Life, 1913-07-03 · page 13 of 48
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**Top Cartoon ("A Safe and Sane Fourth"):** Depicts chaotic Fourth of July celebrations with figures injured or maimed—one appears to have lost limbs, another is bandaged. This satirizes the widespread injuries and deaths from fireworks and explosives during Independence Day celebrations, which were a serious public health concern in early 20th-century America. The title's irony suggests the impossibility of a truly "safe" Fourth given contemporary practices. **"The Quack" Section:** Discusses how the *London Times* distinguishes between legitimate physicians and "quacks"—medical practitioners offering dubious treatments. The text explains that a quack is someone who ignores medical profession standards for profit. **"Camps" Section:** Humorously defines various social camps (Evening Clothes, Tuxedo, Flannel Shirt) as lifestyle categories, using satirical descriptions of their typical inhabitants and activities.
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A SAFE AND SANE FOURTH The Quack HE London Times has been trying to establish the status of the word “Quack,” and in so doing has got into trouble with the Doctors. The Times contends, in brief, that the term is too indiscriminately applied, and that in some instances the Quack may do men better the ordinary s the Times: r Rickman Godlee oc-, cupies a position which makes him a responsible rep- resentative of the medical ssion, and he seems, we regret to say, quite impeni- tent. He docs not help us to any answer to the question “What is a Quack?” * * * He says that surgery has learned much from the bone- setters and is not ‘ashamed to own’ it. That is a very “THE LITTLE BOY WHO NEVER GREW UP” 13 Kaleidoscopic ING Ho! the Fourth! the Glorious Fourth! That fills all hearts with joy, And bids the sage, though bent with age, Be once again a boy! Sing Oh! the Fourth! That bangs, explodes and shoots, And celebrates in fifty States With horrid shricks and toots! Fourth! the N Ah! the Fourth! That scems like war, not peace, And maims and scars for manhood years— When will the slaughter cease? W. W. Whitelock. Sing Fourth! the Bloody interesting admission, in re- turn for which we frankly admit t setters are quac may at the bone- So it ap- pears that surgery has learned much from bore-setters and is not ashamed to own it, but that have taught are quacks while those who have learned from them are not.” If we may be permitted to furnish the London Times with a definition, we should say that a quack is a man who, from time to time, furnishes the medical pro- fession with enough infor- mation to keep it going a little longer; in return for which he becomes known as a quack. A quack is any person who refuses to obey the dictates of the medical profession, those who NET RESULTS Camps A CAMP is a place from which you religiously stay away nine months in the year so that you may think you are enjoying it when in it. and thinks as he pleases. That is what makes him -a quack. A camp always depends for its success upon its distance from home. Camps, in reality, are of three kinds, Evening Clothes, Tuxedo, and Flannel Shirt. The Evening Clothes Camp is filled with butlers, canoes, and highballs. Camp has near-aristocrats, guides and bridge players. The Tuxedo The Flannel Shirt Camp has canned goods, plug tobacco, and people who have lived in Brooklyn. Camps are used as a shelter for poker players on rainy days; also as an antidote for wives, hotels and Great White Ways. comicbooks.com