Life, 1916-11-09 · page 22 of 40
Life — November 9, 1916 — page 22: what you’re looking at
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This page documents Life magazine's charitable fundraising campaign for French war orphans following World War I. The main content is a donation registry listing American contributors and the orphans they're sponsoring. The photograph shows **André Colin** (Baby No. 27), his widowed mother, and his father's image—illustrating the human impact of the war. The accompanying article explains that Life readers' contributions go through "The Fatherless Children of France" organization to support children whose fathers died in the war. The right-hand essay titled "Ideas" is a philosophical piece arguing that women especially need ideas to achieve social advancement—appearing somewhat tangential to the orphan-relief context. The page primarily serves as a **progress report and donor acknowledgment**, showing the magazine's role in coordinating transatlantic charitable relief during the post-WWI humanitarian crisis, rather than containing satire or political cartoons.
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814 463 Babies “THERE has been a reorganization in France of the different agencies which distribute American contribu- tions to the children orphaned by the war. All of the money now passes through the hands of the society called The Fatherless Children of France, and its offices are in one of the gov- ernment buildings at 110 rue de Gre- nelle, The Orphelinat des Armées is only one of the fifty-two societies through which the parent society works. As heretofore, the contribu- tions of Lire’s readers go directly to Paris and through The Fatherless Children of France to the mothers of the orphans, without regard to race, religion or politics. The only condi- tions are that the child needs the as- sistance and that its father was a vic- tim of the war. In reply to numerous inquiries as to how comforts may be sent to the children, we have secured the follow- ing directions: Make two lists of the contents of the package. One should be enclosed in the package, and the other mailed, at the time the package is sent, together with the name and ad- dress of the person for whom the package is intended, to the offices of The War Relief Clearing House, 40 Wall Street, New York City. The package itself should bear the name and address of the child, marked care of “The Fatherless Children of France.” The package should then be sent to the warerooms of “The War Relief Clearing House,” 133 Charlton Street, New York City. They will forward the package without charge, but be sure to pay all charges for de- livery to the Clearing House. We have received to date $33,765.90, from which we have remitted to France 170,349.49 francs. We acknowledge in behalf of the fund from Mrs. Frederick F. Ducharme, De- troit, for Baby No. 450... $73 George A. Crocker, Jr. New York City, for Baby No. 43t.. : Lockhart and, fegey Corttight,” St. adefpbia, Pa.," for Martins, Baby No. ; - Helen E! Jenkins, New Haven, Conn. for Baby No, 453. Mr. and’ Mrs. A. F. Corbin, New Britain, Conn., for Baby No. 434. Florence B. Presley, San Francisco, ANDRE COLIN, BABY NO, 27, HIS FATHER AND HIS WIDOWED MOTHER Cal., for Baby No. 455.---+-0-0 Proceeds’ of a bazaar organized by Claire May and Mabel Richards, with the aid of their friends at Green Farms and Southport, Conn,, for Babies Nos. 456, 457, 58 and 459 A Friend, Davenport, lowa, for Baby EK, Providence, R.”'T.." tor Baby No. 461 ee Ursula Ingalls, Baby No. 462. Carolyn Wicker, Baby No. 463: FOR BABY NUMBER 441 Already acknowledged. . C.E. Bevan Newtonville, Ma meer D. B. D., Likely, Cal -_ Box 276, Toronto, Canada fg A.C. C., Seattle, Washington 3 $58.05 A contribution of seventy-three dol- lars provides that for two years a desti- tute French child, orphaned by the war, will be kept with its mother or relatives instead of being sent to a public institu: tion, where its chances of survival_are less ‘than in a family environment. ing this critical period in the chil its welfare is looked after and the funds disbursed by ‘The Fatherless_ Children of France,” an organization officered_by eminent French men and women. The ‘ociety has committees in every part of nce, who keep in touch with the chil- dren and supervise details of manage- ment. Contributions of less than seventy- three dollars are combined until they amount to the larger sum. _As fast as Lire. receives from the So- ciety the names and addresses of the children and their, mothers with particu: lars of the father’s death and other in- formation, these are communicated di- rectly to the contributors for the care of each child. The full amount of the funds received by Live is put into French exchange at the most favorable rate and remitted to the Society with no deduction whatever for expenses. Ideas Dp” you ever have an idea? Are you addicted to them? Then be good to the little vagrants, because they are beyond price, unless you in- tend to be a political office holder. You can live without ideas. Thou- sands of persons are doing so all around you. You can, in fact, be a success in three of the learned profes- sions—theology, medicine and the law —without ever having had a single idea. If you are a woman the case is even simpler. Until just the other day, peo- ple were shocked when it was apparent that some woman had an idea. To- day women who have ideas are not burned at the stake. Without them a woman may achieve the topmost rung of the social ladder. In fact, ideas usually impede the climber. Plays have failed for want of an idea, but, on the other hand, people have stood in line for hours for the chance to buy tickets for a play with- out ideas, Often a book without ideas has an enormous sale. Why, then, are ideas valuable? Well, for one thing, unlike diamonds and gold, one must possess them be- fore he can understand their worth. THINGS THAT NEVER WERE MEAVENS ! Mrs. Croesus: HAPPENED TO You? “| WAS ADVISING THE POPULACE, AND MAD JUST GOT AS FAR THE SECRET OF WEALTH WHAT TAS.