![Hiding from Santa Claus behind the curtain, four children populate a circular illustration that is suspended like a Christmas tree ornament on the cover of the December 28, 1889, issue of Judge, a weekly magazine of political satire. Dangling from the fireplace mantle are four Christmas stockings labeled with the names of St. Louis, Chicago, New York, and Washington—each a city hoping that Santa would fill that city’s stocking with the job of hosting the Columbian Exposition. Signed “[Grant E.] Hamilton” by its political cartoonist, the illustration was captioned: “SUSPENSE! Which one will get the fair?” Eventually, Chicago won the bid for the 1893 Columbian Exposition. Once the Exposition was underway, Chicago’s “Post-Graduate School of Anaesthesia” would hold classes weekday mornings but leave afternoons available for the postgraduate physicians and dentists to attend the world’s fair. (Copyright © the American Society of Anesthesiologists’ Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology.)](https://asa2.silverchair-cdn.com/asa2/content_public/journal/anesthesiology/127/6/10.1097_aln.0000000000001963/3/m_13ff01.jpeg?Expires=1703006061&Signature=NMd4ueLnrJUnJlKthYrGDCKRaRUE~GmJlV6sGjyA6JnBfg1vxnayhVj-x8H2e6LF-J03RXUqGCodB2lpcCdKGiPI5H9DTc0OnMU4nmEcic7Y56mB-3wqMDgtJ8UlcN9K~Z0boevrFI83xnJvf-DFYDFRu28vBBu0LwnbqY1r3kguEIpW~mVjncOdUl7asbMsGVJSzyCXvfU52ptWNVH1HLLIWGXy7JlaHRG3MryJlu30wpw0C01W2535Kxxa1RSZLR5ss~JT0GTqCi63VqK7JDV6SQ6dBoPcanGqt8bAATwZLq88wHYAV8uMbmvNVUpYuUQkEYZXMlNwA2SD~DuvbQ__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAIE5G5CRDK6RD3PGA)
Hiding from Santa Claus behind the curtain, four children populate a circular illustration that is suspended like a Christmas tree ornament on the cover of the December 28, 1889, issue of Judge, a weekly magazine of political satire. Dangling from the fireplace mantle are four Christmas stockings labeled with the names of St. Louis, Chicago, New York, and Washington—each a city hoping that Santa would fill that city’s stocking with the job of hosting the Columbian Exposition. Signed “[Grant E.] Hamilton” by its political cartoonist, the illustration was captioned: “SUSPENSE! Which one will get the fair?” Eventually, Chicago won the bid for the 1893 Columbian Exposition. Once the Exposition was underway, Chicago’s “Post-Graduate School of Anaesthesia” would hold classes weekday mornings but leave afternoons available for the postgraduate physicians and dentists to attend the world’s fair. (Copyright © the American Society of Anesthesiologists’ Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology.)
Hiding from Santa Claus behind the curtain, four children populate a circular illustration that is suspended like a Christmas tree ornament on the cover of the December 28, 1889, issue of Judge, a weekly magazine of political satire. Dangling from the fireplace mantle are four Christmas stockings labeled with the names of St. Louis, Chicago, New York, and Washington—each a city hoping that Santa would fill that city’s stocking with the job of hosting the Columbian Exposition. Signed “[Grant E.] Hamilton” by its political cartoonist, the illustration was captioned: “SUSPENSE! Which one will get the fair?” Eventually, Chicago won the bid for the 1893 Columbian Exposition. Once the Exposition was underway, Chicago’s “Post-Graduate School of Anaesthesia” would hold classes weekday mornings but leave afternoons available for the postgraduate physicians and dentists to attend the world’s fair. (Copyright © the American Society of Anesthesiologists’ Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology.)
George S. Bause, M.D., M.P.H., Honorary Curator and Laureate of the History of Anesthesia, Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology, Schaumburg, Illinois, and Clinical Associate Professor, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. UJYC@aol.com.
