Life, 1914-10-08 · page 8 of 44
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**"The German Advance Was Decisively Repulsed"** (bottom left): This cartoon depicts a German soldier being forcefully ejected by a French woman, satirizing early WWI combat. The caption uses the official military language of "repulsed" to humorously suggest Germany's failed invasion attempts on the Western Front during 1914. **"Hold On, Now—It's Argus This Time!"** (top right): A woman clings to a window ledge while a dog appears threatening below, referencing the Greek mythological figure Argus (known for his many eyes). The joke likely comments on heightened surveillance or paranoia during wartime. **"The Black Hand"** (bottom right): References the Serbian nationalist group blamed for assassinating Archduke Franz Ferdinand, triggering WWI's outbreak.
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612 Life’s Fresh Air Fund Stason 1914. Income, Balance forward from 191 $ Contributions Marion Story Interest . 8 $6,732.48 Help Transport. Food & Repairs .... Miscellaneous Balance Season opened June z3d. Season closed September rst. Children entertained, 1,016. Average cost per child, $5.71. HE following portions of a letter from Rev. U. O. Mohr, our su- perintendent at Lire's Farm, may be of interest to friends of this charity: “Our total expenditure at the Farm for the past season will be found to be $5,803.94, which in- cludes all repairs, transportation, painting, inside and out, salaries, supplies, ete, and show that we entertained for two weeks each 1,016 children: This is thirteen more children than in 1913 at a total less expense of $75.26. The encouraging explanation of this is that the railroad company made WAR NOTE “THE GERMAN ADVANCE WAS DECISIVELY REPULSED” “HOLD ON, NOW—LET’S ARGUE THIS THING!” us an additional reduction of fares under last year and that we made advantageous contracts with our grocers long before the war prices began to prevail. Children are re- quired to eat as much as they can, but there is no waste of any kind permitted. We were compelled to refuse applications from many hundreds of children for want of room, and have already on file ap- plications for 1,075 children for next summer (1915), having be- sides promised 600 children an outing for that season. We are at a loss to know what to do with the increasing family of Lr Fresh Air children. Not the least of our troubles arises also from the fact that many par- ents who themselves were guests as children of Live during the past twenty-seven years are now insist- ing that their children shall have an outing on Lire’s Farm or no- where. The season opened June 23d and News of the Day (ds It Ought To Be.) DeRINc the past twenty-four hours there has been no disaster at sea. At a meeting of the Republican Na- tional Committee it was resolved, as a matter of courtesy, to discontinue all calamity howling, and give the admin- istration the benefit of the support of all citizens, irrespective of politics. Uncle Joe Cannon presided. John D. Rockefeller, Sr. and Jr., met, and, after a long conference, de- cided to make a present to the United States Government of all the mines located in Colorado or elsewhere owned by them. A man who carried a lighted cigar into a Broadway car, le.ting the fumes add to the discomfort of several ladies, was arrested, the railway company an- nouncing that hereafter vigorous meas- ures would be taken to enforce the rule hitherto neglected. Car-fares in New York were re- duced to three cents, Congress passed resolutions an- nouncing that hereafter its members would not be controlled by labor lead- ers in their votes on labor questions. closed on September rst. Of the 1,016 children taken to the Farm during that time, one (1) only had to be sent home on account of homesickness and none on account of sickness, as there was none of it whatever, and therefore no doctor. U. O. Mouk.”