Life, 1889-08-15 · page 6 of 16
Life — August 15, 1889 — page 6: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 90 This page features "Our Fresh Air Fund," a charitable initiative providing outdoor recreation for children from crowded urban areas. The two profile illustrations labeled "Before" and "After" appear to show the physical transformation of children who benefit from country air and outdoor activities. The accompanying village illustration depicts Life's idealized "village for children," showcasing cottages and grounds where urban youth could experience nature and rural life. The lower section, "Midsummer Books and Pleasure," discusses summer reading recommendations, advocating for literature that combines instruction with amusement rather than purely instructional texts. The page reflects Progressive Era values emphasizing public health, outdoor recreation, and children's welfare—concerns about urban crowding and child development that motivated philanthropic efforts in early 20th-century America.
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LIFE OUR FRESH AIR FUND Before After Checks for Fresh Air Fund should be drawn to the order of Live. HIS week we print a view of our village, showing the space be- tween the cottages. It is used chiefly for a playground, as indeed are the whole nine acres belonging to the estate. We have recently put up several swings for the entertainment of the multitude. A few hammocks also dangle from occasional trees, but these are less suited to the active habits of our guests, By keeping the children out-of- doors as much as possible during their two weeks’ visit, and by giving them plenty of wholesome food, which to many of them is a novelty, we intend to send them back to the city refreshed in body and spirit. There are many thousands of them who need it. Edwards Roberts H.B. Hemmood . Previously acknowledged, frseoas Alice ‘Green . KRW. v. +E. W. Sand L. W. ANOTHER VIEW OF LiFE’s Elsie Lea g Proceeds of a Fair at the Peters Van Antwerp Lea : Cottage, Pequot House,New London, Conn., given by Emily Norvie, Locette Ban- ker, Harry Dolly, Lotte Mil- lee Chatty aad’ Harry Ox- Fairfield, Katharine & Dirothy, 1.60 den, Rebecca and Austen Dorothy’ Herbert Riggs, Milly Appletoa, Clar- The Shining Lights (King's ence and Julien Day, Freda Daughters, Wyoming, N. ‘i x sed Char x Mitebsit, Cor- Proceeds of Entertainment by pelius Pia! Florence the Curiosity Club, at Guil- Palmer, Eline Sbirley . ford, Ct. By Anna Chitten- MRC Be sc cai den,’ Sim Chittenden, Mar- Greene,. ” . garet Foote, Harry Foote, my Steiner, Harry Dudley, Edaa Seward, Ernest Dud- ley, Emma Seward, Ned Skinner 6, Entertainment ‘by the Guests of the Scarboro Hotel, Long Harry Warner S. Beach, N. J. Mock Trial of . D. Kimball a Breach of Promise Suit. MONG ARS Proceeds of Entertainment at HTS. Hote! Brealin. Lake Hopat AVow Rite : : cong, D y the gosais or Her Sake, R. wo SJ . Hearts . Mrs, John Wallace . Mother” Sellar and Marie Bullard’. BB. . Phillips Ward Page. |. 5.00 F. A. Reynolds G Collection made at a Sunday evening Service, at the Belle Ayr, Ulster, Simmit, Cat- skill’ Mountains Manitou MCB. 6 6s “Three Roasted Orangites” Collected for Fresh Air Fund Helen Hanby, of Potts- ville, Pa., and Mary Bearer, of Conshobocken, Pa. GHLK. Jobn Stevens . Total $4.753-54 MIDSUMMER BOOKS AND PLEASURE. J N the very heart of midsummer there are few books that you care to read. For now is the season of rest from all books which are read for instruction. As for reading to be amused—the time that you have for amusement is now spent in the open air. The poetry and the romance of living are in the mountains, or on the lakes and the sea. Why should you read a lytic in summer, when you can take a canoe and paddle up a shady stream, with the lily-pads crowding around the bow, and the alders and birches lean- ing toward you, while some bird along the shore pipes a song for you to the very music and rhythm which Shelley and Keats once caught ? Or if you scorn lyrics, but love adventure, why should you