Life, 1893-08-17 · page 6 of 20
Life — August 17, 1893 — page 6: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page from *Life* magazine features two distinct sections: **Upper section:** A cartoon titled "A Question of Some Importance" depicts children at leisure, with a caption asking whether "a fellow" could marry and live on a cent per week pocket money. The satire comments on economic hardship and impossible living standards—likely referencing post-WWI economic conditions or Depression-era poverty. **Lower section:** An article about "Life's Branchville Home," describing a summer retreat where two hundred poor children from Brooklyn receive fresh air, food, and recreation. The accompanying illustration shows a woman with children. The page also lists donors to the "Our Fresh Air Fund," a charitable initiative providing relief to urban children. Together, these pieces exemplify *Life*'s progressive-era advocacy for social welfare and child welfare reform.
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102 OUR FRESH 36.68 AIR FUND. Arthur Jones. Some little { land, Cal Previously acknowledged $5, Through Larchmont Cir- culating Library : For Winitred’s sake. Proceeds of a Cake Candy Sale, suppl mented by the indi ual efforts of the follo ing boys and girls: byi L. Bowers, Kate W. McGraw, Amelie B. Willard, Ethel P. Bart- ett, Alfred L. Fergu- y L. Ferguson, McGraw, Harry lard and ‘M, Me- Edith Eldredge... Cash, Boston, Delegates of the s¢th an- nual convention of the Beta Theta Pi, held at Wooglin, N. Cash, New Redford, Mass... Sophie ‘A.’ Lawrence, insinett, Cape Breton, Mass. K.D. H.. From Lindley. Proceeds of an Ice Cream party given by the chil- ortland. Ore...... dren of the Sunday Harry Hall, New Orica School of the Church of La. the Holy Communion, Cash. Norwood N, MP. Mrs. Walter | Learned’s Edith Sargent... Sunday School class, Box 3474, New York. composed of the f Four Friends. ing “members: D.O.G. Ferry, David Clark, Entertainment given’ by Harry Smith, Oliver the children of Maple- Fengar, Vilo Fenwick, wood Cottage, Maple- Malcolm Scott and Nor: wood, N. , Friday man Belcher... Evening, August 4th. E.J., Dorothy T’ The savings of two litte children, Edith and Harold Lowney....... 25.00 3.00 $3 950.96 publish the following article from the Evening News of Danbury, Connecticut, trusting it may interest some of Lire’s readers. “LIFE’'S” BRANCHVILLE HOME, THE PLACE WHERE FRESH AIR CHIL- DREN HAVE FUN AND GROW FAT. Lire's home at Branchville is a most pleasant place. A quiet work is being carried on there this summer, the same as last, some two hundred or more fresh air children being en- tertained every two weeks, A complete description of the home has already been given in The Netos, but since then not a few changes have been made, and all for the better. H. A. Parsons, who managed the home last season, is there again this summer. He takes great interest in the fresh air work, and has been engaged in it for a number of years. He is a most pleasant gen- tleman to meet and the children all like him, Mr. Parsons says that he has received several packages of shoes, books, etc., from Danbury parties, but just who sent them he is unable to find out, as no name accompanied the package. Of course they were very thankfully received, as contributions of this nature always are, especially picture-books and papers, as on rainy days, when the children are obliged to remaia inside, their chief entertainment consists of look- ing over the books and papers. Besides Mr. Parsons, there are eight care-takers and eight servants, Last year 1,200 children were cared for at the home during the season, which is from the last week of June to the second week of September. WHAT IS LEFT OF THE PAMILY. A QUESTION OF SOME IMPORTANCE. Henry (heartsore); SAM, COULD A FELLOW MARRY AN’ WITH STRICK ECONOMY LIVE ON FOUR CENTS A WEEK POCKET MONEY ? Each one of these children enjoyed a two weeks vacation at the home, and then going back to the city, a new party would take their place. The children get a more elaborate bill of fare this year than ever before. There are certain days when they bave chicken, and, besides the different kinds of meat, they get quite a variety of sweets, such as honey, apple butter, prunes, rice pudding filled with raisins, and many other delicacies. They have bathing suits this year, and there are certain hours each day for the boys and girls to bathe separately, if they care to go into the water. Or Saturday each child has a bath with soap. There aretwo hundred children from Brooklyn at the home this week, and they are having a “rip-roaring” good time. Among the party are two little girls who sing in a cute manner, and a boy who places his fingers in his mouth and gives a complete imitation of a bugle call. There is a great deal of other talent, perhaps equally as amusing, and about every day there is a sort of circus carried on in the barn, that has many features connected with it of a most entertaining character. Altogether, the home is one of the pleasantest, healthiest and most comfortable places of its kind, and the good work that is being carried on there is worthy of praise. SOME UNREPENTANT EXILES. R, HENRY JAM more so, to any shameful sense of his position as an American who will not live at home. It has not been an- nounced that he even intends to come out to the Fair. Not only he continues to abide in London, diversifying his sojourn with such occasional continental jaunts as suit his liver and his convenience, but he brazenly vaunts in * Picture and Text" (Harper's) the ease and advantages of an expatriated resi- dence as exemplitied in the cases of Mr. Abbey, Mr. Frank Millet, Mr. Boughton, Mr. Reinhart and Mr. John H, Sargent. Mr. Abbey was born in Philadelphia and brought out in New seems as lost as ever, or even comicbooks.com