Life, 1907-07-11 · page 8 of 24
Life — July 11, 1907 — page 8: what you’re looking at
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This page features a photograph of Mr. Mohr distributing postal cards at Life's Farm, accompanied by two charitable fundraising campaigns with accompanying poetry. The **"Our Fresh Air Fund"** and **"For the Manhood Trust"** sections list donor names and contributions, suggesting these were real charitable initiatives that Life magazine promoted to readers. The poems express philanthropic sentiment about helping poor urban children and those in slums. The right column contains a humorous domestic dialogue set in 1950, where the Hastall family discusses competing vacation plans—the wife wants Wall Street, children prefer submarines and autos, while the husband chooses horseback riding. This satirizes middle-class aspirations and family disagreements about leisure activities, poking gentle fun at consumer desires and domestic decision-making of the era.
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Our Fresh Air Fund OR acknowledgment July Previ ey Irs. Thorwald A. A. Siegiriedt headore” Walter I. Neafie. A. F. Emmett... 83,110 For the Manhood Trust F I were a Billionaire I'd go to the sickening slums And pick up the children there In search of their daily crumbs. I'd gather them to my breast; T'd cherish and hold them fair; And teach them the sweets of rest— If I were a Billionaire. 1888838888338 MIR. AT LIFE’S FARM MOHR DISTRIBUTING POSTAL CARDS If were a Billionaire V'd take little one And send them forth in the air ‘To play in the gladsome sun. I'd give them the birds and trees, Removed from the city's glare I'd give them the cleansing breeze— If I were a Billionaire. If I were a Billionaire V'd_get up a Manhood Trust. No funds for the college chair Of the gray-headed dryasdust; But all that Thad I'd plan To redeem each human tare To flower forth as a Man— If I were a Billionaire. ENVOY If I were a Billionaire ‘These are the things I'd do. And joy would succeed despair In citizens strong and true— If 1 were a Billionaire. John Kendrick Bangs. Time : 1950 A.D. At the Breakjast-Table R. HASITALL: What are you chil- dren going to do to-day? Miss Hasira: Oh, I guess I'll take the air-ship out. I want to go over Wall Street and drop bags of sand on the Curb. Brokers. Hasitatt, Jr.: I'm going to take the submarine boat. I want to see if I can find our ancestor who fell*off the May- flower. Sr Hasitatt: I am going to take the auto-boat. HELEN Hasitatt: I’m going to take the auto. ‘They have just made a new speed law and I want to be the first to break it. BEN Hasirati: I am going horseback. Basy Hasitati: There’s nothing left for me. I guess I'll take a walk.