Life, 1896-08-27 · page 6 of 18
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# Page 154 - LIFE Magazine Analysis This page combines two distinct sections: **Upper Left: "Our Fresh Air Fund"** - A charitable fundraising appeal listing donors and amounts. The accompanying "Before/After" illustration shows a malnourished child transforming after receiving care at Life's Farm, addressing the documented poor health conditions of urban slum children during this era. This reflects Progressive Era concerns about child welfare in crowded tenements. **Right Side: "Book Reviews"** - A satirical review of Mr. E.F. Benson's book about Cambridge University life, comparing it to American university novels like "The Babe" and "Verdant Green." The humor critiques the portrayal of upper-class British university culture as insular and populated by silly young men engaged in pranks, tea-drinking, and croquet rather than serious study. **Bottom: "At Life's Farm—The Swing"** - A photograph documenting the actual fresh air charity facility in operation.
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OUR FRESH AIR FUND. beg our readers to remember the condition of the slums and tenements during the recent unbearable heat and its effect upon children. There is no better way of giving these children another chance for life and health than a breath of country air. And three dol- lars will send a child to Live's Farm for a fortnight. BEFORE. AFTER. Previously acknow!- Josephine Coster. $18 co edged. $2,18097 F . 3500 30 E < * 300 $00 ‘ 15.00 10000 Et rvey Outer- <. M. Thayer F, Kurzman....... In Memory of little Proceeds of a Play given by eight lit- tle girls at Punxa- tawney, Pa... 85 Nipnet Alice Hubbard Bish- In Memory of little WHEN IT IS 16 TO 1. OP... 3 Phil... “HOW MUCH HAVE I GIVEN You, TOM?” Phil and Dot......-. H. B. Hollins. “EIGHT HUNDRED DOLLARS FOR A STICK OF CHEWIN J. L. Kimball “MERE, TAKE THIS, AND GET ANOTHER STICK FOR YOUR SISTER Earned by two little girls making and selling peanut candy; Margt. Marguerite and w de Winslow Howarth. illie De K J. Ove : A STUPID PICTURE OF ENGLISH UNIVERSITY LIFE. From sale of Books R. E. F. BENSON (who won notoriety as the author culating ibrery., of ‘Dodo") has entered into competition with two COR. Sccsesseseee very famous books by writing ‘The Babe, B. A.” (Putnam's). rarer Itis further described as the ‘‘uneventful history of a young gentleman at Cambridge University,’ and this suggests the comparison with ‘'Tom Brown at Oxford” and ‘Verdant Green"—two books from which young Americans have heretofore taken their ideas of English university life. There is no danger of Zhe Bade supplanting either in the affections of American col- legians. A more inane lot of young men than those who saunter through these pages could not be found outside of the portals of some very youthful and gilded clubs. The exciting in- cidents are furnished by a small picnic, a game of croquet, several ‘‘ tea-drinkings,” a Greek play, and a Sunday service at King's Chapel. The author presumes that the comedy element is furnished by an ever-present and impertinent bull-dog called Mr. Sytes. When- ever the tea-drinking palls on the patient author himself, the bull-dog is lugged in to do something rash and insipid. It may be AT LIFE'S FARM. THE SWING. admitted, however, that the dog exhibits