Life, 1907-08-15 · page 10 of 28
Life — August 15, 1907 — page 10: what you’re looking at
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This page contains two main sections: **"Our Fresh Air Fund"** lists donors to a charitable campaign, followed by **"The $500 Prize"** announcing an award to Malcolm Stewart for an illustration of the quotation "Hope springs eternal in the human breast." **The cartoon illustrations** (right side) depict characters in boats on water, labeled "Mary Farm," appearing to satirize leisure activities or summer recreation. **"Us"** section quotes the *London Daily Mirror* critiquing American businessmen's character—suggesting they're mercenary, dishonest, and driven by profit rather than principle. The commentary contrasts this unfavorably with English business culture. The page concludes with brief quotes about education funding and an aphorism: "Nothing succeeds like failure." The satire targets American business ethics and cultural attitudes.
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202 Our Fresh Air Fund P FW. Bird Knowledged r Baby Dick Se Jen W HLC.. ‘A. DLS, Heten Chase Streeter Bernard M. Wagner A Friend at the Grind Ta memory of FS. D. Central F.D. Downey Betty Raleb, Sil Leslie Pomeroy and ierbert ¢ Kathryn Mackey Mr.and Mrs. GS. F. 5 c Gree p Sproub.. Mary Biege Doert Stamford. C TENS.2se " The $500 Prize Tilt additional prize of $500 for the best of the successful drawings in Lire’s Quotation Con- test is awarded to Mr. Matcotat Stewart, of Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, for his illustration of 88 $888 888888888838 88883 Toul the quotation, “ Hope springs eternal in the human br a Due announcement will be made of the appear ance of this and the other successful pictures in the pages of Lire Us HIE London Daily Mirror thus comments on the portrait of an eminent American financier: The impression left by the face of this ugly fellow is that all his thoughts and energies are devoted to money-making. It is a cruel face. It is a criminal face, It is the face of a man who would stick at nothing to make his business go. It is also a face which Procwims a narrow mind. edie. a its constant, preoccupation. of all the interest and wonder and beauty of the world ‘There are men of business like that. In the United States there are many of They pile up lange fortunes, which theit fivo lous wives spend during their lifetimes and their spendthrift sons pate after their deaths. ‘They have, as a rule, no use for money themselves. Their diges- tions are ruined by overanniety, their nervous systems unable to stand the strain of travel, their brains a blank on every subject but thar business. They are mere money-making machines. As soon as they cease to attend to business they die. Thea people sty." D'ye see old So-and-So’s gone? Wonder how much he left?” Not a word of regret or affection for the man. Only curiosity as to the results of the working of the mac Fortunately that type is very rare in this country. ‘The healthy English tradition is that a man must justify his existence in other ways than by merely collecting coins All perfectly true, worse luck! Indirectly ‘ He*vE you ever contrib uted any money toward the cause of higher educa- tion?” “Indeed, yes. We use Standard Oil at our house.” We Are What We Eat WHEN we praise the prog ress of the Pacific is- landers, we should remember that they were nourished on the best of New England mis- sionaries. AT LIFE’S FARM OTHING succeeds like PICKING BERRIES failure. comicbooks.com