Life, 1918-08-22 · page 21 of 34
Life — August 22, 1918 — page 21: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
**Main Cartoon Caption:** "Why don't you go out and play, Bobbie?" / "Cos I prayed for a pair o' roller skates last night, an' I want to be in when they come." This is a gentle domestic humor piece about childhood materialism and delayed gratification. A child refuses outdoor play because they're waiting for a gift they requested—roller skates they prayed for. The satire targets children's consumer expectations and impatience, a common theme in early 20th-century Life magazine. **Page Content:** The remainder consists of financial acknowledgments for "Baby" numbered donations (apparently charity fundraising efforts), listing contributors and amounts. The second illustration shows a soldier and woman in period dress with the caption "A man's a man for a' that"—likely referencing Robert Burns's poem about human equality, though the military context suggests WWI-era sentiment about soldiers' valor. The page is primarily administrative/fundraising documentation with satirical illustrations as breaks in the text.
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*‘LIFE* 273 “wily DON'T YoU GO OUT AND PLay, BoBBiE?” “COS 1 PRAYED FOR A PAIR 0" KOLLER SKATES LAST Nici, AN? I WANT TO BE IN WHEN THEY COME.” divisions of the U. S. S. Seattle: 1st Di 3rd Division, $25; 4th Di Division, $365; Marine and Ba Pay Division, $73; Repair Division, $743 The follow Ordnance and Torpedo. Division, $72; Navigation Divi sion, Officers’ Medical Division, $15; Fire Control Di 935, $1093.26 for Baby No. to 2949, inclusive . nd Mrs, Frank D, Aller, New York Cit; .F. id “395 «for Baby No. Miss Hester E 95 Miss Katherii . J, for Baby No. 2954. Helen Kent Hubbard Mildred’ de Koven Hubbard, Mid- jetown, Conn., for Baby No. ac 9S F. H. and C. H. Bates, Portsmouth, 956 5 Catharine E. Hunter, Johnsonville, s for Baby 7 73 Renewats: B. A. Gould, Toronto, Canada, Mrs. Emma H. Sweetser, Indianapolis, Ind., Capt. James R. Goodale, bany, N. Y., $36 Charlotte ‘Peizce and Samuel Kineo, Maine, $14. Payments on Account: The Employees of the Union Trust & Savings Bank, Flint, Mich., $36.30; Penn Seaboard Steel Cor poration, Baldt Works, New Castle, Del., $32.39; * Anonymous,” Bay City, Mich., $18.25; Ethical Culture School, New, York City, $6; Mary Truman, Philadelphia, Pa.. $6; Mrs. H. C. Scruton, Tom and Hugh Scrutton, Petaluma, Cal., $25; Harry G. Bickley, Williamsburg, Pa., $3; Doctors and Nurses in the Titusville Hospital, Titusville, Pa., $18; R. B. Wallace, New York City, $12; Herbert K. cong, N. J., $3; Barbara Strong Baxter and Edward Strong Cooke, Overbrook, Philadelphia, Pa., $36.50; Miss Coral Wolfe, Pasadena, Cal., $36.50; A. F. C., Pittsburgh, Pa., $10; Mr, and Mrs, A. Keeney Clarke, City, $10; Mrs. A. S. Sigurdson, Valley City, N. D., $35 T., Camp Logan, Houston, Texas, $23. BABY NUMBER Already acknowledged ASL ew Yo BABY NUMBER Already acknowledged Miss Josephine Gillespie, Wolf, Wyo. $73 BABY NUMBER 2899 Already acknowledged ......+: $60 "A. H. T., Syracuse. New York”. 2.39 Mrs. J.) F. Digan, Logansport, Ind. ion $3 BABY NUMBER 2028 Arthur Waldo Lew person Lew > phine Gillespie, Wolf, Digan, Logansport, I . Camp Logan, Houston, Texas... panes 7 Hackensack, N. J Catlin, Chicago, Mi... 200. $ “A man’s a man for a’ that” comicbooks.com