Life, 1914-08-06 · page 12 of 40
Life — August 6, 1914 — page 12: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains two distinct satirical pieces: **Top Image ("Only the Engineer Was Killed"):** A dark illustration showing what appears to be a train or vehicle accident scene, with an inset showing passengers dining. The caption's grim humor suggests irony about casualties. **"Take Your Choice":** A debate between medical authorities about typhoid vaccine effectiveness in Army camps, particularly Texas. The satire questions whether to trust Surgeon-General Gorgas's claims about sanitation improvements or rely on "common sense." **"Foolish?":** A humorous dialogue about motor-car engines and the human heart, using mechanical strain as metaphor for physical overexertion. **Bottom cartoon:** Suggests Anthony Comstock (implied moral censor) should require butchers wear thicker aprons—likely commentary on public decency standards versus practical workplace needs. The page reflects early-20th-century debates over public health, military administration, and social propriety.
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SUGGESTED TO ANTHONY COMSTOCK BUTCHER BOYS SHOULD BE COMPELLED TO WEAR THICKER APRONS _ Which shall we do? “ONLY THE ENGINEER WAS KILLED” Take Your Choice HE serum specialists have been sending out press notices of the marvelous results accomplished by typhoid vaccine in the army, and espe- cially in the camps in Texas. On the other hand, Surgeon-General Gorgas, who is an authority accredited even by the serumites, tells us of the great results accomplished in the army by improved military hygiene and sani- tation, and refers to those same Texas camps without a word of typhoid vaccine, In a case like this, where one group of marvels is entirely invisible to the custodians of another group of mar- vels, there is nothing left for the humble layman but to fall back on his own common sense and take his choice. Shall we make our military camps sanitary or shall we rely for safety upon having some- hody else's. impure blood in our veins? Foolish ? HE heart performs probably the most useful service for the body, in the long run, of all the organs. It supplies primal energy, which enables the machine and its parts to produce. If you bought a motor-car and put into it a large part of your capital, would you select the steepest hill in your vicinity and then see how much you could strain your engine by forcing your car up that hill on high gear? That is about what college boys do in a boat race. In half an hour’s time a boy may injure his heart permanently ly overstrain, for an immediate glory that is almost forgotten in nine days. He may reek with brains, but brains will do him little good with a knocked- out, oar-stricken heart. ILLIE: luxe"? Pa: About ten per cent. café and ninety per cent. looks. Pa, what is a “café de comicbooks.com