Life, 1914-12-17 · page 14 of 40
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This page combines a news item about WWI relief with a satirical cartoon. The illustration depicts an overcrowded automobile packed with soldiers driving through a war-torn landscape with destroyed buildings in the background. The caption reads "THE ALLIES DRIVE THE GERMANS OUT." **The Satire:** The joke plays on the phrase "drive out" — literally showing the Allies cramming into a single car and physically driving, rather than military action. It's wartime humor mocking the crowded conditions and chaos of war. **The News Item** discusses charitable contributions for Belgian and French women and children displaced by the conflict, listing specific donations and describing shipments of clothing and supplies being sent. The article emphasizes American generosity toward war victims. This reflects 1917-era American WWI support and humanitarian efforts.
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For the Sufferers HE contributions acknowledged below are those received at Lire office inclusive of December sth: Previously acknowledged AF Margaret and line, 1M H. CLR. rk City. ohn Baldwin, Jr., Baldwin, La sewis H. Jones, Louisville, Ky M., New York City. ‘ Anonymous Cash, New York City.. Lucy Lee Puryear (aged 4), Dan- ville, » «New York E,W. IL, Gillett; Wis ide Bridge Club, Hood River, illips, Jacksonville, Fla. a" mington. Ind. . East. New York City. N. H. Rice, Dallas, Tex Also a parcel of knitgoods left at Lire office by an anonymous donor and forwarded to Dinard. If there exists any question of the widespread sympathy in America for NEWS ITEM THE ALLIES DRIVE THE GERMANS OUT the suffering women and children in Belgium and Northern France, it is answered by a glance at the above list and the others that have preceded it in these columns. In them every part of the United States is generously represented. The advices Lire has received indi- cate the great need of warm clothing for the women and children who were driven from their homes clad only in their summer wear and now unpro- tected against the cold of winter. Lire feels that it is carrying out the wishes of its readers who have contributed to the fund by sending clothes to meet this very definite and unmistakable want. By the time this issue reaches our readers a second large shipment will have gone forward, divided between Dinard and the American committee in Belgium. It consists of 230 large, warm shawls; 60 dozen heavy union- suits for women; 50 dozen for boys; 50 dozen for girls; 73 dozen pairs of women’s heavy stockings and 100 dozen similar pairs of stockings of as- sorted sizes for children. These goods are bought in America at the very lowest prices and are de- livered direct to those for whom they are intended without overhead charges of any kind. It is Lire’s ambi- tion in the administration of this fund to make the relief practical and to make sure that every dollar con- tributed secures the greatest possible results. Although the response has liberal, the need is still tremendous, and it will continue for a long time to come. To give quickly is to. give twice, according to the Latin proverb, but no reader of Lire who has failed to contribute need feel that any dona- tion to the fund will be too late to save some woman or child from sui- fering. These innocent victims of the crime of the ages are not the ordinary poor; they are in a country where all the usual channels of relief have been destroyed. Their relatives, friends and every one to whom they might appeal are in the same condition of distress Whatever help can come to them must come from outside. been comichooks.com: