Life, 1899-10-12 · page 6 of 20
Life — October 12, 1899 — page 6: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 286 The page contains three distinct elements: 1. **"Born to Blush Unseen"** (left): An illustration of a large flower, accompanying text about the "Fresh-Air Fund," which provided summer activities for underprivileged urban children. The fund entertained over 1,000 children from June-September with minimal illness reported—Life credits the program's success. 2. **"Watching the Shamrock"** (right): A cartoon showing two caricatured figures in top hats labeled with Irish stereotypes. The dialogue mocks Irish-American speech patterns and concerns, likely satirizing Irish immigrants or Irish-American political figures of the era. 3. Financial accounting data for the Fresh-Air Fund appears in the center. The page blends philanthropy reporting with ethnic humor typical of early 20th-century American satire.
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aLIP «. immaturity were swallowed by greedy guests equally immature, and that no fatalities ensued, then he suspects that these guests were Impervious to all human tls, Be that as tt may, the uninterrupted weeks of perfect health were a \ giving. cause for thanky- Below Is a statement of the Fund's condl- thon, showing & lalance of $047.34 with which to begin next season's worl “BORN TO BLUSH UNSEEN.” Our Fresh-Air Fund. FROM June goth to September sth wo entertained one thousand and seven- teen children at Lire’s Farm, The average number of guests during that period was two hundred and three. The season was most successful, Our readers were generous, the weather was ple and, In spite of the deadly apple tree near the house, there ‘was no ale Purm, The only cases that required attendance were those of a boy who encountered potson ivy and of one little girl who received. & scalp wound, which was dressed at once by a tralned nurse, and It proved of no importance. Lire takes to himself credit for bis entertainment of over # thousand children without one case of sickness; but when he remem- bers that from the tree Just mentioned countless apples in thetr direst Previously acknowledged. $4,249 96 Shore Club. 400 K. M. J. 100 Miss Lucy’ Pinehurst Miss Mary's and Fanny's Sewing Bees, Pinehurst... . Susle Humpdump. Class of Little Girls, Summit Chapel Sunday School ... : Collected by Helen Sears, Bar Harbor, Mi Total... Expenses at 921 $2,229 95, I 114 13 53.534 08 Balance for next year.. z HE Banda Rossa gave a concert in Springfield, Mass., recently, and an Italian girl, servant in a lead- ing family of the place, was allowed a night off to hear her countrymen play. The girl reached the hall only to learn that the band had given a matinée performance and departed to en adjoining city for the evening. Re- turning home, and being questioned by her mistress, she exclaimed at last: ‘I never wentto but three things in all iny life, and now Ihave only been to two!” APRUDE isa shy coquette. OMAN’S chief pursuit is capture. WATCHING THE SHAMROCK. “BARRIN’ UER NAME, WHAT BE THERE IRISH ABOUT HER?” “DOM IP I KNOW, LEST IT BE THAT AFTER UER LEAVIN’ THERE'S & ware.” comicbooks.com