Life, 1916-10-26 · page 12 of 46
Life — October 26, 1916 — page 12: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three separate items: 1. **"Prize-Winners, Ahoy!"** announces results of Life's title-contest competition. About 750 answers were received; judges are selecting winners using criteria explained in previous contests. 2. **"A Good Example"** (main article) reports that Major Charles Gordon, 94 years old, married his fifth bride—a millionaire's daughter. The accompanying cartoon depicts an elderly groom looking worried, with the caption "I wonder if I can help master. He looks as though he were getting into trouble." 3. **"For Belgian Relief"** requests funds for feeding Belgian children, noting the Belgian Relief Commission needs one million dollars monthly from the United States. The page appears to be from WWI era (Belgian relief context), mixing light satire about marriage with serious humanitarian appeals.
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706 Prize-Winners, Ahoy! NM NOUNCEMENT of the prize- winner in Lire’s great title con- test, concluded on October 2, will be made in the next number of Lire. There were received 43,085 answers. About 750 answers came too late, and were discarded as not conforming to the conditions, At this writing the judges are engaged in the gigantic task of awarding the prize according to a system already explained to our read- ers and used in previous contests. The contest began in Lire’s issue of August 17th, and the average daily’ number received was nearly one thou- sand. The judges hope to be con- valescent in time for another great contest, which will be announced in a near number of Lire, A Good Example At 94 Takes His Fifth Bride Special to The New York Times. COLORADO SPRINGS, Sept. 29.— Major Charles A. Gordon, 94 years old, was married today to his fifth wife, Mrs. Margaret E. Dixon, aged 78. Gor: don first married a millionaire’s dav ter in London in 1837. She died in Omaha in 1868, His ‘subsequent. mar- wes occurred here, and all his brides have been widows. His only child, a son aged 78, has fifteen children, HERE is something fascinating in this story. Partly because God, apparently, has been exceeding good to Major Gordon. And few virtues are more enviable than courage and enterprise. THE GREATEST GERMAN OFFENSIVE “I WONDER IF I CAN HELP MASTER. GETT! INTO For Belgian Relief HE Belgian Relief Commission want a million dollars a month now from the United States to provide a special daily meal for Belgian chil- dren, to be served to them in the schools. The children are not getting enough to eat to keep them well. HE LOOKS AS THOUGH HE WERE TROUBLE” There is “an alarming increase in tu- bercular troubl The Commission has been spending ten millions a month, and getting only half a million of it from these States. Make it a million a month at least, good people. Look out for the Commission's call, and respond!