Life — July 25, 1918 — page 8: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# Life's Fresh Air Fund Page Analysis This page documents Life magazine's charitable **Fresh Air Fund**, which provided two-week summer outings for poor urban children. The top illustration shows dogs greeting children at the farm—a hopeful image of rural escape from city slums. The photograph captioned "Woman's Work Is Never Done" depicts women doing laundry at Life's Fresh Air Farm, illustrating the labor required to support the program. The accompanying cartoon shows a mother dog with puppies, with the caption: "Oh, Mother, If This War Lasts Another Year We'll Put Four New Stars On That Flag!" This references **World War I**—the stars represent additional sons who would enlist or be drafted. It darkly jokes that prolonged war will eventually claim her puppies as soldiers. The page promotes endowments supporting the charity's mission.