Life, 1908-06-25 · page 9 of 21
Life — June 25, 1908 — page 9: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
The page features "The Glorious Fourth," a dark illustration apparently depicting Washington's crossing of the Delaware River, republished for Independence Day. The main content is a reader's correspondence section addressing three topics: 1. **Vaccination debate**: A letter questions whether vaccination causes harm, with the editor defending medical science. 2. **Dog rescue**: A California reader praises efforts to save dogs from vivisection (animal testing). 3. **College-bred girls**: Items discuss whether colleges should admit women, with satirical skepticism about whether enough "college girls" exist to match "college-bred men." The cartoon on the right ("Seems to Me, Feathers, This is a Very Late Spring") depicts animals, likely commenting on seasonal or social conditions, though the specific satire remains unclear from the image alone.
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THE GLORIOUS FOURTH In its issue of July 10, 1902, Lire published this icture doing this in advance of the Fourth of July, hoping it may have an effect. From Our Readers 2. as =e A Correspondent Answered ‘O THE EDITOR OF LIFE: One of your correspondents a few weeks ago woukl have us infer that the harm done by vaccination is largely if not entirely imaginary. If he had said that of the good done by the practice I might have accepted his statement, but any one who lived in Towanda, Pa., some ten years ago, and knew a deaf-mute hunchback (name given below), knew a man whose infirmities were due to vaccination, as well-attested evidence shows. This is only worthy of mention as one of the many cases which I can get your correspondent. Very truly yours, D. H. Cunops. Name of cripple was James Elliott, One Who Wants to Know DITOR OF LIFE Dear Sir—In your last issue I notice an_inter- esting quotation from “James H. Payne, M.D." Who is the man, anyway? And where was he elu- cated? One who hasan M.D. degree and who says be never saw any good in vivisection, or words to that effect, is certainly a wonder and it would interest students of medicine all over the country to know what kind of a school he attended and what kind of texts he used. W. H. Hotes. ‘Ann Arbor, Mich., June 4, 1908. Bits From a California Letter ‘0 THE EDITOR OF LIF! God bless your efforts in behalf of the dumb animals. In my estimation the wrong dogs are on the dissecting table. Lam pleased to note one magazine not afraid to come to the rescue of man’s best friend Very truly yours, Fraxk Dowonr. Manager Eleventh Street Opera House, Philadel phia, Pa. Los Angeles, Cal., May 28, 1908. College-Bred Girls ROM the New York Sun: Soon there will be a college-bred girl for every college-bred man.—President M. Carey Thomas, of Bryn Maur How soon? From the Baltimore News: Soon, according to President Hadley, there will bea college girl for every man. And then what will hap- pen.to our digestions? Is it to be understood that Presidents Hadiey and Thomas are agreed in this ex- pectation that there will soon be enough college gitls to go around on a basis of one to each college man? We are republishing it for the benefit of our readers. » 685 “The Latest News” Or, History Rewritten by a Modern Newspaper Man WASHINGTON’S GREAT FEAT CROSSED THE DELAWARE LAST NIGHT AMID INTENSE EXCITEMENT Ice Not L T night, with the air colder than a Harlem Flat, our army got over the Delaware. George Washington, the hero of the hour, had on a uniform that looked as if it had been reorganized by the Directors of the Metropolitan Street Railway The Delaware never felt worse. It gave George the frozen face all right. Our army was fully three hours in getting over. Not a sound was heard save the clink of the ice in the river. When seen this morning General Washington said: Gp ces: eas! (Continued on the 111th page, 18th col., from top, next to Racing News.) It with George about 402 lines down We are “SEEMS TO ME, FEATHERS, THIS IS A VERY LATE SPRING comicbooks.com