Life, 1914-07-02 · page 8 of 44
Life — July 2, 1914 — page 8: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page combines charitable fundraising with social commentary. The left side features an illustrated procession of children leading toward "Life's Farm," accompanying details about **Life's Fresh Air Fund**—a real charitable initiative providing poor city children access to countryside experiences. The list shows donors and amounts contributed. The right side contains an interview with **Mr. B. Fiscal Pillowpheet** (a fictional name, likely satirizing pompous business figures) discussing his recent European travels. He critiques a growing public tendency to suspect wealthy industrialists ("Grabbers"), arguing that successful businessmen were once community assets deserving respect. He laments recent regulatory efforts that now place them under "surveillance." The satire targets Gilded Age industrialists defending themselves against Progressive Era criticism and emerging antitrust regulations.
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LIFE, THE PIPER, LEADS THE WAY Life’s Fresh Air Fund Inclusive of 1913, Live’s Faesu Arm Fund has been in operation twenty-seven years. In that time it has expended $145,183.64 and has given a fortnight in the country to 35.75% poor city children The Fund is supported entirely by bequests and voluntary contributions, which are acknotel- edged in this column. Previously acknowledged .. W. R. S. Faye... ° Jas. L. Thomson. Mrs. H. M. Barksdale. In memory of Dr. S. E. Snivel W. A. Dusenbury . Ray, Ogden & Tod Elizabeth Lawry . E.R. S. “Brownie” . Frank Drummond E, Percy Smith Gordon Buck .. W. Maxwell Greene. Frederick P. Warren “In memory of F. W. J. and Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Kunkel. In loving memory of little Louise Mrs. Stephen Duncan. Primrose Whitfield . M. Mott Smith..... “Jimmie” .... Charles Josselyn . William Ziegler, Jr. R. M. Gring... Elizabeth Daskam Misses Mildred and Lydia Green, 325 Long Hill Street, Springfield, Mass. “A Friend” . es George F. Will, 2 John D. Crimm x Chapin Park Sunshine Circle, of South Bend W. S. Hoyt Samuel H. Warren . In memory of E. G. D. M. P. Cornwall......- $2,950.08 New York and the New Haven R. MELLEN’S declaration that the New Haven road’s enormous float- ing debt was one of the chief causes of its difficulties ought to contain some sleep- lessness for us New Yorkers. In the last few years New York State has been accumulating a floating debt of stalwart proportions. Of course, nobody has of- fered a satisfactory explanation of why we should have suddenly taken to affect- ing such a habiliment, but if, by any chance, it is going to bring us to the condition of the New Haven road, no haste in looking into the matter would be unduly precipitate. An Interview R. B. FISCAL PILLOWPHEET, the well-known Grabber, returned yes- terday on the Maldemerica from an ex- tended visit to Europe, where he went to increase his collection of art, of which he is an ardent devotee. In response to the eager inquiries of the reporters as to what he was thinking about, Mr. Pillow- pheet said: “T cannot too strongly denounce the growing tendency of the public to look with suspicion upon the Grabbers of the country. There was a time when an energetic and industrious Grabber was considered a credit and an honor to a community, but of late years it is getting so there is no incentive for a man to take everything in sight. I have talked with leading Grabbers from every part of the country and they all feel the same about it as I do. It is absolutely foolish to hope for a revival of unparalleled grabbing, such as we had a few years ago, until we put an end to this constant investigat- ing and regulating, so that a man’s meth- ods, motives and machinations will not always be under surveillance.” E.0.J. comichookss