Life, 1905-06-15 · page 12 of 32
Life — June 15, 1905 — page 12: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains two distinct items: 1. **"Our Fresh-Air Fund"** (upper left): A fundraising list for a charitable program providing outdoor recreation for urban children, listing donors and amounts. 2. **"The S.P.C.A.—A Case in Point"** (main article with cartoon): A letter to *Life* magazine describing an incident where the writer witnessed a suffering stray dog in Madison Square. When the writer contacted the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, officers were dismissive and unhelpful, offering excuses rather than assistance. 3. **"Little Glimpses of Married Life" (cartoon, upper right)**: A sketch satirizing married couples' social awkwardness, showing what appears to be an uncomfortable domestic scene. The S.P.C.A. letter critiques the organization's ineffectiveness and indifference to animal suffering, using a specific anecdote to make the satirical point that the society fails its stated mission.
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704 Our Fresh-Air Fund. UR farm at Branchville, Conn., is all ready for its summer visitors, Mr. and Mrs Mone ave made every preparation for the regiments of children soon to tovade the house and bara, the Balance on hand at close of season of 1904. $1,437.91 F. A. Snow 25.00 Cricket Club, Cambridge .. . 155 Thomas Smidt se $.00 A Californian : 5 10.00 A Friend 1.00 H. D, Kountee 3 10.00 Farr by Elizabeth Remsen Thom, Parsons and Veronica Frazier. M.S C HOP &A S. Hy Va Mrs, Clarence Fait given by Fries, Nocline Has P. Lace, Helen Porter and The S. P. C. A.—A Case in Point. EAR LIFE: As a subscriber to a D paper, | have read about the inefficiency of the so-called Society for the Vrevention of Cruelty to Animals, 1 should not, how ry h ved the following possible, had it not been my expenence yesterday While walky ast through Twenty-sixth Street, Laoticed a stray dog on the grass in Madison Square, writhing in pain and making frantic efforts to run away, which he was pre- vented from doing, ether by a fit or partial paralysis, [hastened to the uniformed officer of the Society, whom | pays daily at the corner of Madison Avenue an | Twenty-sixth Street, LITTLE GLIMPSES OF MARRIED LIFE. SHOCLD OLD ACQUAINTANCE me FORGOT? and have looked upon as the friend of suffers By thistrme, Iwas somewhat hot. I related ing animals, and said: *! There's a dog over what had passed outside. Said he, with a there a th dren, which seems to leisurely grin, Oh, yes, | believe that man ts have a fit. You would better see about it.” His only there to see about horses." The other + How do you sur Ican pre- clerk, whohad been, | presume, carefully copy from baving a fit? Lam nota ing my name and address, and perhaps wnt- veterinary.” Said 1, ‘Do you mean to say ing some account of the thing in his book, that it 1s not in your line of ess to do finally sard the matter would be attended to. I greatly regret that the absolute necessity U hastened inside the building; told of catching a train forced me to hurry away anything about it 2 Said he, No, at asn't.”” story to two clerks. After a pause, in which without seeing the thing through ; but the they sauntered to the window to see if thedog above facts form, to my mind, an example of could be seen, one came back and said," Name gross inefficiency nd address, plea Said 1," If you will go [shall be glad for you to do whatever you nd see about the dog, | will be writing my — choose with this letter, which may help name and address.” Said he, with delibera- to set the wrong right. tion, * Well, we have to have this for the Very truly yours, record.” Said the other one, ‘Why didn’t Alfred Bussetle. A FOGHORN. you tell that story to the officer outside 2” New York, May 25, 1995. comicbooks.com