Life, 1916-04-13 · page 10 of 46
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**Main Article: "Do You Want to Save a Baby?"** This article advocates for a French charitable organization supporting war orphans and widows left by World War I casualties. It describes a plan where contributors provide small monthly amounts ($73 mentioned) to support individual children, allowing them to remain in their home villages rather than in orphanages. **"Analysis of Average Congressman" Cartoon** The right-side illustration satirizes politicians, depicting them as composed primarily of "Political Ambitions" (75%), with minimal amounts of "Common Sense," "Patriotism," and other virtues. This is vintage American political satire criticizing congressional corruption or self-interest. **"Worth While" and "Distant Relatives" Cartoons** These appear to comment on women's suffrage and family dynamics, though specific details are unclear from the images alone.
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690 “LIFE- Do You Want to Save a Baby? HOUSANDS of French fathers have given up their ANALYSIS OF lives in this war for the saving of our civilization and their country. Many of the widows and orphans they have AVERAGE CONGRESSMAN left behind them are absolutely destitute. These victims are PATRIOTISM.. scattered from one end of France to the other. The French government is doing all that it can to grapple with this problem of the present and the future. With its tremendous disbursements in other directions, it can make only scant allowance for the actual necessities of the widows and orphaned children. For the babies who have lost one or both parents the eventual fate is the cold charity of the orphan asylum, where children can be maintained at the least cost. To keep these children in their own homes with their own mothers, or at least in the villages where they were born, and among those who are friends and neighbors of their parents, is the object of a society that has been formed. in France, headed by the President of the Republic and other eminent Frenchmen. The actual work will be done, under the supervision of the central body, by local com- mittees in every town and district. The most practical form of assistance is to aid the mothers to keep their babies with them. French economy makes this possible if the small sum of ten cents a day be supplied to the mother, or a neighbor, for the actual sup- port of each child. The local committees oversee not only the expenditure, but also the child’s welfare in other ways. Under this plan the support of a baby for two years, the years of vital importance in preserving its life, can be assured for the sum of $73. Worth While Lire secks to interest its readers in this great work. The Pe results are not only for present humanity, but for the future I of France. There are many thousands of these children, “Lire proposes to forward any funds it may receive in units of $73 each to the Orphelinat des Armées. Contribu- tions of Lire’s readers who wish to give smaller amounts will be grouped into these units. The Orphelinat will report to Lire the name, residence, date of birth and the mother’s maiden name, in the case of each child provided for by one of these units of $73. In some cases it will also be possible to report the date and place where the father fell. These facts will be reported to each contributor of a unit or part of a unit. It will be possible then, if so desired, for each contributor to estab- lish direct communication with those in charge of the child who benefits by the contribution. Of course it will require some time after the contribution has been received to secure this information. We start the list with: ANALYZED SEE the woman suffrage vote in Chicago this year is only about one half of what it was last year.” “That isn’t so bad. If half of the women stick to a thing a year afterwards, there must be something in it.” $73.00 from Lire for Baby Number One. $73.00 from the staff and employees of Lire for Baby Number Two. Other complete and partial subscriptions will be acknowl- edged in Lire and allotted in the order of their reception. DISTANT RELATIVES comicbooks.com