Life, 1918-11-07 · page 14 of 36
Life — November 7, 1918 — page 14: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three distinct elements: 1. **"Those Liberty Bonds"** - An editorial encouraging readers to invest their Fourth Liberty Loan bond subscriptions in a Fresh Air Endowment, supporting poor children's summer stays in fresh air (a Progressive-era health initiative). 2. **"Opening of the Furnace Season"** - A cartoon showing a nightmarish figure operating industrial furnace controls. The caption "An Early Morning Nightmare" suggests anxiety about the approaching winter heating season, likely referencing fuel shortages or rationing during World War I. 3. **"Obituary"** - A death notice for a German noblewoman killed in WWI, followed by brief humorous quotes about hunts and swine, typical of Life's satirical section. The page reflects 1918 wartime concerns: Liberty Bonds, social welfare programs, and anti-German sentiment.
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668 Those Liberty Bonds Abou T now many of Lire's readers are receiving their actual bonds on their subscriptions to the Fourth Liberty Loan. We would respectfully suggest that a safe and laudable dis- posal of two hundred dollars of them— of the 4%-per-cent. bonds— resh Air Endowment or of ai is to establish a To establish a Fresh Air Endowment two hundred dollars in Liberty Loan 4) per-cent. bonds should be sent by regis: tered il to Lire’s Fresh Air Fund, Inc, 17 West Thitty-first Street, New York City The income from this amount provides that every summer, in perpetuity, a poor child will be sent from the slums of New York for a fortnight’s stay in the fresh air of the country. This work has now been carried on for thirty-one years, in which time more than forty thousand children have gained health and happi- ness from it. A Fresh Air Endowment may be: designation its donor chooses. Lire has received from Mrs. Glenn Carley of Sharov, Pennsylvania, two hundred dollars in Liberty Bonds to establish any FRESH AIR ENDOWMENT NUMMER 12, In rejoicing that Cuara, Jous Caxtey have plenty of 1918 and Maxcaret fresh air, sunshine and flowers. Specially Adaptive RCHESTRA LEADER the Monday morning re the new d vaudeville pany): What kind of music will your bear dance to? Bear TRAINER: a Russian bear. (during carsal of com- Any old kind; he’s HER WORST ENEMY cranny 0 8 PN OPENING OF THE FURNACE SEASON AN EARLY MORNING NIGHTMARE Obituary OPE—In Berlin, on October 1, 1918, Germania Hope, daughter of Potsdam and Hope (née Presumption), Kultur, Blood and Iron Hope late Mrs. Bertha Long-Range of death of acute defeat on western front. Aged four years, two months. The funeral will take place from the family residence on Wilhelmstrasse, on Fri- day at midnight. Militarists are invited to attend, Interment in Unter den Linden Cemetery. Olive branches wel- beloved Prussia sister of and the issen 5 come, but no flowers, Deceased was a member of Hohenzollern is Feast- ers, Chest-Decorators of the Crown Prince and Tirpitz Blockade Verein; also patroness of Ludendorfi’s Sys- tematic Looters and Hindenburg Com- mandery of the Knights of Strategic Retreat. Forbear to weep; let candles shine. Somewhere she sings “ Die Wacht am Rhein.” ReLePs CE a Hun, always a swine. O