Life, 1914-06-11 · page 41 of 44
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This page contains three distinct sections: **Left column:** Two brief items—a product advertisement for Baldwin Finback drinking cups for travelers, and a satirical piece titled "Safety in Prediction" mocking New York Health Commissioner Goldwater's vaccination advocacy. The satire argues that prediction is easier than examining actual facts: Goldwater claims England will suffer epidemics due to low vaccination rates, yet Germany (heavily vaccinated) and England (lightly vaccinated) both remain smallpox-free. A brief joke about a maid breaking a vase appears below. **Right side:** A large Schlitz beer advertisement featuring "The Pure Beer Flag"—a flag on a bottle symbolizing brown glass protection. The ad argues that light bottles allow decay and emphasizes brewing as a great industry. It promotes ordering Schlitz by the case. **"Gilt-Edged Securities":** A brief satirical note deploring puns linking "gilt-edged" (respectable investments) with "guilt-edged," referencing recent financial scandals where company insiders looted shareholder value. The page is primarily **advertising-driven**, with satirical commentary secondary.
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gl La lites Special Traveler’s Package of | 25 Baldwin FINBACKH DRINKING CUPS for 1(¢ 1 you will send us the name of your dealer, | who should carry Baldwin Finback Drinking | ‘and toc in stamps, we will mail you, post- | |, a package of these celebrated Cups. | i Tust_the thing to take with you on your Auto or Tramping trip—the very thing which the traveler, particularly in summer, needs to ine sure a’ clean, wholesome drink wherever Me happens to be. Write today Sor ths package of Finback capt United States Envelope Company Drishing Cup Dept. G. Worcester, Mass. orSTONE & FORSYTH Co., Distributors Boston, Mass. Safety in Prediction EALTH COMMISSIONER GOLDWATER, of New York, professes a sublime faith in vaccination. Among other things, he proposes a vaccination census of New York in order to find out the number of those who escaped smallpox because they were not vaccinated as against the number who escaped smallpox because they were vaccinated. He points us to Germany and England. In Ger- many vaccination is very freely prac- ticed and they have no smallpox. In England there is comparatively little vaccination and they have no small- pox, but, says Dr. Goldwater, “ we can safely predict a dreadful reckoning in England. Indeed we can. Nothing is so easy as prediction. It is much easier to predict than it is to look existing facts in the face and draw rational conclu- sions. Commissioner Goldwater would also find it safe to predict a recurrence of epidemics like that on the battle- Ohio, where everyone had been cfiicially vaccinated. Mistress: Now, Sarah, I want you to be careful about breaking this vase. It cost a great deal of moncy, and I would hate to have it carelessly broken the first thing, Saran (three days later): There's your vase, ma'am, and I couldn't have Yroke it more carefully if I'd tried for a month—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Gilt-Edged Securities T is to hope that nothing which has happened will plunge the term “ gilt-edged securi- ties” into irrevocable opprobrium., It is a good phrase, and the occasional suggestion of late that something else is needed by securities besides gilt on the edges is startlingly ominous. Some commentators have even sunk so low as to indulge in a deplorable pun, by calling them “ guilt-edged” securities. Wouldn't we be much happier all around to assume that the cases where properties have been looted by the insiders are isolated cases, rather than likening them all to chestnuts with. busy litte worms in charge? It would be a terrible blow to the language if “ gilt-edged” should ever come to carry the same con- notation as “ gold-brick”. We extend the hand of warm fellowship to everyone who raises the pure beer flag. The brewing industry is one of the greatest in the world. The beer drinking nations are among the strongest. No one can afford to take chances with the purity of beer. That’s why the light bottle is condemned. It is insufficient protection from light — which starts decay even in pure beer. See that Crown is branded “‘Schlits"’ e Brown Bottle Order a - Case Today The Beer ... comicbooks.com