Life, 1918-10-24 · page 24 of 34
Life — October 24, 1918 — page 24: what you’re looking at
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This page promotes Life's Christmas Fund for French War Orphans—children orphaned by World War I. The text and photographs aim to persuade American readers to donate money. The page includes two photographs of French children (Antoinette Micourand and Anne Marquez with their brothers) to personalize the appeal. Life promises that American donations will fund toys and clothing made by wounded French soldiers and impoverished French women, thereby supporting both orphans and adults economically devastated by the war. The small cartoon titled "His Shell-Shocked Mirror" depicts a shell-shocked British soldier (Tommy) expressing superstition about bad luck—a commentary on psychological trauma from combat. This reinforces the human cost of war that the fund addresses. The page reports $250,676.21 raised so far, with funds remitted to Paris. The appeal emphasizes that even small donations (averaging nineteen cents per child) help.
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*LIPFE® Where Does Santa Claus Hail From? N impression is prevalent that Santa Claus makes his headquarters somewhere in the frozen North. If Lire can realize its amiable ambitions. some thirty-three hundred little French kiddies, orphaned by the war, are going to be posi- tive that Santa Claus lives in the United States. And he does, so far as those French babies are concerned. His abid- ing place is in the generous hearts of Lirt’s readers, who are ANTOINETTE MICOURAND, BABY 1984, AND HER BROTILER going to see to it that every one of the babies has the glad surprise of a toy and a useful garment from the Ameri Santa Claus. We are able to inform our readers that the Christmas Fund ANNE MARQUEZ, BABY 2713, AND MER BROTHERS for the French War Orphans is growing, but unfortunately too slowly for us to inform the committee, as yet, that they may spend a dollar for cach of the babies. However, Lier isn't worrying, and the babies certainly are not, because they have no suspicion of what Lire is trying to do for them. It will be seen from the following statement that the average gift per child will be only about nineteen cents each. We have no HIS SHELL-SHOCKED MIRROR Superstitions Tommy (just back from hell): sweety TOUGH, 1 CALLS IT—SEVEN YEARS’ MAD LUCK doubt the average will reach a dollar, ticularly wher our readers realize that the dollar goes first to. some wounded French soldier who makes the toys or to some French woman or girl, impoverished by the war, who makes the garments, We acknowledge on account of THE CHRISTMAS FUND OF 1918 Already acknowledged sense Kathe Kline, Minneapolis. “Minn... In memory of Frances C, Caverhill, Buf NY. In memory of James Dwight Rockwell, late of New York Clty cass seus D. H. Burgess, Petersburg, Va Mrs. “And New York. City za hilds, Holyoke, Mass. Hope.” Weston, Mass. Annic Trumbull Slosson, New Y Hartford, Conn... ke City "$6338 Lire is from Missouri, so far as anything decent or straightforward about a Prussian Hun is concerned, but even if the peace proposals current at present writing are on the level, those French war orphans still exist, and the necessity for their being kept with their mothers is as great as ever. Only a portion of them have been provided for, and every seventy-three dollars finds a place where it is needed. To help the great work, Lire has received, in all, $250,- 676.21, from which we have remitted to Paris 1,463,708.75 francs. comicbooks.com