Life, 1906-10-04 · page 16 of 44
Life — October 4, 1906 — page 16: what you’re looking at
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This page documents Life's charitable "Fresh Air Fund," which sent underprivileged urban children to the countryside for health and recreation—a major Progressive Era cause. **Upper content:** Letters acknowledging donations to the fund, including proceeds from a fair organized by six young girls in the Adirondacks. The fair's deliberately misspelled advertisement ("THRE TU SICKS O'KLOK," "FANSEE ARTIKLZ") parodies President Theodore Roosevelt's spelling reform campaign, a contemporary public debate. **"To Our Patrons" poem:** Gentle satire asking donors to overlook quality issues (weak tea, tough candy, poor stitching) and remember the charitable cause justifies the fair's imperfections. **Two cartoons below:** Unrelated social humor—"Why They Married" shows conventional courtship and domestic stereotypes (a man needed a wife who could cook properly). The page essentially blends fundraising with gentle satire of both Roosevelt's unpopular reforms and Edwardian courtship customs.
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368 Our Fresh Air Fund PREVIOUSLY acknowkédged ... From William and John « Proceeds of a Fair conducted by isabel, Elsie, Madeleine, Cordelia, Merope Dorothea. ed S4sss 56 '$ 60 s3 25 $4,613 81 605 AKE PLACID CLUB, E Y =prToR OF Lire: —I enclose my check for $53.25, the proceeds of a fair conducted for the benefit of Lire’s Fresh Air Farm by six little girls who are spending the summer in the Adirondacks, These little girls are Isabel and Elsie McLennan, Madeleine McClintock, Cordelia and Merope Jaunaris and Dorothea Abbott. Perhaps the following may be a con- venient form of acknowledgment in your columns: Proceeds of a fair conducted by Isabel, Elsic, Madeleine, Cor- delia, Merope and Dorothea.. $53 25 You may be interested in the enclosed advertisements of the enterprise. Yours very truly, LAWRENCE F. ABBOTT. September 13, 1906. THIS AFTERNUN FRUM THRE TU SICKS O’KLOK THE LITL GURLZ UV THEANOGUN WIL HOLD A FAYRE IN ROK LOD] PLA-HOWCE FOR THE BENEFIT OF LIFE’S FRESH AIR FARM TEE, LEMUNADE, KANDEE AND LUVLEE FANSEE ARTIKLZ Notr—The manajerz hav adopted the speling uv Prezydunt Rozevelt. Thursday; Sept. 6, 1906. To Our Patrons F OUR prices seem higher Than allowed by the laws Of bazaar, fair or kermess, Remember the. Cause! If the tea is too strong For your palate, please pause Before making complaints And remember the Cause! If the lemonade’s weak And deserves no applause, THEY ARE MARRIED AND MAUDIE LOOKS QUITE WoRN OCT. 11'S NO WONDER—HE PESTERED HER Sc PROPOSED FORTY EVERY TIME BUT THE LAST SHE SAID HOUSAND AND NINETY-S: exo!" WHY THEY MARRIED mis wi Trs— ue wal Kind purchaser, smile, And remember the Cause! If the candy seems tough For your tongue and your jaws, There’s one thing that’s tender, And that is the Cause! When you thought to buy silk And it turns out but gauze, Remember,, good friends, That it’s all for the Cause! If in some of our stitches You find a few flaws, Remember they’re made For a very good Causel And so we appeal to Our “Paws” and our “Maws’? To open their purses : In behalf of the Cause. What your're buying is sunshine, Good health and fresh air For the child of the slums— That’s the Cause of our Fair! True Politeness THe WOLF (to the Stork): After you, Alphonse. YOUNG TWENTYPURR LOOKED CAREFULLY BEFORE A WITE HE TOOK, OULD HAVE TO KNOW A THE ED TO BE CERTAIN THAT IIS SPOUSE KNEW HOW TO CooK— THE WAY MIS MOTHER DIDN'T vsxD To po! oR Two, comicbooks.com