Life, 1890-08-14 · page 6 of 14
Life — August 14, 1890 — page 6: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page contains two distinct elements: **"Our Fresh Air Fund"** (left): A fundraising appeal for sending poor city children to the countryside for health and rest. The accompanying illustration shows children playing outdoors near a large tree, contrasting urban deprivation with rural wellness. The text emphasizes that even small donations provide children "at least a footlight of it"—implying sunlight and fresh air were luxuries for impoverished youth. **"Revulsion"** (right): A poem by Edward S. Martin satirizing refined sensibilities and social pretension. The speaker rejects polite culture—preferring crude behavior, plain food, and masculine excess—claiming refinement is exhausting. It's social satire mocking both artificial gentility and the rebellious posturing of those rejecting it. The page juxtaposes Progressive-era charity advocacy with satirical commentary on class and manners.
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3 RL. OUR ®) % Proceeds of Entertainment given by some of the Fronts pri ‘ Se) f f guests of the Quissett ‘rom Four Brothers at the PRES Le) Hv “A ] R . Harbor House. Quissett, Pequot House, New - Al ; Mass... 2... ¥ London FUND From Master Wentworth. “4 76 | Froma Kiss. Ly. William Fahnestock Larchmont Ci iy Thagk Offering, W . brary. efore After Bund oa Hanna Ford’s boys. . : W. Beach Law: A.D. ‘A NOW is the time when a very few dollars can doa deal of good. By Proceeds of'a Dramatic En From the Alpha Circle. the time this reaches your eye the number of chikiren we shall have tertainment at Bluff From Two Children.. E : red, And thee Head Lake, by Rosa- HL. sent to the country this summer will exceed eleven hundred, And there Head rae Mine Gomne are many others Gillette, Miss Amy Gil- F i letre, Harry Tuck, Law- Just starting out. rence Jenkins and Abra- ‘The more money bam Gillete........ 30 00 you give us the more children we can send from REVULSION. ee te ee Tilt ser bones of me rebel, notonly pleasure: I cannot be resigned ; but health and Lam $0 all too tired to tell strength. Of being so refined. There is not My instincts are too nasty nice, much sunshine in I'd rather be more brute, their lives, and a And not so easy to disgust, very little of your And difficult to suit. money will give AT LIFE'S VILLAGE. them at least a My fun is all a razor-edge No fear of the Police here. fortnight of it. And needle-point affair That hasn’t any viscera ; Previously acknowledged. $4.s6t 18 | Miss Helen ivan... $5 co . Ia His Name. ges. tes 400 | From the Campers of Camp My very woes are spare From a Kings Daughter Cady, on Rock River, And decorous, and qualified ; who lovesthe country... Illinots. . 2400 . gL. R.. <i, ciauais Miss Ethel Cohen 20 00 A robust grief to me, From Elizabeth & Edwina, secant neee 400 vi ; Kings’ From Fairfield, Katharine, MD aa s 32 W ih groans and tears, and takings-on - Dorothy and Alfred... |. D. F. ‘ “ 30 00 Would be a luxury, 1 00 From Beth and Witiie Hunt, 20 $2 See 2 i 23 00 I vow I'm going to learn to chew— In memory of J. W. B oe 2 $e And navy-plug, what's more ! I'm going to wear a gingham shirt, And spit right on the floor. Cravats and collars I'll abjure, A slouch shall be my hat; My diet, pork with cabbage (boiled), And beer—bock-beer at that. usu 88 8888s8css 88 Total..... I'll learn to drive a speedy nag, And laugh a boisterous laugh ; To down men bluntly in debate, Or shut them up with chaff. I'd go to Congress if I could, And since I can’t go there, Tl gladly be an alderman, Or even run for mayor! I cannot stand it any more, My culture’s not the stuff, For though it’s pretty to be nice, It's wholesome to be tough. Perhaps when I've grown coarser-grained I'll have less cause to sigh At finding that my fellows have VILLAGE, So much more fun than I. nt of the Day. Edward S. Martin. comicbooks.com