Life, 1899-07-27 · page 6 of 20
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 66 This page contains four romantic boat scenes illustrating sentimental declarations between couples. The captions—"Too Much Love in One End of the Boat," "Better Clarkie, Dear, I Have oft Longed to Tell You," "That I Love You. On My Bended Knees I Ask You to Be Mine," and "I Would Gladly Die for You, And—"—appear to satirize overwrought Victorian romantic rhetoric and melodrama. The accompanying article, "Our Fresh-Air Fund," shifts tone entirely, discussing wealthy philanthropists' charitable contributions to help poor children. This juxtaposition suggests social commentary: contrasting the self-indulgent emotional excess of the upper classes with their actual charitable obligations to society. The list of donations totals $2,263.00, emphasizing the fund's purpose of directing wealth toward meaningful social benefit.
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*LIPE« TOO MUCH LOVE IN ONE END OF THE BOAT. THAT T LOVE YOU. ON MY BENDED KNEES 1 ASK YOU TO BR MINE. I WOULD GLADLY DIE POR You, AND— Our Fresh-Air Fund. ITHOUT mentioning names, wo may say that it 1s. habit of thought engendered among some of the millionaires of tho present day and generation to deprecato audibly tho necessity of leaving this world with so much of worldly goods to their credit. A natural and commendable anxiety prevails among them not to wait until after death to have their property distributed by alien hands, but to devote a part of the samo energy which has succeeded in amassing so much property to the equitable and desirable distribu- tion of the same. . This 1s a problem, however, which no one of them has succeeded In solving to the satisfaction of all concerned. Either the prodigality of tho gift has stimulated the recipients to undue corruption in its distribution, or tho cases in which real beneft might have accrued havo been overlooked. It is a hard nut to crack, Lire suggests one way in which those nonplussed milllonaires may render an actual service to humanity, Every three dollars sentto Live's Fresh-Air Fund finds its way eventually Into tho doserving stomach of a receptive urchin, and from thenco to his heart and brain, making him In tho future a bettor citizen. Previously acknowledged 3. BLM. I.D.W. In Memory of El E,W. A ” Anna W. Stewart, Snowball, Topay and Bunn ‘Our Jac Dr. F. K. Hoilist Third Subscription for 1809 on Subscription Cash. A Iu Memory of Little Charlotte, July 8, 1899. Christopher, Cornelia and Merritt... Clara Carter Hyatt Fulrfleld, Kathertn W. D.1 Speonk In His Name. E.K.S aa 15 00 n by some of the little summer girls of nase 2 wanes 80 00 Wm, Travers Jerome, Jr. 900 AsO.Tese comicbooks.com