Life — September 27, 1917 — page 10: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Analysis of Life Magazine Page 494 **Top Section - "Keeping the Money from the Children":** This article discusses Edward Gilbert of Roddis, Connecticut, who left Gilbert Manufacturing Company shares in trust for Life's Fresh Air Farm. Income has accumulated since 1910 but remains unspent. Life's Farm repeatedly requested trustees release funds for charitable purposes, but Connecticut law prevents them from doing so. The controlling trustees are named: David Micks, Daniel Davenport, and Dr. R.W. Lowe. **Anecdote Section:** A minister quotes "Cast your bread upon the waters" while a man named Hoover interrupts, claiming he'll see anyone literally casting bread on water—satirizing misunderstanding of biblical metaphor. **Cartoons:** Two illustrations satirize domestic life: one shows a man reading an essay on infant sleep to a baby; another depicts a woman keeping her guest in suspense (likely about social gossip or news).