Life, 1904-08-11 · page 6 of 20
Life — August 11, 1904 — page 6: what you’re looking at
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This page primarily contains reader correspondence and announcements rather than political satire. The "Fresh-Air Fund" section lists donations to send poor urban children to countryside farms—a genuine charitable cause of the era. Letters describe personal experiences at these farms. The only apparent satirical content is "The Match," a brief poem about OLD TARIFF (personified as an old man) wooing "Miss Democracy." The satire targets protectionist trade policy, suggesting tariffs are an old-fashioned suitor trying to win over democratic principles through manipulative courting. The remaining content—including "The Summer Girl Formula"—appears to be light humor rather than political commentary. The magazine functions here more as a civic platform for charitable fundraising than as political satire.
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Our Fresh-Air Fund. Previously acknowledged -$44733-06 10.00 2s Jeanett M.P. Mae AW. Bessie Larry... Dunham... In Memory of Mes. Jessic Holmes Aycock,” New Orleans. 10.00 $4,910.06 Also from Mrs. H. P. Morgan, Provi- dence, a bundle of clothing. POSTALS TO LIFE’S FARM Diar Sirs. Moore :—Having & few leisure mo- ments to express my disposal I thought 1 would write you a few lines. Lam very thankful to you for what you did for usin the country. 1 elf very much, and you & Mr. Moore ay kinder you treated the children I felt a little lonesome when I went 1 was glad to sce my Mother. When I came up the stairs she did not know me she stood looking at me I told her who I was, she was so delighted to see me. She said she was a little loneso But she looked it over and said as long as I was enjoyed o could not b: very good, home bi for me. well and having a good time she felt a little better. Ple: ell allof the folks | was asking for them all and wishing they will spend a good summer up there. [would like to be up weeks but my Mother would be loi N.Y. C., Juoe re for two more some, 194. hr: We arrived home saftly and A GROUP AT THE FRESH-AIR FARM. inamna was very glad to see us. I thank you very much for leting us have such a pleansent tine. 1 will be outthere next summer if God spares me and I will bring my little brother with me. Ana: The author has photographed every accessible character and picture mentioned in Browa- ing’s works, including every yard of his walk from the stall where he bought his old yellow book of “The Ring and the Book" to his lodgings.—d dver- Hsement of a Biography of Mr. Robert Browning. HAT'S the matter with ana? Of vastly more consequence are the inconsequential things of conse- quential persons than the consequential things of inconsequential persons. Thus, if one be a master, he owes it to posterity to put boots on his hands and get down on all fours, in order to make as many tracks as possible in the sands of time. But when, you perhaps ask a master? Ah, there’s the rub, Some say it is when one starves to death; others, when he ceases to write rot; others, when his rot ceases to come back from the publishers. Let us use our judg- ment. In any we should care- fully preserve all our rubbish, for there is no knowing what minute Fortune will smile and change it all into ana. is one The Match. LD TARIFF isa crooked chap With vices deep embedded : Yet to him Miss Democracy Is anxious to be wedded, For, like the fair sex, she would try With winning ways to storm him ; The dear girl wants to marry him In order to reform him, MeLandburgh Wilson, RS. VON BLUMER: I compli- mented your husband yesterday on his skill in taking care of the baby. Mrs. Dimpteton: Oh, dear, what did you do that for?) He thinks he is only playing with him. The Summer Girl Formula. comicbooks.com