Life, 1902-08-14 · page 6 of 20
Life — August 14, 1902 — page 6: what you’re looking at
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This page combines charitable fundraising with satirical commentary and book reviews. "Our Fresh-Air Fund" lists donors supporting a children's program—a real charitable initiative of the era that sent poor urban children to the countryside for health benefits. The cartoon labeled "Some Postal Cards from Life's Farm" depicts children's summer activities through humorous sketches, reinforcing the fund's wholesome purpose. The bottom photograph shows "The Girls Take a Walk" at Life's Farm, documenting the actual charitable operation. The right column reviews books including a John Henry tale and a work on Spanish life titled *Incognita*. The overall page balances satire (Life's trademark) with genuine philanthropy, reflecting the magazine's dual role as both humorist and social advocate for child welfare during the Progressive Era.
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= LIFE « Life's Esteemed Contemporaries. IP YOU CANT GUESS WHO THRY ARE, LOOK ON PAGE 140, 9, Our Fresh-Air Fund. Previously acknowledged 3d. L. 388 S8auesseeeseegzzex e8E-SeSe 1 x i 1 Basse 2 $5,709.61 X WINGING, playing ball, climbing trees and running races are very hard on clothes. One sorrow of our two hundred little guests is that their garments frequently succumb. At the end of the fortnight their wardrobes, never too ample, are practically things of the past. Any simple garments for young chil- dren, sent to Lire’s Farm, Branch- ville, Conn., would be a most welcome donation, SOME POSTAL CARDS FROM LIFE'S FARM. Jane 20th., 1902 We had 15 miles ride in a wagon, And we got here at 8 P.M. We will be home 1 August 1902, And all the apples are not ripe. We are at lites farm Branchville conn. And get all we want to eat. And there lots of swings out here. Charles, July 20, 1902. We got here safety and we have a good time. We awim tn aniittie pond. if we want apple we could have ail we want. We were ta.& boat car and train and when we got ont of the train we were inelgnt wagons. Your friend Altert Coxw Sun Jaly 20/02 Drax GuAXoraTitER, haa pt We had plenty of fun, and bad plenty apples and we bad'e perade yesterday sight) Your son are glad to sce another John Henry booklet by Hugh McHugh. It’s Up to You is as slangy as its predecessors and quite as unworthy of being read by anyone who has ever visited Boston. But some of it is very funny. (G. W. Dilling- ham Company. 75e.) Compared to other European countries AT LIFES FARM THE GIRLS TAKE A WALK. 18, Spain is terra incognita to most Americans, which ren- ders Spanish Life in Town and Country of especial inter- est to readers of the series upon Our European Neigh- bors. The book is pleasantly written by Louis Higgin. (G. P. Putnam’s Sons. $1.20.) A volume, the usefulness and importance of which can hardly be overstated, is A Bib- liographical Guide to the Lit- erature of American History, issued by the American Li- brary Association and edited by J. N. Larned. It contains summaries and valuations of over four thousand books, comicbooks.com