Life, 1912-08-15 · page 10 of 40
Life — August 15, 1912 — page 10: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains **Life's Fresh Air Fund** — a charitable fundraising section listing donations to send poor children to the country. The amounts range from small gifts ($1-5) to larger donations ($50). The main illustration, titled "Going to His Last Berth," shows a sinking ship, likely satirizing the Titanic disaster (1912). The visual pun on "berth" (sleeping quarters) versus death is darkly humorous. Below are "Postals from Life's Farm" — thank-you letters from children who attended the fund-sponsored vacation, expressing gratitude for fresh air, baseball, church, and cherries. **The satire's point**: contrasting the tragedy of wealthy passengers drowning with the charitable provision of fresh air to poor urban children — suggesting Life magazine's social conscience through humor and sentimentality.
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1590 Life’s Fresh Air Fund Live's Fees Aim Fuxp has been ation twenty-five years. In that time it has expended $133,340.25 and has given a fort night in the Country to 33.737 poor city chil The Fund is supported entirely by bequests and voluntary contributions, which are ac- knowledged in this column, oper Previously acknowledged..........-$8,311-44 “For LA. C. 7 10.00 M.S 5.00 3.00 RU. wae “In memory of In memory of P. S. P. 50.00 10.00 ose 4.00 Mrs. A, B, Hubbard. 5.00 es _L. Thomson 25.00 im and Francino 4.00 “From FE. J. and $-00 M.A. Clark... G_W. U. L...... so 25.00 Offering " taken” Sunday . July 21, at Communion Services during camp of the choir boys. 420 EL McWeeeeseeseeees terse §.00 Noy Sei Bere csessacese g 5.00 Fig Weesicstecsecsess 50.00 FE $.00 ALK Poiiiecc 10.00 In Memoriam..... Capt. T. H. Brown. . Lucy, Graeme and John A’ Piiendscess + 5 Reatrice Bayne and Harrict Mowry In loving memory of Rev. Willard Parsons .... Additional ‘receipts from lawn fete at Ridgefield, Conn., on July 20.. 40.00 $8,680.60 ACKNOWLEDGED WITIL THANKS \ donation of Imperial Granum from John ‘arle & Sons. From a Letter We want to thank you again for the won- derful time our children had at the Farm. They were all so enthusiastic, and looked so well, it’ seemed as though they had been away much longer. If all the children have as good time as ours, the amount of grati tude coming to you by the cad of the sum- mer must be appalling, but I'm sure you de- serve it all. Harlem wants to add her very sincere appreciation of the bappy vacation our children enjoyed, and the hope that they can go another year. DECORATIVE A GREEK BOARDER i (il Wily GOING TO HER LAST BERTH Postals from Life’s Farm Dear Mother: T arrived safely at Branchville, Conn, The place is fine. There are large base-ball fields in which we have our fun on where going to play the country squakes in the field. tell James the baseball ficld is very fine we all go to a catholic church and prosidents and jews go to noon we get a whole lot of bred we want, Your loving friend Heer MeDownete. Dear Mrs. Smith It is fine out here we are fecling fine but very lonesome we will be home in 2 weeks we get lovely meals and get what we want we go hunting for cherrys every day and eat them for our supper we will come home with burnt noses, From Katuucen Live’s Farm Brachville field, Conn. Dear Franl How is your Bedbugs do you have to fight the battle your self when I come home I will help you. “Tam all sun burned, last night we had a march of about 8 miles I had to carry a little boy on my shoulders across the brook how are you all. The apples and cherries aint ripe yet so by the time we go home they will be ripe give my love to all to jumbo and name Se ST Ruste. My dear Teacher: Vount you Please let my sisters stay for at least one more week because its so. warm in the city we cannot sleep and we all to sleep in a room four children in one room we cannot sleep. and besides we will not be here this week we are going to my cousin to stay for one week until its cooler, T thank you very, very much for your kindness. if my lers are going to stay they will let me know, Love to all. Bapre Seatta. Dear Mother: Arrived safe at the place, it is a lovely place and we are having a good time good eats good drinks. We go to church on Sun day and we go bathing nearly every day Now T will close this card. Love to all the family. Agnes likes it. very much. From your loving daughter, Dororny. ite soon, Address of the house Lire’s Farm, Branchville, Conn, comicbooks.com