Life, 1892-09-08 · page 6 of 14
Life — September 8, 1892 — page 6: what you’re looking at
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# "Life" Magazine Page 132 Analysis This page contains three distinct pieces: 1. **"Our Fresh Air Fund"** (top left): A fundraising list for sending poor children to the countryside for health benefits—a genuine Progressive-era charitable cause, not satire. 2. **"To a Quarter Dated 1892"** (bottom left): A sentimental poem by Tom Hall about lost youth and romance, addressed to a coin from that year. This appears to be nostalgic verse rather than satire. 3. **"He Knew When He Was Through"** (right): A humorous anecdote about an Irish farm worker named Pat who, after being asked repeatedly whether he's eaten enough, decides working on a full stomach causes indigestion and quits. The joke plays on Irish immigrant stereotypes and working-class attitudes toward labor. The page mixes charitable notices, sentimental poetry, and comedic fiction typical of Life's varied content.
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LIFE OUR FRESH AIR FUND. VERY three dollars received for this fund takes another child to the country for two weeks of fresh air. Previously acknowledged... ws Sp0rt00.0 Proceeds of Fair held. by i Children at Martin's rare Coxage. Waite Fee Chapter Epworth League of Grace M. 5. Church, qua, ‘O., Mercy and Help Books, etc... Afternoon’ Tea and Orange Tree Sale, Aug. Table at Tea, Roger sal Lawson and _ a lu Maltby * Beacher 3.00 | $ Warehouse Point, Ct ro.co | T.'J.S., Seattle, Wash 25.00 Kilda Chanter, Cora M. O. and her Sister. | Proceeds of Fair held by Miss Saidee Call, Miss Alice Reynolds, Master Henry Reynolds, and Master Charlie Call. G. Newhaven... A Summer Giei. Mills ALPS Ditccises Post & McCord... Punkie Boy. evening Forest c.0. L. {rom life) at the TO A QUARTER DATED 1892. OW bright And beautiful you are. How you remind me of my long lost youth ! What an awfully swell girl You carry on your back : Like a Swiss guide Or an Andean one, [am not certain, For I have lost the picture Out of my geography. I would like to keep you And add you to my famous collection Of coins, I have a thirst in that direction. It is my hobby. But, alas ! I have a far greater thirst. Good-bye. Tom Hall. “Twist I WERE DEAD.” “Ou, Jim, DON'T SAY SUCH THINGS!" “But I AM DESPERATE.” “WELL, SAY YOU WISH YOU WERE IN PHILADELPHIA.” ‘Bur I AM NOT THAT DESPERATE.” HE KNEW WHEN HE WAS THROUGH. FARMER in Greene County, Pennsylvania, hired as his assistant during a busy season a recent importation from the Emerald Isle. The young man was engaged one evening and at the breakfast table next morning his employer said : “ Well, Pat, have you had enough breakfast?” “Oi have, sorr,” replied Pat. “Then now pitch in and eat your dinner,” said the farmer, “ for we are going to work to-day at the far end of the farm, and we won't have time to come to the house to eat dinner. Pat resumed his eating, and when he stopped his employer asked : “ Have you had enough dinner?” “Yis, sorr.” “Well, we must put in a good long day to-day. So you had better eat your supper, too, before we start.” Pat went to work again at the eatables, and finally laid down his knife and fork. “ Had enough supper?" asked the farmer. “Yis.” “ Then now we will go to work.” “ Worruk, is it?” asked Pat, with a well feigned surprise. “ Of course,” replied his employer. “O, no,” replied Pat, with a shake of his head. kim from we never worruk after supper, sorr.”” William Henry Siviter. “Where I comicbooks.com