Life, 1913-10-02 · page 46 of 48
Life — October 2, 1913 — page 46: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertisements and opinion pieces**, not political cartoons. The main content includes: **"Color No Protection"** — A satirical commentary on compulsory vaccination during the early 20th century. The piece mocks government overreach by describing how health inspectors forcibly vaccinated congregants at a Black church in Washington, D.C., and guests at a diplomat's Philadelphia home. The headline suggests the piece is critiquing how even social status ("Color") offered no protection from state medical mandates. **"Preparing for War"** — A lengthy, bitter anti-war essay (attributed to Israel Zangwill) attacking the military-industrial complex. It argues that preparation for war actually causes war, and catalogs the profiteers—military contractors, manufacturers, tailors, clergy—who benefit from conflict. The surrounding ads (Whitcomb brass beds, Calox tooth powder, and a cruise line) are standard commercial content. Both opinion pieces reflect **early-20th-century progressive anxieties**: suspicion of government overreach and critique of capitalist war profiteering—themes common in pre-WWI radical publications.
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] 9) Lower cost, because Was | of longer service Whitcomb Brass Beds Materials and workmanship that mean finer appearance and longer life chara terize these quality bedsteads. Large, gaudy brass knobs, filled with plaster to give the appearance of solidity, are never found in beds bearing the Whit- comb name. Such parts, in Whitcomb Beds, are solid cast brass, dent-proof. Every detail is real, from casters to post tops. Tubing, machining and dovetail- ing that mean sturdy strength; a beauti- ful hand-applied finish that holds. Let us show you the new designs in brass and enamel beds and cribs at our display room. If you are interested in beds for the home, ask for Booklet No. 10; if in hos- pital beds, for Booklet No. 11; if in cribs, for Booklet No. 12. We will gladly send you free, the one you want. Write to the display room that is nearest to you. The Whitcomb Metallic Bedstead Co. DISPLAY ROOMS NEW YORK, 34th and Madison Ave. PHILADELPHIA, 1710 Chestnut St. BOSTON, 78-80 Washington St. Factory, Shelton, Conn. “In mse from the W save te the Wayside tan Color No Protection Within the past few months a negro church in the city of Wash ington was blockaded by inspectors from the health department in the nation’s capital, and all of the con- gregation except those who jumped through the windows were compelled to submit to vaccination. In Philadelphia, the home of Charlemagne Tower, former ambas- sador to Haly, was surrounded by health inspectors and fifteen of his guests were compelled to submit to vaccination before being permitted to leave his home.—Medical Freedom. AMUSING things do happea in “the land of the free”. Preparing for War “TO safeguard peace we must prepare for war "—I know that maxim; it was forged in hell, .This wealth of ships and guns inflames the vulgar and makes the very war it guards against. The god of war is now a man of busi- ness, with vested interests. So much sunk capital, such countless callings, the army, navy, medicine,, the church—to bless and bury—music, engineering, red tape de- partments, commissariats, stores, trans- ports, ammunition, coaling stations, for- tifications, cannon foundries, shipyards, arsenals, ranges, drill halls, floating docks, war loan promoters, military tailors, camp followers, canteens, war correspondents, horse breeders, armorers, torpedo builders, pipe clay and medal vendors, big drum makers, gold lace em- broiderers, opticians, buglers, tent - ers, banner weavers, powder mixers, crutches and cork limb manufacturers, balloonists, mapists, heliographers, in- ventors, flying men and diving demons, Beelzebub and all his hosts, who. whether in water, carth or land, among them pocket when trade is brisk a mil- lion pounds a week.—Israel Zangwill. MONUMENTS: TO THE CAPTAIN It is the Oxygen in Calox which makes it more y; able to you than any other dentifrice. It is the Oxygen which, by perfectly cleansing the teeth and sterilizing the entire mouth, conduces so greatly to better general health. It is the Oxygen which, by neutralizing de- structive acids and dissolving mis- chievous deposits, whitens the teeth so wonderfully and wards off decay. All Druggists, 25 Cents Sample and Booklet free on request. McKESSON & ROBBINS NEW YORK Ask for the Calox Tooth Brush, 35 cents, ARK’S ORIENT CRUISE ling shore ex- saya. Hates a, ete. Program FREE. ¥rask ¢ ‘Times =P ee HAS STOOD THE TEST OF AGES AND IS STILL THE FINEST CORDIAL EXTANT At first-class Wine Merchants, Grocers, Hotels, Cafes. Batier & Co., 45 Broadway, New York, N. Y. Sole Agen for United St: 120 CD TTL