Life, 1917-06-14 · page 26 of 38
Life — June 14, 1917 — page 26: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is not a cartoon but a fundraising appeal from *Life* magazine documenting donations to support French orphans during World War I. The page celebrates that readers have nearly reached a $100,000 goal to maintain over 1,348 French war orphans with their mothers rather than in institutions. The photographs show beneficiary children (identified by name and number) whose care is being funded through reader contributions. The detailed donor listings acknowledge individual and group contributors—many identified only by pseudonym ("Two Pardners in Berkeley") or location—who adopted specific babies financially. The appeal emphasizes the humanitarian impact: keeping mothers and children together "through two of the most critical years of their little lives." This reflects American wartime charitable mobilization and the specific vulnerability of French civilian populations affected by WWI.
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1038 “LIFE Pour les Enfants de la Pattie L‘st week we prophe- sied that before very long the total contributions of Lire’s readers for the maintenance of French babies orphaned by the war would reach the handsome total of one hundred thou- sand dollars. The prophecy will come true sooner than we thought, as the fund is now within $222.39 of that amount. This means that Lire’s generous readers have contributed $90,777.6 from which we have re- mitted 560,486.20 francs to The Fatherless Children of France, the central organiza- tion of the distributing agencies. What is more important than the money total is that more than 1,348 French orphan babies are assured of being kept with their mothers, instead of being sent to public Cafeton. Place: Shakespeare Club, Appleton, Ontario, Canada, institutions, through two of the most critical years of their « Loyal Lithe Auienng Masia os little lives. What this means to both mother and child is rs. James Imbrie, for Baby No. 1340. sees ain & vlenens fi he mothers that have bee .os Angeles, Cal., for Babies Nos. 1343. shown in the many letters from the mothers that have been Ww. eld, Ritts Ky., for Baby No. 1343... : received by us and turned over to contributors to the fund. . G. Hopkins, 34, Greenwood, Va., for Baby No. 1345.0... bake rae pi 4 afferers f Mrs. Henry G. Lapham, Brookline, Mass.. for Baby No. 1335 With gratitude in behalf of these innocent sufferers from i. F, McGinnis, Antofagasta, Chile, for Baby No. 33 : the pitiless war, we acknowledge from oint account of John T. Cooper, Los Angeles, Cal., and Pe er nae Lieut. J. C. Moulton, Kashmeri Gate, Delhi, India, for “Two Pardners in Berkeley. Cal." for Baby No. 1323.0... $73 Baby No. 1348. * tas for Miss Kate Cole and Frank 8. Cole, Tacoma, Wash. for Baby ; No. 1324 — Mrs. W. C. Westcott, Union’ City, Pa., for ‘Baby No. 1325.17 FOR BABY NUMBER 1316 “Little Jane,” Roland Park, Md., for Babies Nos. Already acknowledged ... 1328, 1329, 1330 and 1331 . Hodges, Greenwood Ned and Jamie, Portland, Ore., ‘ . H.R. Toronto, Canada. 1334 Miss Ruth’ Hopkins, Winnetka, jor Baby No. 335.0... 73 Mrs, R. W, Trevaskis, Cumberland, Md., for Baby No. 1336. 73 FOR BABY NUMBER 1326 In memory of J. B.'W., Jr, Wilkes Barre, Pa., for Babies Nos, 1337 and 1338.. LUCIEN SAINT-POL, BABY $91 PAULETTE DELBREIL, RENEE CONDAT, BABY 257 BABY 61 + Toledo, Ohio. Stover, Rockford, : Mary. Corinne Caldwell, Apple Ontario, Canada ... B. B. B., Philadelphia, Pa.. FOR BABY NUMBER 1332 B. B. B., Philadelphia, Pa. Arthur Lee Homan and Eliza Homan, Wakefield, Ma : Albert H.'Chester, New Bruns: “An Englishman,” through Mrs Archibald Freer, Chicago, Ill. FOR BABY NUMBER 1341 Mrs. R. W. Trevaskis, Cumber: land, Md. . a vedelbes Albert H. Chester, > Shawnee, Okla.. " Delta Pi Sorority of the Annie Wright Seminar coma, Wash. . PAULETTE FOURNIER, BABY CHARLOTTE CHABOT, BABY 797 789, AND HER SISTER $55.86 ANDREE RECLUS,BABY 705 comicbooks.com