Life, 1900-06-21 · page 6 of 20
Life — June 21, 1900 — page 6: what you’re looking at
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# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 526 This page features a photograph titled "Life's Farm: At the Supper Table" showing a communal dining scene in what appears to be a large wooden structure. A woman stands addressing a group seated at tables with food and dishes. Below the image is "Our Fresh-Air Fund," a donation acknowledgment list recognizing contributors to what was apparently a charitable program providing relief (likely outdoor/rural experiences) for urban populations, particularly children. The remainder consists of book reviews for contemporary works, including titles about idiocy, transcendence, and romance. The "Fresh-Air Fund" reference suggests this page documents early 20th-century Progressive Era charitable initiatives aimed at providing healthful experiences for disadvantaged urban residents—a common social welfare concern of the period.
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Our Fresh-Air Fund. Previonsly acknowledged... W. II. Caldwell. J. 1, Perkins... tie, Back, C seeesees $1,031.29 10.00 sere 10,00 20.00 10.00 ump and the Kid Josephine Redding sense Dorothy, Portia, Helen and Justine. A.C. c E In Memory of Marguerite. LN By and B.C.N..... 0.60. 9,00 10,00 3.00 $1,105.29 The Latest Books. Tit Bath Comedy. By Agnes and Egerton Castle. New York; Frederick A. Stokes Company. ‘The antics of the green-eyed monster are, alas, always entertalning (0 the lookers-on. seldom, however, that they are causec aged, controlled and finally banished by so datnty and irresistible a bit of feminine mischlef ax Mistress Kitty Bellatrs. The book ts dainty, full of action and delightful reading. The Black Homer of Jimtown. New York : Grosset and Dunlap. 1 Is hard to predict what the future holds for the Black Homer, he ta such & hopeless and un- telgned liar, Ashe {4 vastly entertaining. how- ever, we hope the recording angel has # sense of humor. By Ed Mott. UFE'’S FARM. AT THE SUPPER TABLE. Prophets of the Nineteenth Century. Alden Ward, pany. For @ succinct account of the lives of these three men, und for ® falr, clear, compressed out- line of the general bellef’ and teaching of each, this short Volume Is to be commended. By May Boston : Little, Brown and Com- The Transgressors Phitadeiphia : pany. We have heard of tnspired tdlocy, cheerful ldlocy, and other faucy varletles. ‘This book ts pinmon, or garden, Idiocy. It describes in great detail how, tn the year 1908, by the simultaneous murder of Andrew Carnegie. John D. Rockefeller, J. Plerpont Morgan and thirty-seven other * trans: greasors,’ these Calted Statea were ushered into 4 Utopian era of uulversal peace and plenty. Going Abroa1? Ry Robert Luce. Robert and Linn Luce. Xo matter what happens to the future traveler, Mr. Luce can now safely say, ‘1 told you 60," Mls book {8 @ personally conducted tour In capsule form. It should prove of great benefit to the traveling novice, and will please the old atager by showing him how many things he knew. Stanford Stortes, W.N, Irwin. Company. These little tales have canght the very spirit of college life. They will be pleasant reading to any college man or woman, and, to thetr Eastern readers at lexst will Introduce a new sister to the old circle of .ldma Matres. By Francis A. Adams. Independence Pubilshing Com: Boston: By Charles K. Field and New York : Doubleday, Page and The American Salad Book, By Maximilian De Loup. New York: McClure, Phillips and Com- pany. No book dealing with things to eat could be more desirable at this season. If one receipt out of every hundred be found tmposatble, the ninety and nine are distinctly good. ‘The chapter on salad accompaniments, that on dressings, andthe hints for serving are particularly helpful. The Elusive Huldegarde. By WW. R. Martin. New York: R. F, Fenno and Company. The story of @ Particularly Perfect Prig and a Much Maligned Malden. The P. P. P. has seen no woman Worthy of his regard ‘since the death of his salnted mother. ‘The M. M. M. cannot understand why she should not receive male callers in her bedroom. ‘They marry on the last Page. It tsa touching tale. ‘The Sensitive Plant. By Percy Bysshe Sheiley. Iilustrated by Laurence Housman. New York : E P. Dutton and Company. This beautiful little book ts one of a sertes, “The Ilnstrated English Poems," edited by Ernest Rhys, It 18 always a dificult matter to filuatrate @ great poem, and, as Mr. Housman suggests, It may be Impossible. Yet he has given us @ serles of pictures tn this volume which cannot fall to dellght all lovers of Shelley. Monsieur Beaucaire. By Booth Tarkington. New York :. McCinre, Phillips and Company. ‘An exquisite bit of romance. The pumproom, the parade, the routs of Old Bath, have never been more’ delicately and gracefully painted. Beaucalre scores at his first appearance, and