Life, 1913-08-14 · page 8 of 40
Life — August 14, 1913 — page 8: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
**The Cartoon Header ("Does Advertising Pay?"):** The top illustration shows a figure using a large cannon/megaphone to blast advertising messages across a landscape. A tree and squirrel are visible being blown away by the force. This satirizes aggressive advertising tactics of the era, questioning whether such forceful marketing actually achieves results or merely creates noise and disruption. **Main Content:** The page primarily documents "Life's Fresh Air Fund," a charitable initiative providing city children with outdoor experiences. It lists donors and contributions, includes a photograph labeled "A Floating Island: His Dream," and discusses a tragic factory fire. The text reflects early 20th-century Progressive Era concerns about child welfare and industrial safety standards.
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“DOES ADVERTISING PAY?” Life’s Fresh Air Fund Inclusive of 1912, Live's Farsi Arr Fexo has been in operation twenty-six years, In that time it has expended $139,304.44 and has given a fortnight in the country to 34,748 poor city children. The Fund is supported entirely by bequests and voluntary con- tributions, which are acknowledged in this column. Previously ack now!- Nelson Rhoades. Jr edged . $4,424.07 c Helen H. Ellean...... $00 Cp. Mrs. Grace H. Clark.. 25.00 In memory. of Gan'pa Edgar Archer + $0.00 Wolter, from Irene L. F. Emmel.......... 00 and Herbert R. In memoriam . 100.00 EH. Kingsland Master Ralston H. Mil- ew Brunswick, Roy Richardson... ... 10.00 Bisby .....+. In_ memory of C. S. E. 4 1.00 2 . $0.00 Charles F. Miller...... 10.00 Lucy, Graeme and John 6.00 Vik. B. ee 10.00 Wm. P. Clyde 100.00 ACKNOWLEDGED WITH THANKS. One box of tennis balls from H. W. Hague, New York City. Pain killer and Allen's Cough Balsam from Davis & Lawrence Co., New York. i : ‘Ten boxes Dentyne Gum from Auto Sales Gum and Chocolate c ©. One barrel Gold Medal Flour from Washburn Crosby Co. Five gallons sweet pickles from H. J. Heinz Co. Two Boxes oranges from National Orange Co. Double swing from Miss Vivian Moran, Ridgefield, Conn. Package of clothing from H. H. Chambers, Narragansett Pier. Package of clothing from Mrs. A. C. Lowell, Auburn, Cal. Dear Sister 1 hope that you are all well Anna and I have a good time. I wish that John was out here becose it is very nice and we are going out to-day to pick some flowers and apples and every thing I hope that you are not worried because 1 am not worry. So good by. from your little girl and plece send me some cards and some money. Mother Dear How is jow how is farther we are all well How is Margaret we have a good time We have a good time last night What Might Have Been Hew fortunate it was for society that the sixty or more girls who were burned to death in the Binghamton Clothing Company’s building were not inmates of a fash- ionable seminary! Being only factory girls, and receiving the ordinary wages which factory girls receive, and doing presumably the ordinary and commonplace duties which factory girls are supposed to do, their significance was un- important. It also fortunately happens that their places can easily A FLOATING ISLAND HIS DREAM be taken by other factory girls, presumably at no higher wages than these girls received; for the mere shuffling out of fifty would not create such an incteased demand as to raise the wages of the newcomers. But if this fire had burned down a fashionable female seminary and fifty society young ladies had been burned. to death, what a difference that would have made! The Bulgarian War, the tariff discussion, the Mexican im- broglio, would have faded into utter insignificance in com- Parison with such a national calamity. Answer to rebus in last weck’s Lire: “ Love often comes too late in life.” comicbooks.com