Life, 1913-07-17 · page 10 of 44
Life — July 17, 1913 — page 10: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains several distinct pieces: **"Life's Fresh Air Fund"** lists charitable donations supporting a fund that provides fresh air/outdoor experiences for poor children—a common Progressive-era charity. **"The Modern Lover"** is a brief comic dialogue satirizing contemporary courtship, where a young man tells a father he cannot afford to support his daughter in her accustomed lifestyle. The joke critiques either the young man's poverty or his lack of ambition. **"At the Zoo"** is a captioned cartoon showing a child and adult at an elephant exhibit, with the child exclaiming about the animal's eating habits—simple humor for family audiences. **"An Absolute Necessity"** argues for government-built battleships over private shipyard construction, claiming private enterprise is inefficient and wasteful. This reflects early 20th-century debates over military-industrial policy and government spending.
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102 Life’s Fresh Air Fund Inclusive of 1912, Livt’s Parsi Ate Fuxo has been in operation twenty-sir years. In that time it has expended $139,304.44 and has given a fortnight in the ‘country to 34748 poor city children. The Fund is supported entire! and voluntary contributions, knowledged in this column, by bequests Previously acknowledged Jack and Tom....... ‘ Me) HB. Mos esveoesenen Mrs. H. M. Barksdale. .... “From Miss L. C. Cc. W. Van Law. : Mrs, William Alexander Lieber James A. Swan. Mrs. R. C. Co: Z Mrs. Jonathan Bulkley. Walter Blackman Joseph H. Barnes. J. G. Te fess GP. Theo. M. Robert N. Mrs. L. “ Haw % Clarence C. Dorothy L. The Modern Lover HE FATHER (sternly): Young man, can you support my daugh- ter in the style she’s been accustomed to? Lover (briskly) : ashamed to. I can, but I'd be AT THE ZOO “GEE WHIZ! MA, LOOK AT THE GREAT WIG COW WITH ITS HORNS IN ITS MOUTH, EATING MAY WITH ITS TAI “Every joy has its sorrow, Every happiness its sting.” An Absolute Necessity NE of the papers the other day advertised the fact that a battle- ship built in a private navy yard costs from half a million to two million dollars less than when the same vessel is built by the Government. Is this necessarily an argument in favor of having battleships built by private enterprise? By no means! If we should go on the principle that everything built for the use of the whoie people is to be done as cheaply as possible, where would we get off? At the very start we should have to cut down to a minimum the politicians who are running the country. All of the departments would shrink. Con- sider what this would mean to our newspapers! They would not have a fraction of as much as they have now te talk about. To be extravagant in running our government is one of the blessings in- evitable to a liberty-loving people. comicbooks.com