Life, 1909-06-10 · page 30 of 32
Life — June 10, 1909 — page 30: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising and book notices** with one substantive satirical article. The main content is "Another Little Tribute to Pasteur," which attacks Louis Pasteur's rabies treatment protocol as pseudoscientific. The author (Walter R. Hadwen, M.D.) sarcastically describes the procedure—killing the mad dog, infecting another dog, then creating a medicinal extract—as absurd "science" requiring blind faith rather than rational understanding. This reflects **anti-vaccination/anti-germ theory sentiment** common among some medical practitioners in the early 1900s who viewed Pasteur's methods with suspicion. The remainder is advertisements (Blatz Beer, White Rock water) and book listings typical of *Life* magazine's format, plus an anecdote about Theodore Roosevelt's upcoming African hunt, joking that his aggressive temperament makes him unsuitable for surviving jungle fever (malaria)—implying patience, not boldness, prevents disease. No political cartoons appear on this page.
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—+LIFE: Another Little Tribute to Pasteur This remarkable “science '’ not only demands worship and faith, but victims. If you wish to cure 2 person who has been bitten by a mad dog, the only way to manage it is to first kill the dog that did the mischief, then make another dog mad, and after killing the latter you must make a decoction of that portion of the mad dog's anatomy where the venom of madness is supposed to lurk, and then squirt the decoction into the body of the person who is supposed to be in the first stage of madness already. That is “science ""—the Science of Pasteurism.—Walter R. Hadwen, ML in the London Abolitionist. LATZ MILWAUKEE The Label pegry Zle The Voice of the People: “Just the finest and most delightfully satisfying beer I’ve ever tasted.” Always the Same Good Old Blatz Order a case To-day Ask for It at the Se eairtes tt Cafe Insist on “Blatz,”” Correspondence Invited direct. VAL. BLATZ BREWING CO.MILWAUKEC Latest Books A Summer in Touraine, by Frederic Lees. McClurg & Co. et.) In a Mysterious Way, by Anna Warner. Brown & Ci Haremlik (Little, Vaka (Mrs. Kenneth Brown). ry of Diantha, by Mrs. Philip Verrill $1.50.) The Winning Chance, by Eliza Lippincott Co. $ Lore’s Privilege, by Stella M. During. pincott Co. $1.50.) The Women in Question, by Joha Reed Scott. Ti, Lippincott Co. $1.50.) “Don’t- Snore” U.S, Patent April 23nt, 1907, Trade Mark. Prevents snoring, mouth-breathing and_ athletes’ “dry mouth.’ Makes you breathe through the nose, Comfortable, convente Gold Miled, quaranteed 20 years, Pox 00, If after 30 day fair trial You are not satisfied we will i money upon Its re turn, SIMPLE DEVICE COMPANY, P.O, Box1060. Dept.G. NEW YORK,N. Y. bes & Co. eth Deje: While Rock “The World’s Best Table Water’’ Now ready, 1999 edition of the famous and illustrated humorous book. Sent for i A Fever Resister Prof. Frederick Starr, the distinguished anthro- pologist, was discussing in Chicago the Roosevelt hunting trip. “Mr. Roosevelt,” he said, “will encounter very great dangers in the jungle. I don't mean the wild beasts; I mean the fevers. Mr. Roose- velt’s is not the temperament to resist these dangers, cither. “His is a heady, rushing temperament; but the sort of temperament that keeps jungle fever off is like—like: Address White Rock, Flatiron Bldg., » he hit of 1908, Beautifully bound w York City. “L once boarded a four-wheeler in Piccadill said Professor Starr, “and I bade the drive drive to Claridge’s “He drove at a snail's pace. Exasperat for I was already late for Iuncheon—I put my head and shouted : “*Look here, cabby, we're not going to a fu u The cabby looked at me, took out his pipe and frowned. “*No,’ he said, ‘and we ain't goin’ to no loomin’ fire, neither.’ '—Washington Star. ‘The RUBAIYAT of BRIDGE A BOOK OF FUN @ Verses by Wells. Carolyn g Pictures in Color by May’ Wilson Preston NE of those joyous little ideas — the trump of the season. The are full- page size, and there is a verse for each. Delightful and harmless pictures burlesques of bridge players shown in all their characteristic at- titudes, with expressions of anxiety, excitement, rage, triumph, or gloom. 12mo Cloth, $1.00 HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK 334 comicbooks.com