3. **"Couldn't Behave"** satirizes an unnamed female passenger who crowded the President's boat during a Mississippi steamboat excursion, unable to obtain a proper master's license. 4. **"The Evolution of a Hone"** (bottom right) is a humorous illustration showing stages of bone development or deformation. The page reflects early 20th-century American social anxieties about public health, women's behavior, and leisure activities.
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Our Fresh Air Fund ‘OLLOWING is a list of contribu- tions to this charity received since our yearly report in issue of September 26th, 1907. ‘The five thousand dollars given in memory of Marion Story, being treated as a permanent fund, is not in- cluded in this list: . oe $1,208 30 CW. Bezess eens ieee 18 In memory of J.D. A 7 Louis H. Rambo. 7 Margaret Hamlin T . May, Sallie and Helen. . C.J. Manly..cceeceee = “Hawaii ce : : Proceeds of fair given by Willing Work- ers’ Club, of Glen Cove, L. I, on Sep- tember §, 1907 (Louise Tiffany Frank, president; Joan Fletcher, Constance Fahys, lizabeth Carrington Frank, Louise Harkness, Ruth Handy, Laura Parsons, Mollie Parsons, Philippa jacen).... exnesisws 252 43 Karl Philip Doerr and sister .. .. 10 00 $1,652 82 “NY7HAT has the Dingley Law done?” cries a New England edi- tor. The answer is easy. Everybody. A BRIDCE PROBLEM Mrs, Stutters ; P-P-P-PL-EASE PL-PL-A-AY Another Walter E. Brown, seven years old, of 228 Ninety third Street, Brooklyn, was vaccinated about two weeks ago at the office of the Board of Health, in order to attend the public school. His father, Charles Brown, had strongly objected to the vaccination. Two days later the child’s arm began to swell. Dr. George Burney, of 21 Seventh Avenue, was called in, He said that the boy was suffering from blood poisoning due to the use of poor vaccine. ‘The boy died on Monday Dr. Burney refused yesterday to sign the death cer tificate, declaring that it was an outrage that such a thing should occur.—New York Times, HIS is one of many cases—of many hundreds of cases. As a satire on individual rights, com- pulsory vaccination is a success. That a healthy child should be inoculated with the germs of a filthy disease against the wishes and the bet- PVE Couldn't Behave N THE steamboat fiect that went down the Mississippi with the President, the one boat that misbehaved was the Hart- weg. She crowded the President's boat and made that officer so mad that he telegraphed to have her master’s license suspended. But after all, what could you expect? ‘The papers said : “The Hartweg carried the Pittsburg delegation.” No doubt the master did his best to live up to his load. “AMMA, have you any objection to my going to the woman's club?” “But, my dear, you don’t need it yet. Wait until you are married.” ter judgment of his parents may be a victory for certain doctors, but it is a or" gruesome joke on the thinking public. THE EVOLUTION OP A HONK comicbooks.com (