Life, 1917-04-26 · page 68 of 84
Life — April 26, 1917 — page 68: what you’re looking at
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This page documents **Life magazine's charitable fundraising campaign** for French war orphans during World War I. The title references a touching wartime image of a wounded British soldier helping an even more severely wounded French soldier—used as emotional appeal for American donations. The page lists **donors and the "babies" (orphans) they've sponsored**, with amounts contributed. Life magazine organized this relief effort, collecting over $80,000 and remitting substantial funds to Paris. The accompanying photographs show **French orphan children** who benefit from American generosity. The layout presents this as a moral duty: America "doing her bit" to help maintain "destitute war orphans of France" through readers' donations. This reflects **WWI-era American sentiment**—positioning the U.S. as supporting its allies and acting charitably toward civilian war victims, before America officially entered the war in 1917. The campaign personalized distant suffering through individual child sponsorships.
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714 “LIFE Helping Bear Our Ally’s Burden O NE of the most touching of the war pictures is that of the wounded British Tommy helping to support him and to carry the belong- bee ings of a worse wounded French poilu. In helping to maintain — the destitute war orphans of France, America is doing her bit, and a yy, 5 through their generosity Lirr's readers are.well to the front in this 4 \y 4 practical form of relief. For it we have received $80,658.62, from ‘ ) which we have remitted to Paris 503,286.20 francs. Bd OS ae Y With gratitude, in which we have constant evidence that the |! 9 - French people share, we acknowledge from Mrs. Samuel G. Colt, Pittsfield, Mass., for Baby No, 1188.....4.+2+4+ $73 Otis, F, Hoffman, Warren, Pa.’ for Babies Nos. 1189 and igo... 00002 14 FE. Stone, Skaneateles, N. Vs for, Baby No i191. -.sseseeeee 2: Kdwards Ritchie, Cincinnati, Ohio, for Baby No. 1193. 233 Lee Roy Myers, Savannah,’Ga., in memory of Julia Davis Myers, ‘“ Baby No. ‘ tats teeeee “ seeeeeeeee 7. Mr. and Mrs. C.B. Rhodes, Orchard, Cot, for iiaby "Now i194. 7 i. R. W. B., Vancouver, B: C.. fer ‘Baby’ No. 73 Wi iNtard, Rice Platt. New Y for Baby : 3 Faith F, Hillard and T. R. Hil rand Witkes-farre, Parr for’ Babies” ‘ 200 hae 146 > Booth, Roc! “Yo for Baby lps Airs, Frank Stuart Smith and Betitehem friends, for aby John H. Jr, E Chartes fi Hoilis “and” Madetine KOLANDE. FRAINCHAKD, B, Hollia, Lynn, Mase. for aby’ No. 1203. cc+ecs2sccsesereeses MADELEINE BRONQUISSE, Mrs. Ernst Twitchell, Wyoming, Ohio, for, Baby ‘No. + Babv itt6 04 Henry V, Pelton and Richard V, Pelton, New Britain, Cons..'for Baby Kanawha War Relief Association, Charleston, W. Va., for Baby No. Jesse C, Bowen, Buffalo, N. Y., for Baby No. Helen Cameron, Sam Cameron and Malcolm Cameron, Greenii id) Mass. for Baby No. 1209..... ats iecanattes Ethel Georgine Hughes. Montelair, N. J. for Baby No: Hi. PA. of Framingham, Mass. for Baby No, 1210, on accoun many 262 FOR BABY NUMBER 1164 Previously acknowledged ...........0++0++ Phebe, Nannie and Mary Peacock, Germantow “E. A. S.."" Boston, Mass....... POR BABY NUMBER 1195 A. Boston, Mass...... R. W.'B., Vancouver, B.C. irs, L.A. Woodard, Wooster, Ohio, FOR BABY NUMBER 1198 Mrs, L.A. Woodard. Wooster, Oh The d Retty and Dorothy ' Pro GSB, Jee Philadelphia, Pa Peglty, Pt Ss. Jr. and W, Mise Loise "Jatfeue Talon Ked, Bbay and Cynthia, Washingto Mrs. George Huther, Rochester, N.Y. R. If. ‘Sertbuer, Toledo, Ohio. . ladelphia, Pa. ” R FOR BABY NUMBER 1212 S. FR. Jr. and W. PB, R.. North Andover, Mase........ eves SSG Oscar Cingras, Berlin, NOW oe 2 FE ALLANET, BABY 134 OvETTE MiocHR, BABY 769 In this list we print first the number and 183. pent Garnier. Janet and leggy 1190. Menri Joly, Otis FP. Hoffman, Ware name of the bab; {by the names of — MacCoy, Overbrook, Pa. ren, Pa, i the contributors, in . 1070, Noel Gaufire. Several contributors. 1087. Andrée’ Magnenet. Tacoma Fine 06.4. Roger Mum's Roy, 1187. Raymond Gautron. “In memory of — Arts Studio’ Club, Tacoma, Wash beh City 1 Schmid. Aunt. Vie,” Schenectady. N.Y, 1082, Maxime Maitre, Henry M. Rath: Jeanne Carl Schmid 1186, Albert Gavoille. W. FN: von, Casper, Wyoming 4 : . Cleveland, Ohio, 18. Marguerite Accoce, Otis F. Holl 1038 cree siengcee We 1188. Paul Geiger, Mrs, Samuel G. Colt, man, Warren, Pa, eae Ney ser Dr. David §._ Pittstield, Mass. 1080, Marianne Arhie, J. J. Round, Mos- Ouhawa: Gotan ro2. Jean Girard. Fudwards Ritchie, Cine ton, Mass. . Madel Mr. and cinnati, Ohio, ro8t. Georgette Raratte. Susan D. Grif- fith, New York City Lucien Tarberonsse, Several con: ys Hbuflato. 1070. Marie Guichard. Edgar W. Harri Rockwood, Ont, Georges Triquendux. Elizabeth Mo 1O8R. ot. Hays and Norm leming, Augusta, Ga. Ilolnes, cart & City, LL (Continued on page 789) ragne F