Life — June 29, 1911 — page 10: what you’re looking at

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1242 Life's Fresh Air Fund Inclusive of 1910, Live's Favs Aix Fuxo has been in operation twenty-four years. In that time it has expended $126,447.44 and has given a fortnight in the country to 32,730 dren, is supported entirely by bequests ond voluntary contributions, which are ac fin this coli $3,347.34 10.00 ns SULGLISE. 3000 Joseph Thomas seve 0D G. oS. Merriam ......0% sao A Friend... ses 2 5.00 In Memory of F.W. J. an ZT. 10100 Mrs, H. M, . I 5:00 June 4 camomeniiay $.00 George F, Corliss. : 10.00 George W, Cl ean 0.00 Caswell W. Si 10.00 Mrs, T. G) Todd... 20.00 Florence P. Ensign. 10.00 s A. Munn... 25.00 John T. Terry, Jr . 23.00 Wm. Magenau.... sonnet 5.00 Emily S$. Watson. oe 25.00 ‘Thayer.. 10.00 William’ Ziegler, J 100.00 Frank Drummond. 25.00 $. H. Vandergrift. 2000005 10.00 Fred “L. Gross... 2100 Valter” Roswell... “Est. of S. S020. $0.00 Theodore R. Hoyt... 25.00 ohn R. Lawrence " . 3.00 Mrs, Geo, Lawrence, Sr IIT slo Anna J. Valentine cee 3.3! Jas, RB. “Dilworth.. : 25.00 In Memory of “ M. B. : 10.00 George S._ McKearin S 5.00 srownin, erary Club, 5.10 “A Friend 100.00 $3,935. ACKNOWLEDGED WITH THANKS. 200 tins of “ Orbit, Norwegian Sardines,” received from A. J. Schossberger & Co. 2 cases of cooking utensils, sent by Mr. Edward B, Brooks. 3,000 circulars of the Friend.” Farm from “A *LIPFE: Commissioner Cram R. CRAM has been appointed a member of the Public Utilities Commission in New York City. Mr. Bassett, whom he succeeds, was consid- ered one of the more competent mem- bers of the commission, and some re- gret has been expressed that he was not reappointed. Governor Dix considers Mr. Cram a highly competent person. Other authoritics, such as the Times and the Evening Post, dissent strongly from that estimate and regard the ap- pointment as preposterously unfit. The trouble is that it is hard to esti- mate Mr. Cram's value to the city as a member of that commission, because his entire public record so far is a record of personal usefulness to Mr. Charles Murphy. We have to weigh Mr. Cram in Mr. Murphy’s scales. If you think Murphy would not have kept him around so long unless he had been valu- able, then there is that ground for sur- mising that he may be valuable to the commission, We wish the basis of hope ghat this appointment will prove credsable to Governor Dix was a trifle more sub- stantial. Mr. Cram is a polite man, He was polite to Mr. Murphy for a long time, and recently he has been polite to Governor Dix. It remains to be seen to whom he will be polite as commis- sioner. LIFE'S INVINCIBLES Don’t Throw Newspapers in the Street! HERE are ordinances galore for the decent regulation of human life in this metropolis, and there is doubt- less one that forbids a citizen to throw down a newspaper on the sidewalk or in the street whenever he happens to have finished with it. Natural decency would seem to be enough to restrain civilized people from vandalism of that sort, but a considerable part of our population is very imperfectly civilized and habitually misconducts itself without any realiza- tion of its misbehavior. Men throw pa pers from the street-cars or from the windows of the elevated trains, not only without scruple, but apparently without suspicion that they are disorderly in do- ing so. So in the parks pcople leave newspapers wherever they happen to drop them, just as ‘they do orange pecl, banana skins and peanut shells. Of course this town has a large fam- ily in all stages of growth, and of an extremely varied standard of manners, and it is neccessary to be patient with many things that try the souls of the considerate, But this practice of throw- ing newspapers into the street is too much. When one sces the conductor of a surface car gather up all the papers that were left in his car and throw them out into the face of the city of New York, the citizen who remonstrates ought to have means at hand to prove that such conduct is forbidden. Spitting can be checked and has been checked because there are notices in plain sight forbidding it. Let us bave notices announcing that it is contrary to law as well as to order to turn news- papers loose in the strect. This habit scems to be growing. It is outrageous and intolerable. Check it, Mr. Mayor. Check it, all officers in authority, It disgraces the town, was destroyed the y; this isn’t the first time it has happened. Postals from Life’s Farm Dear Det: Imma is a good girl she docs not cry at all she said I dont care for New York, we get good things to cat and to play, We go out for a walk every day. She is a very good girl, Mother good-bye Frost Extn. Dear ant We got along all right we are having a fine time. “If Magie was up here and anna too they would like the country better then the city we have all we want’ Good by from Katin Ean. Life Farm, connecticut. comicbooks.com