Life, 1915-09-23 · page 8 of 48
Life — September 23, 1915 — page 8: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three distinct pieces: **"Life's Fresh Air Fund"** - A charitable donation list acknowledging contributions to help poor city children. **"Sitting in Judgment"** - A philosophical essay about the danger of judging others, using Biblical reference ("judge not that ye be not judged") to argue we should restrain from passing judgment on our fellow citizens. **"A Nervous Affection"** (sketch) - Shows a well-dressed man entering a room where two women sit; the title suggests awkward social anxiety. **"A Misunderstanding Somewhere"** - An editorial piece criticizing Ohio coal operators who blame high freight rates for industry distress. The author suggests they're misdirecting blame and should look elsewhere for the real cause—humorously suggesting "spots on the sun or the approach of a new comet." **"A Celestial Choir"** (bottom cartoon) - Depicts four figures in formal dress, likely satirizing some contemporary group or institution, though the specific target is unclear.
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548 Life’s Fresh Air Fund Inclusive of 1914 Live's Fas Aix Fun has been in operation twenty-eight years. In that time it has expended $150,987.58 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 ere ac: knowledged in this column. Previously acknowledged 7316.14 A Memory ... 2” s.00 Mrs. Albert Massey + hoo “Dick” .. + 25.00 Sunday collection at Camp Wyanoke 12.75 W. R. Harvey ... + 25.00 Anonymous ... rs) $7,385.89 ACKNOWLEDGED WITH THANKS One pair of white gloves, 3 children’s skirts, 3 children’s night dresses, 2 bathing-suits, 1 pair of children’s shoes, 2 pairs of rubber-soled slippers, 7 pairs of stockings, 5 romper suits, 7 waists, 5 pieces of children’s underwear, 2 pairs of suspenders from Mrs. D. A. Ashman, Oak Beach, N. Y. All their surplus apples for the summer from every farmer within three miles of Lire's Farm, Sitting in Judgment 'HE admonition “judge not that ye be not judged” is valid only at those rare times when we are feeling humble and insignificant. On these rare occasions we find the attitude: “Who am I that I should pass judg- ment upon my fellow-men?” But the normal attitude is: “Who are my fellow-men that I should refrain from passing judgment upon them?” A CELESTIAL CHOIR 3s Sa Caster b Geos7 A NERVOUS AFFECTION A Misunderstanding Somewhere C° AL operators in Ohio declare that high freight rates have practically killed the coal industry in that State and have brought this charge before the State Utilities Commission. But surely there must be some mistake about it. In the campaign a year ago for a general five per cent. increase in freight rates the ample and impartial press- agent literature of the railroads showed that the surest way to make the country prosperous was to take money from the shippers and give it to the railroads. The Inter- state Commerce Commission first opposed this view, but after the commission had been slightly overhauled it changed its mind and agrced with the railroads. The coal operators, therefore, should look around for some more plausible reason for their distress. Perhaps it is due to the spots on the sun or the approach of a new comet. £0. J. comicbooks.com