Life, 1917-06-21 · page 8 of 38
Life — June 21, 1917 — page 8: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three distinct sections: **"Speaking of Pearls"** (top left): A charitable fundraising appeal for Life's Fresh Air Fund, listing donations from readers. The opening humorously compares receiving such donations to a child receiving comfort foods—establishing a warm, community-spirited tone. **"At Life's Farm - The Kitchen Door"** (center): A photograph of women and children posed outside a farmhouse kitchen, likely documenting the Fresh Air Fund's charitable work providing respite for urban families. **Three poems** (right): "Lullaby," "Plenitude," and "Let Us Meditate" appear to be satirical or reflective pieces. "Plenitude" humorously depicts a washerwoman and her "twins," while "Let Us Meditate" addresses preparedness against enemies and war—likely referencing contemporary anxieties about international conflict. The cartoon at bottom shows a First Martian character, apparently satirizing wartime rhetoric about neutral nations.
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1060 Speaking of Pearls Ik any friends of our Fresh Air Fund should feel like presenting the chil- dren with potatoes, ginger snaps, flour, hains or crackers, such treasures would be received with warmest thanks and with considerable enthusiasm. We are taking the liberty of speak- ing in this manner as several friends in the past have not only manifested their good will in such have done it by the barrel. Life’s Fresh Air Fund Jaigua Apna, Mr. and Mrs. Win. AL’ Lieber. “Tn memory of three little boys” md P. tnemory of three little boys” “In memory of three little boys”. “In memory of three little boys”. D. C. Edmondston.......... “In memory of three little boys Mrs. Perle Ward Root John T. Pickett Lydia F. Emmet. Richard White G. PF. Ford Fred Lorraine Dan McElroy . Constant A. Andrews. P. A. Brangier..... Mrs. Chas. Dennis. + $00 Mrs. J. WH. Garth... cavcanasnt $00 Sterling B. Hubbell...) Hl tee Master Henry S. Redmond... rer Margaret. V: vee 1.00 Eugene A. Delaney....-.00. 10.00 George F. Corliss 10,00 Mrs. Fenton Y 10.00 H. E. Perkins... Lees 5.00 $1,498.77 ACKNOWL D WITH THANKS. A box containing boys’ suits, under- wear, shirts, shoes, stockings, handker- chiefs, belts, hats and pajamas from A. N. Burk, Tuxedo Park, N. Y. One barrel Gold Medal flour from Mr. F. G. Tyler, Manager Washburn-Crosby Co., Providence, R. I. 'O the statement that war makes people’s morals had we might re- ply that a certain people’s morals make war bad. AT LIFES FARM THE KITCHEN DOOR Lullaby TOMIZE antiseptics as baby girl sleeps, While the infra-red ray through the nursery room sweeps. Let powdered iodoform fall in soft flak .s, And kill all bacilli ere baby awakes. First Martian: 1 TELL you 11's TIME ALL THE NEUTRAL PLANETS GOT INTO THIS WAR, Plenitude HE old colored washerwoman de- posited the basket of week's washing on the chair, with a grunt and a groan. “What's the matter, now, Liza?” in- quired the usually sympathetic mistress. “Oh, it’s dat nigger, Pauline! She gives me mo’ trouble dan all de res’ ub my chilluns. I ‘spec it’s a good thing she’s de only one ub my twinses dat lived!” “Twins! Why, L that you had twins!” “Yassum! Yassum! I had twinses, en dey wuz three ub ’em!” assured the troubled old negres Let Us Meditate " is a sad thing to be unprepared in the face of a ruthl enemy. I didn’t know and barbarian It is sadder still to be unpre- ainst one’s self. We shall rise to the present emergency—albe ly—but we shall still be unprepared against our system of electing Presi- dents and our inability to get rid of a pacific government in time of war. Let us meditate upon our internal obstacles. comichooks, COM