Life — September 12, 1889 — page 6: what you’re looking at

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OUR FRESH AIR FUN Before After Checks for Fresh Air Fund should be drawn to the order of Lire. ‘OU can drop a nickel in the slot and learn your weight, and hear the music and see the wheels go round ; all of which is a grand scheme. But by dropping four dollars in this fund you can seea child go to the country, and, if you follow him up, can see him stay there for two weeks, You can also see him get fatter, his eyes brighter and the color come into his face. You can see him eat as he never ate before, and drink milk that isa revelation to him, And you can see him return to the city at the end of a fortnight with a fresher spirit and a stronger body, But the great major- ity of poor children remain in the city, growing paler and thinner as the sumnier advances, pa- tiently taking it for grant- ed that this is their lot. The more money you send us the more children we can reach, and not a dollar is wasted. OVER THE MEADOWS, AT LIFE’s FOR CHILDRE! Our wards have received a large box of miscellaneous toys and dolls, a good sized doll’s cradle full of dolls, with clothing from Mr. Brown, of Wall Street, N. Y. City; a dozen dolls from Miss Helen Andrews, of Cincinnati, Ohio; a number of toy seaside pails from the Little Leas, Philadelphia, and a half-dozen baskets of apples, three baskets of peaches, one dozen baseballs and a bat from Mr. Frank H. Sawyer, of New York City. It is needless to say that these articles met with the hearty approval of the young persons for whom they were intended, and that they were immediately put into use or process of consumption. Our guests are never chary of their expressions of delight, and we regret that this agreeable music cannot be borne to the ears of every one of Lire’s generous readers. Previously acknowledged, For Baby's Sake Proceeds of Entertainment ga by the Boys’ Char $7,188,07 Lawrence, Li I. . N., Lawrence, L. 1 From Our First Kittie . Proceeds of Lemonade Sales by the Petite Club: Bertha Por- ter, Fanny Short, Lulu Maro- Jag and Helen Lambert F Little Byra P. . 25.00 -M, W., West Point, N.Y. yoo A.J. J.—In His Name sco Harry, Ethel and Robert. 5000 : 8.00 baby yale Proceeds of a Pound Party at Mrs, Alexander's Cottage, Profile House, N. H. Miss M. Longstreet Smith 235.00 4:00 10.00 ans. TMs F Wm. Binney | florence, “Margaret and Isabel . + 10.co Total ON THE FAITHFULNESS OF MEN. AN interesting compilation was made in England some- time ago of the “ Love Letters of Famous Men and Women.” © The two volumes are of a kind to be picked up at odd moments and read in brief installments. The lan- guage of exaggeration in them becomes ludicrous when read for any longer period. The infatuation, absorption, and self- deception by which these eminent men and women were possessed seems a species of madness which exhibits very similar features in persons of widely differing traits. Age and experience do not alter its manifestations. Under its spell Keats and Lord Nelson speak a similar language. * * * TR most evident generalization which these letters suggest is that strong men are continually making demands on the sympathies of weak women. Even the most successful men appeal to their sweethearts as the only consolation in a world of disappointments and strife. “Forty-six years of toil and trouble!” writes Nelson, on his birthday, to Lady Hamilton—but he considers the anniversary a fortunate one “as by my coming into this world it has brought me so intimately acquainted with you, who my soul holds most dear.” And Hazlitt—essayist, poet, and critic—writes to the young and ignorant Sarah Walker: “I am not happy too often, except when that favorite note the harbinger of Spring, recalling the hopes of my youth, whispers thy name and peace together in my ear.” The curious psychological problem suggests itself whether men like Nelson and Hazlitt, who had already gained the prizes of life in their professions, meant what they said when they wrote these declarations—or whether, knowing the appetite of women for flattery and desiring to please them, they deliberately evolved these pleasing fictions ? * * * HESE volumes seem to give the verdict in favor of man’s sincerity. We find similar protestations from men of every rank and at every time of life. The same tone continues after marriage, and on into old age. Charles james Mathews, after eighteen years of wedded life, writes like a boy-lover to his wife. Thomas Hood's messages to his wife are declarations of undying love. All in all men appear wholly to give themselves up to their infatuations—making great sacrifices for them, throwing away opportunities for them, and thinking less of worldly advantage to be gained from them than women. The cynic might say that while all honest women will flirt, even dis- honest men are faithful lovers. Droch. NEW BOOKS - EVERY MAN HIS OWN DOCTOR. By J. Hamilton Ayers, M.D. New York:.G. W. Dillingham. The New Litany. New York: G. W. Dillingham,