Life, 1911-04-20 · page 47 of 52
Life — April 20, 1911 — page 47: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily **advertising and reader correspondence**, not political satire. The main content includes: 1. **Pro-phy-lac-tic Toothbrush ad** - A product advertisement emphasizing the brush's flexible handle design to prevent gum irritation and bleeding. 2. **"From Our Readers" section** - A debate about **vaccination policy**. A reader criticizes Life magazine for presenting selective smallpox death statistics (only from 1909, an "exceptional year") without comparing 1910 data. Another reader defends vaccination, describing a personal loss to smallpox in an unvaccinated family member, while acknowledging anti-vaccination sentiment exists. 3. **Speed Kodak camera ad** - Promoting the No. 1A Speed Kodak for action photography. 4. **Sexology book advertisement** - Promoting an illustrated guide on sex education for married couples. The vaccination letter represents genuine early 20th-century public health debate—this was before vaccines' scientific validation was universal, when skeptics questioned their necessity.
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Pro-phy-lac-tic Flexible Handle Tooth Brush. It fits every curve and hollow of the gums, so as to |) prevent that irntating friction which makes them swell, bleed and become sore, The tufts of the ible faible Tooth Brush very other Pro-phy-lac-tic, are so peculi shaped as to reach all the crevices in and between every tooth, cleanin; them thorough); “A clean toot) never decay Packed in rellow hor, which protectsagainst handling, Rigid ¥ Bectsetto. tal ery Pro-phy-lac:tie fully guaran tecd, "We replace if detectives Our tateresting booklet, * Do leas or Brosh poor Test,” de ‘Yours for the asking; send for it, FLORENCE MFC. CO, From Our Readers (Concluded from page 810) August 18 to November 23, 1909, there were in the United States two deaths from smallpox.” T have always found that, as a rule, Lire takes a fair and unprejudiced view of affairs, and for that reason I am at a loss to understand Lire’s at- titude on the subject of vaccination. Ti Lire wished to present a fair state- ment of the case, why were the figures for this exceptional year alone pre- sented? Why were not the figures for the corresponding period in 1910 also presented ? During the corresponding period of 1oto, in the city of Saginaw, Mich., alone, there were 162 cases of small- A Happy Marriage Depends largely ona knowl- edge of the whole truth about self and sex and their relation to life and health, This knowledge does not come intelligently of itself, nor correctly from ordinary every-day sources, SEXOLOGY Utustrated) H. Waiting, AM, MDa isoparts in a clear, 1d Have. 1 Should Have, ve. a hould Impart to His Son. owledse a Husband Should Have, nn Should Have, ‘Should Have, 1 Have, Impart to Her Daughter. — dgo a Wifo Should Have. Win one volume. IMustrated, $2, postpaid. Wrte ler “Other People's Opiaions"* and Table of Contests, Puritan Pub, Co., 776 Perry Bldg., Phila., Pa. FROM 14 SPEED KODAK NEGATIVE. Get Action Speed pictur¢s—pictures of the ninety mile auto, the running horse, birds on the wing, the limited ex- press, snap-shots on cloudy days and even indoors— all these are in the every day work of the new Speed Kodak—the camera that meets the most exacting conditions, yet retains the Kodak convenience. No. 14 Speed Kodak Catalogue free at the dealers or by mail. For 2% x 4% Pictures. Fitted with Graflex Focal Plane Shutter for exposures from 1-100 of a second to slow " instan taneous” and for time exposures, Zeiss-Kodak Anastigmat lens /.6.3. Loads in daylight with Kodak Film Cartridges and can be carried in an ordinary top-coat pocket. A superior camera in every detail of plan, construction and finish, PRICE $60.00. EASTMAN KODAK Co. ROCHESTER, N. Y. The Kodak City. pox, and 48 of these cases were fatal. In the country surrounding there were at least as many more cases, and the fatality was even greater. I probably feel stronger on this sub- ject than some would. Losing a dear friend by the dread disease, as I did, when he was the only one in his family not vaccinated, while all were equally exposed, does not promote the tolerance of views such as Lire holds on this subject. sit Arguing for the abolition of vacci- nation is like arguing for the abolition of lifeboats on ocean steamers because the vessel has made a safe passage. Very truly yours, S. B. Wiceins. March 27, 1911. = . Artistic Perfumer Sold by the Best Stores.