Life, 1905-07-27 · page 6 of 24
Life — July 27, 1905 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
The page features a photograph labeled "AT LIFE'S FARM" showing a large group gathering outdoors. Below it are three separate sections: 1. **"Our Fresh-Air Fund"** - A donation list documenting contributions to what appears to be a charitable initiative providing outdoor relief, likely for underprivileged urban children (a common Progressive-era cause). 2. **"A Letter"** - Correspondence describing animal abuse cases involving horses in Columbus Avenue, with the writer questioning whether the S.P.C.A. (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) adequately addresses such incidents across the city. 3. **"At the Present Time"** - A brief anecdotal piece about weekend visitors and their costs. The content reflects early 20th-century urban charity work and animal welfare advocacy rather than political satire.
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Our Fresh-Air Fund. acknowledged R. Murray Lire’s ‘ a letter just received from Farm, Mr. Mohr writes: The children here now seem to be so not a single utterly friendless ard or letter has been written posta from here since they came, on July an experience which is quite new to us in our fresh-air work. Perhaps you will be interested in knowing the his- AT LIFE’S FARM, tory in connection with them, which is as follows. 1, father suicided dead 2 dead “ Father in hospital . sneexeeeeee AR hy parents in hospital Father blind Father paralyzed ieee Father in prison 3 Father a druskard 33 Mother a drunkard aaeRTewEAAS 1 1 by father $ Deserted by mother : : ts Two of them are “hold-overs" from another party A Letter. T THE EDITOR OF LIFE Deax Sin:—Within two weeks I have seen, eighborhood of géth and 16th Streets and Avenue, three cases of apparently much Fortunately the police were attending to them, and much to my surprise, they d in the Colum abused horses fed the horses and cared for them ina very way I wondered whether the officers of the S. P.C. A. sy in other parts of the town, as we never but perhaps they see any of them around her were at headquarters writing reports of what they and winding red tape «: The recent criticisms on Mr. Haine nent will certainly ; the coffers of the Society is no doubt that a good man arouse ent pring money t contributors ¢ to the management of Mr. Haines, if they did not feel that thereby they would lessen the opportunities fo ing the Why don’t the Trustees wake u sell ighbor. is not $0 expensive, anc the ney realized by the sale ought to be sufficient ta ndest, but ¢ . and to leave about $150, rent fund, from the investment of which at t $6000 interest could be realized annvally ich could be used in th roughly equipped, he: 10.8 a per employment of more reby inc inspectors, ¢ 1g the efficiency of the Society's Yours truly, Louise A. Mops. 140 MANHATTAN AVENUE New Vork, July 3. 1995. At the Present Time. WAS away from y night until Monday morning, and it cost me fifty dollars “ Visiting friends ?" Frid