Life, 1896-08-06 · page 6 of 18
Life — August 6, 1896 — page 6: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis This page contains two unrelated sections: **Upper Left - "Our Fresh Air Fund"**: A charity listing acknowledging donations to send children to Life's farm for two-week stays. The amounts range from $3-$17, typical of small charitable contributions from the early 20th century. **Main Content - "A Poet Who Was Made by a Quatrain"**: A literary essay praising witty, memorable verse—particularly light poetry with clever rhythm and wordplay. The author argues such verse is undervalued compared to serious poetry, citing English poets and referencing J.K. Stephen's "Lapsus Calami." **Image**: Shows multiple people sleeping in beds at Life's farm, captioned "Very Early in the Morning"—presumably illustrating the farm where children stayed. The page is primarily literary/charitable content rather than political satire. No specific political figures or events are referenced.
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98 OUR FRESH AIR FUND. Every three dollars sends a child to Lire's farm for a two weeks’ outing. Previously acknowledged C. B. W., C. W., M. T. W. Wm. Travers Jerome, Jr., aged 6 years Buster, Binghamton, 4 w+e$y75 82 10 © 60 300 10 0 Proceeds of a Fair held by two little girls, Clara Kellogg and Mary Watkins.............. Mrs. Geo. A. Lawrence...........5 we 3 00 Proceeds of a children’s lawn party Tompkinsville, Staten Island, 18th of July.. Ruth Wales. Amberst, Mass.. : . In Loving Memory of S. M. Miss Louise Warren..... 17 00 3.00 15 co 8 50 $1854 98 SHE KNEW BETTER. Why didn’t you marry him at the seaside? It wouldn't have been safe. He was the ESSIE: MAUDE: only man there, OME women scem to take more pleasure in making the man they love miserable than they do in being re- venged on some one they hate. AT LIFE's FARM.—' A POET WHO WAS MADE BY A QUATRAIN. HE kind of verse that is made with wit and a keen sense of metrical form is so scarce that the man who makes it is apt to be remembered much longer than he or his friends ever fondly imagine. It is the sort of thing that is passed along in couplets by discerning people, and quoted on unexpected occasions. The wit makes it stick and the rhythm makes it remembered. A gentle fancy and a knowledge of the stock figures of poetry produce every year reams of verses. But they pass away like the summer clouds or the daises that are the greater part of their inspiration. Your poct who is a real wit, however, has his lines full of tacks, and they puncture. In England they have their literary descent from Prior and Praed and Frederick Locker—and yet there is a little too much sentiment in these exactly to describe the kind of poet meant. Calverley’s ‘‘ Fly Leaves " are the best examples of these rhythmical ebullitions of wit and nonsense. The nonsense is as much a part of the charm as the wit. An enlarged and revised edition of the late J. K. Stephen's ‘‘ Lapsus Calami" (Macmillan), contains a fair ( ERY EARLY IN THE MORNING. comicbooks.com