Life, 1918-08-08 · page 8 of 36
Life — August 8, 1918 — page 8: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three distinct elements: 1. **Life's Fresh Air Fund**: A fundraising list acknowledging donors who contributed to send poor city children to the countryside—a genuine charitable initiative. 2. **"The Value of a Bad Boy"**: An essay arguing that "bad boys" serve an educational purpose by providing moral contrast to good children. The text emphasizes how contact with misbehaving youth teaches valuable lessons about behavior. This reflects early 20th-century progressive educational thinking about character development through social exposure. 3. **"The Modern Cupid"**: A humorous poem by Clinton Scollard mocking Cupid as outdated, preferring modern warfare (darts, guns) to traditional romantic arrows. The accompanying illustrations are decorative rather than satirical. The page blends philanthropic appeal, social commentary, and light verse—typical of Life's format as a satirical but socially conscious publication.
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188 Life’s Fresh Air Fund Inclusive of 19 has been in operat that time it has na fortnight in the country to 39.193 poor city children, The Fund is supported and voluntary contributions, din this column irely by bequests Previously acknowledged... Jack Kent bie 7 Battery” Place Lapham. Henry W. Banks, Jr Mrs. Robert Spencer. James Creighton Deyer. Henry J. Railey 14.00 Cc. Cy Castles. oeceeee : 7.00 John’ B. 10.00 Jocelyn § Tom and € ‘Alice C, Wetmore Emma §. Daddow . 10.00 Jane : “of Mrs. Lloyd Chandler. ........ +++ 7.00 Mr and Mrs. W. eI $0.00 Cand M. vast 3.00 H. T.W, Soe I 1600 Mra. Will is 7.00 AT LIFE’S FRESH AIR FARM Mrs. Charles B. T Brownie... aaa AT THE STONE QUARRY Mrs, Richard “A : Mra. Albert F. ELC. In memory of Doctors importance. _Knowing how to meet The Modern Cupid and H, Ty ica ane and mingle with bad boys, when to quit pee e yer ghar hg oe 2 them, how to make the most of them, | KNOW I may be stupid when to circumvent them and when to In love's beguilin, arts, emulate them—these helps to conduct But] can’t see why Cupid ; § can scarcely be overestimated. Should be portrayed with darts. Rox of children’s clothing from Mrs. Nellie é A : H. Rundle, Chicago, Il. Then again, there is always a kind Tox of children's clothing and shoes from watery F whi cece iitiagwodth “Feankford, Phila, Of Mystery about a bad boy which delphia, Pa leaves a margin of continuous specula- Box of children’s clothing and shoes from 4), F rercvihkine Kaeheen't ‘a The King’s Daughters, Branchville, Conn. tion. After everything has been indubit: Twelve pairs hose, twenty-four union suits, ably proved against him, even then there tects toate Puririnorleeeer air is always a healthy suspicion that at But now—away, romances! Mrs, Win. Stuart Rodie, South Orange, N. J. any moment he may turn about and Let us with darts have done! astonish the world. Other bad boys T find in Mabel's glances have been guilty of doing just this A rapid firing gun! The Value of a Bad Boy thing. Why not he? Clinton Scollard. $7,883.38 ACKNOWLEDGED WITHE THANKS Perhaps in olden ages Of which the poets sing Upon their lyric pages That might have been the thing. HO can estimate the intensive value of a bad boy in any given neigh- borhood? What a stimulant to the imaginations of all the good boys, he- sides furnishing them with an object lesson of what ought not to be done un- der similar circumstances! And what ant and delightful topic of dis- ssion of the most hqpful sort! The ssi from the horrible fascination which gener- y of keeping away ally attaches itself to him, the courage of” open contact with him which is often developed—all this is construc- tive educational work of the highest Se WILHELMINA TELL comicbooks.com