Life, 1890-08-07 · page 6 of 16
Life — August 7, 1890 — page 6: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 62 This page contains three distinct sections: **"Our Fresh Air Fund"** (top): An illustrated article about a charitable program sending poor urban children to the countryside. The sketches show before/after comparisons, depicting children's improved health from rural exposure. The accompanying list documents donations to the fund. **"A Use for Jonahs"** (middle): A brief satirical joke playing on the biblical Jonah story. The humor relies on the dated metaphor of an unlucky person as a "Jonah," suggesting such individuals be used for whale bait—dark period humor. **"Political"** (bottom): A simple two-panel cartoon featuring a dog and horse discussing a new residence. The horse boasts of having "a big pull," using the era's slang for political influence or connections—satirizing how personal success often depends on favoritism rather than merit.
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- LIFE: our. FRESH AIR FUND Afrer “THE accompanying sketches of scenes at our village were drawn upon the spot directly from nature. The accidental injuries which come under the care of the ‘*Apothecary,” are seldom very serious, and the cases of illness are, happily, rare. The out of =n door life, fresh air and nourishing food are amen probably largely responsible for the good health = 7 /-—V of our guests, It may interest the readers of Lire to know AV LiF VILLAGE The Toilet. E.P.C 5 Proceeds of entertainment at Intermere, for Fresh Air Fund.. . rchmont Cire. Library Previously acknowledged. $3,867 30 Gi ME Desa Dorsey Ash. rom H. that among the many hundreds of poor children we take to the country, there are always a few who reso- lutely prefer the city. have never been away from it, and all their childish pleasures are associated, not unnaturally, with the only home they have ever known. The fields and flowers surprise them, but their hearts are in the hot streets and crowded tene- ments they have left behind. These little cranks, however, always return to the city perceptibly im- proved in body. AT LIFE'S VILLA' The Apothecary, known as No. 7. In His Name, Wilmington, Del... Morgan Asi Mrs. Jessie Proceeds of held by Edith, hiey A. Ashley. Children's Fair, x, Saud, Belle larry and Mil: ler, at San Rafael, Cal. o. and L resh Air F Speonk la Burnett und... Upshur Moorhead From Oliver Fengar, Oliver Fenwick, Malcolm Scott, Frank Perry, Edward Clark, David Clark, Arthur Clark, Willie Gurm and Harold Smith Procter Carr In Memoriam, C Dorothy Fox ttle Brother os rom John, in memory of his little brother Dick From $. T and H. K. 0... Mass Ada Ives Quincy. Miss Polly Quincy..... . Proceeds of a Children's Fair held by the Narra- gansett, Sewing “Club thel Hitchcock, Kate Lapsley, Bertha Cook, Marion Stevenson, Bes: sie Stevenson, Beatrice de Coppet and Gertrude de Coppet C.F. L, West Va -$. 233 88 10 © 4.561 18 A USE FOR JONAHS. UPSON: May I come with you fellows on your fishing Snupson: No; I'm afraid you'd be a Jonah. hen let's take him and use him for whale bait, ST, young man, and grow up with the coun- but take a par-a-chute with you. PLACE ? Horse: POLITICAL. Jay Eve Ske, HOW DO YOU GET ON IN YOUR NEW On, I've GoT A BiG pull, comicbooks.com