Life, 1915-08-19 · page 8 of 48
Life — August 19, 1915 — page 8: what you’re looking at
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This page contains a "Life's Fresh Air Fund" section listing donations, a photograph of a semi-weekly concert at Life's farm, and an article titled "Why Are Jewels So Vociferous?" The article presents a social commentary about news values: Mr. Aldrich offered a large reward for his wife's stolen pearls, making it front-page news—outranking motor accidents and war coverage. The piece questions why jewelry theft receives such prominent attention, suggesting that women's interests (jewelry, fashion, divorces) dominate newspaper coverage because advertising naturally follows these topics. The accompanying illustration shows a woman reading to children, labeled "A Christian Scientist in the Making." The humor critiques both newspaper priorities and gender stereotypes in media coverage of the era.
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Life’s Fresh Air Fund Inclusive of 1914 Live's Fes Air Fuxo has been in operatoin twenty-eight years. In ne it has expended $130,987.58 and has given a fortnight in the country to 36.767 poor city children. ‘The Fund is supported entirely by bequests and voluntary contributions, which are ac: knowledged in this co Previously acknowledged Miss Betty Home .. Lawrence P. Dodge ewes Subscribed by the children in” the Sunday:school of The Church of Christ at Dartmouth College A.M.T M.A. Sunday collection at C DeDshe Sec ese. athleen. IK. ‘Stratiey". N. ELC. Westw mory of + Dongan . L. B R, Jr. Stanley _A. F. Emmet . . Douglas. Fagg - $4,830.73 5.00 5.00 13.00 s.00 5.00 10.75 10.00 25.00 10.00 200 15.00 6.00 25.00 5.71 5.00 5.00 10.00 5.78 3.71 10.00 5.00 soc 1.06 7.00 mp Champlain E.W. Reo. In memory of E ‘A Friend oooto Proceeds of a'sale held Club, made up of six girls, all about thirteen years of age Mrs, Sarah H. Lancashire « Linn, D. Taylor <... Sunday-school of the Holy Trinity, Brooklyn . Wanamaker Barber Shop . Mrs. RH. Harte . W. 0. Partridge Win, C, Hayes. H.C. 8... In memoriam L. FP. : PIII 10.00 F.C. : aoe 00 45.00 10.00 S71 2.00 2.00 §.00 S70 6.00 £00 M. Gilbert Knowles TEIN 0 size Geo. F. Atlee .....- sane eeeee $.00 Dorothy C, Snyder . $.00 John ‘T. Conway . s7t Pell Mitchell, 1.00 GL WwW field .. 10.00 New Mexico $0.00 Mrs. Howard TI. 5.00 J.T, Ken. 12.00 Rufus E. Moore 5.00 Bronson Palmer... 3 10.00 Julia, Noyes and’ Mayo’... §.00 Vineyard Haven .. seseee 2.00 Mrs.’ Edward Putney 10.00 T. M. Griffing ... $.00 Ilenry $5,412.98 ACKNOWLEDGED WITH THANKS Three straw hats, one felt hat, one ravy flag, five tennis racquets from the Misses Dodge, Mt. Kisco, N. Y. Seventeen tennis racquets from Alex. Taylor & Co., Inc., New York. Package of clothing from Mrs. F, T. Brundage, Ridgefield, Conn. Package of clothing from A. L. Brod- head, Catasauqua, Pa. Package of clothing from Mrs, George Mills, Georgetown, Conn. Two boxes of oranges from the Na- tional Orange Growers’ Association of Riverside, Cal, sent through Egan, Fickett &'Co., New York. Why Are Jewels So Vociferous? Mr. Aldrich, in the copper busi- ness, offered ten thousand dollars reward for the recovery of his wife's pearl necklace and ring, and it was first- page news in the Monday papers, out- ranking all the motor accidents and most of the war news, Why so great solicitude about stolen jewels? Jewel robberies or losses or recoveries now beat all ordinary mur- ders, as well as divorces, in news value. And yet to most men jewels, except as a pledge to raise a loan on, are unimportant. Men don’t care who has them or who loses them. It must be that women feel differ- ently and that women’s interests are respected in the newspapers. Or per- haps it is that advertisement naturally goes with jewelery, worn or lost, or that there is an agreeable detecti story flavor about missing pearls. Anyhow, by current New York news standards, a murder is an item, a divorce is a piece of news, and a jewel robbery is an event. PAUL GOOLD ARO A CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST IN THE MAKING comicbooks.com