Life, 1918-10-17 · page 27 of 38
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This page combines fundraising announcements for French war relief with satirical cartoons. The three-panel "Magic Carpet" sequence (Chapters I-III) depicts an imaginative child's fantasy: children ride a magical carpet above a city skyline, then the carpet transforms into a large banner labeled "ME," with adults attempting to catch it, before landing at a house with a "LO" sign. The cartoon likely satirizes childhood imagination and desires, possibly commenting on self-centeredness or the gap between children's fantasies and reality. The accompanying text details the "French Babies' Fund"—a charitable initiative providing support for French war orphans during or after World War I. The page lists donors and amounts contributed (typically $73 per child), documenting how contributions funded two years of care for orphaned children placed with families rather than institutions. The bottom cartoon shows a domestic scene with the caption "Will you get me a glass of water, Barbara?" and "Oh, Uncle Jack, do you think I'd better? Papa says you are drinking too much"—humor at an adult's expense regarding alcohol consumption during Prohibition era.
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PY fn! THE MAGIC CARPET CHAPTER T CHAPTER It CHAPTER Mt more than 3,300, and we hope that the committee will be THE PLAN OF THE FRENCH BABIES’ FUND able to give each child a toy and a useful garment, as was A contridution of seventy-three dollars provides that for two years a destitute French child, orphaned by the war, will be kept with it jone last Christmas. The gifts are the work of wounded mother or relatives instead of being sent to a public institution, where 1 ¢, its ch. sof survival are nvironme: Dur. soldiers and dependent women, so that the money fulfils a ine ths fie period inthe chid’s hfe ity welfare fe Tooke ater ble misst { ~ nts and the funds disbursed by Ersteraite Frenco-Améi ible mission of good to brave France. The amounts Orvanisation oficered. by eminent French men and women. Th dso far are: Fraternité has committees in every part of France, who keep in touch with the children and supervise details of managemen . 1 Contributions of less than seven y-three dollars are co: \iready acknowledged sea cnenneaioaena SS they amount to the larger sum. To those who are unable to oe 4 rer ‘ LNT tribute the whole seventy-three dollars at one time a child will be azel Merwin, Hancock, N . user assigned under a pledge to complete this ait : 1 ombe, Ne ork tf As fast as Lire receives from the Fraternité the na: and a Henry Lacombe, New York City.... . oo dresses of the children and their mothers with particulars of the father’s death and other information, these are communicated directly to the contributors for the care of each child Lire has received, in all, $257,026.11, from which we have remitted to Paris 1,363,147-45 francs. We gratefully acknowledge from 305,147-45 § : Mrs. J. F. Ellis, Ogden, Utah, for Raby No. 3197 r Mrs. F 4 York City, for Baby ‘No. 3195 2 gh, Pa., for Baby No. 3109 Miss Jane Price, Philadelphia, Pa... for Baby No.” 3200. Mrs. L. A. Chittenden, Hopkinton . for Baby No, 3203....- mory of William B. Boorum, Jr." San Francisco, Cal., for Baby Mrs. Agnes Cornelia ‘Shoens, New York City, for Baby} Rufus Lentner Sewall, Jr, Boston, Mass, for Baby No. Rewtwats: Mrs. Thomas R. Watson, Cambridge, Mass. $23:, Miss Elizabeth W. Hamlin, Canandaigua, N. Y., $73: HE. K., Providence, R. I, $73; “ In memory of Louise A. Morrison, M Tenn.” $36.50; WF. Danlell, Franklin N.H., $733" M. Detroit, Mich., $73; Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Corbin, Ne Britain, Conn., $73: S.C. and B. Walbridge, Toledo, Ohio, $74; “A, Frien Davenport, Towa, $73; Mrs. Manuela Cerra de Bird, Fajardo, Porto Rico, $733 L. D._Avit, Cincinnati, Obio, $73: “In memory of Henry “Morrison Ch Jr." Mauch Chunk, Pa., $73; Mrs. F. K. Root, Chicago, Ml, twin, Brookline, Mass. $73; “In memory of Sarah,” Rochester, N. Y., $733 H. D! Perrault, Certo de Pasco, Pert, $73. Payuents ox Account: Eighth Grade, Dublin High School, Hier blin, C., Pittsburgh, Pa., $10; Mr, and Mrs. Geo. M. Verity, Middletow Linda Lindquist and Clara B. Lewis, Omaha, Neb., $10; Friends and parishioners of Congregational Church of Northboro, Mass., through the Rev. A. P, Van Dusen, $13; Mrs, R.H. Boyd, Seattle, Wash., <j Ethical Culture School, New York Ci $6; Woman's Club of St. Johnsbury, Vt., $: suy U, Yarnell, Deslet, Mo. $3: Louite Henderson, Washington, D. C! ¢2:'m Anonersous.” Philadelphia, Pa.,'$6;' Winif-ed Morris, Dover, Del., $4; “In memory of Emma B. Bryner,” Davenport, Iowa, $5. BABY NUMBER 3173 . Already acknowledged ...s:seceeeeeeeee WILL YOU GET ME A GLASS OF WATER, BARBARA?” W. T. Jennings, Globe, Arizona. “oW, UNCLE JACK, DO YOU THINK 1'd BETTER? Para“ Anonymous,” San Francisco, Ca SAYS YOU ARE DRINKING TOO MUCH.” comicbooks.com