Life, 1901-07-25 · page 6 of 20
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# "Tell Us a Story, Teacher" This page features a photograph titled "At Life's Farm" with the caption "Tell Us a Story, Teacher." The image shows an adult (likely a teacher or caregiver) seated outdoors with several children gathered around attentively. The photograph illustrates a scene of informal education or storytelling in a rural setting—Life's Farm, their Connecticut facility. The composition emphasizes the educational mission and wholesome environment the magazine promoted. The surrounding text consists of letters from farm visitors and book reviews, including discussion of Francis H. E. Palmer's *Russian Life: Town and Country*. The page primarily documents Life magazine's charitable activities and literary recommendations rather than presenting political satire or commentary.
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66 Our Fresh-Air Fund. Previously acknowledged........0..-5 $3.6 From Marto: oeeee see Cash. Hamber, Led. and Bed... BLS. jen und Teudy nity Fucit Vieips : Fu Sewing Class of North Yakima, Wasi Atmpuiirite . Vater. sccasaise Memory of Katie White Kawin't, Lewis. : a 1 Sutserip he: at of the Westchester Tenth An SESEE8 8s pn Jacob Ast« in Memory « 9 3. 3. 8. 00. 6. 4 Sobeok | S8eseeeeses $5,485.34 THE following are copies of some recent letters written by guests of Lire’s Farm : Live's Fars, BRANCHVILLE, CONN, Dear Kose; Please send me my money I loaned you 60 cents aud 1 would like to have it as soon As possible, [have no money along with me and J can not bay any thing bere, You said you will send me my money Thuraday But I have not eived anything yet. Please send tt. Bertha Wrana. Live's Pans, BRaNCHVILLE, CONN, My dear Parents; We are having # fine time We go to the woods and go picking blackberries and app Joseph eats so much that Ihave no doubt about him, Sunday he bad eat Ove plates of chicken soup and some chicken, I also eat enough. The house Is on a hill and we have beautiful skups. We go bathing every single day. Tam getting very fat and so 1s Joseph. We get A lot of milk to drink pienty of bread and other good thing having no more time to write L LA AIA RES JIE Children of the Nations, ia Poultney Bigelow, contains a historical sketch of the colonizing activities of each of the European nations, with some observations upon localities and policies as scen by the author. Readers who have given any attention to these subjects will find little that is new in tho book. (Mc- Clure, Phillips and Company. $2.00.) Francis H. E. Palmer, the author of Russian Life in Town and Country, is thoroughly con- AT LIFE'S FARM. “TELL US A STORY, TEACHER.” will close my letter hy hoping you are all well and telling in the letter how we all are do not forget me. Your loving daughter, JeLy 1, 1901 Lire’a Farm. Dear Mary: Marty Mamma sald you should stay out there that there ts plenty of girls to play with and you ought to be glad to stay for tt Is to hotin N.Y. We lost our little kitten, Hoping you will he happy and send our best regards, of me and Mother, versant with his subject and has filled his book with well-chosen facts. Like the volume on Germany, however, this number of the series on Our European Neighbors lacks the literary style and delicacy of Hannah Lynch's book on France. (G. P. Putnam’s Sons.) It has been said that it takes more than a good memory to enable a man comicbooks.com