Bony St. Petersburg cholera shakes hands with oriental plague, while Red Cross sled bears anti-plague serum toward invading pigtailed Chinese figures. Oblivious Russian celebrants dance around posters for wrestling, skating, masquerade balls, farces, operettas, movies, and circus performances. (Not sure which Russian politician is depicted at the top, since Pyotr Stolypin–soon to resign–was balding.)
(Ogonek, Russia, 1911)
Sic Transit Pestilentia 