Life, 1913-10-23 · page 8 of 40
Life — October 23, 1913 — page 8: what you’re looking at
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This page from *Life* magazine (1913) documents the "Fresh Air Fund," a charitable program sending urban children to the countryside for health and recuperation. The financial statement shows the fund raised $7,215.36 that season. The illustration depicts two figures—likely a mother and child in worn clothing—representing the urban poor who benefited from the program. The caption "The Suffragette's Mother" appears to reference women's suffrage activism, suggesting a social connection between progressive causes and charitable work. The accompanying text from the farm superintendent praises the program's success, noting improved health outcomes for over 1,000 children. The anecdotal dialogue at page's end ("Had a terrible experience the other day") suggests the lighthearted, human-interest tone *Life* used to promote charitable giving among its readership.
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Life’s Fresh Air Fund SEASON 1913 income Balance forward from 191. $640.61 Contributions 6,115.52 Marion Story Fund .212. 157.9) Interest) v.cseeeeeecces 21h4 $7,125.56 Total ... us E Reserve Fund Balance . 6.395-87 Season opened, June 24th. Season closed, Sept. 2nd. Children entertained, 1,003. Average cost per child, $5.86. To Friends of Life's Farm 'HESE extracts from a letter of Mr. Mohr, the superintendent of our Farm, may be of interest to those friends who have helped us in the work. “In many respects we consider that our past season has been our most satisfactory one, not only be- cause our children have been the very poorest, but because a larger Proportion of them than ever were taken either directly from hospitals and clinics and the Board of Health, or soon after they had been discharged from such in- stitutions, and came to us with the recently healed scars on their little bodies, or in their weakened and anzemic condition, Under such conditions, of course, we see the most marked improvement during the full two weeks of substan- tial food, plenty of good unsterilized milk, green as well as ripe fruit, and every minute of out-of-door play. Lire has, since 1887, sent 35,751 children to the country and returned them safely without the loss of a single child, and without a broken bone or a disfiguring mark. We thoroughly believe that, after our éa- debtedness to a good Providence, +e are also indebted to the conscant watchfulness and care of the chil- dren by the young men and women caretakers who had charge of them, not forgetting the uniform helpful- ness of the station masters, con- The Suffragette’s Moth THE ALTAR, LET THEM BE FIRM AND LOUD —JUST AS IF YOU MEANT THEM. ductors and trainmen in every possible way in thcir transportation. We opened the season of 1913 on Tuesday, June 24th, and closed on September 2nd. We entertained 1,003 children, and the total ex- penditures were $5,879.20, the latter amount including $916.18 for trans- portation of the children and $590.12 for paints, lumber and repairs, etc. There are at least four barrels of apples still remaining on the highest limbs on the trees on Live's Farm, owing to the fact that it was ‘Apple Year’ and that our farmer neighbors invited our children to ‘help them- selves’, and consequently there were more apples thin our youngsters could possibly carry back to New York with them. There was abso- lutely no sickness; therefore no doctor was called in at any time. Yours very truly, U. O. Mon “LIAD a terrible experience the other day.” “What was that?” “Spent four hours on the train with an interesting woman.” comicbooks.com