Life, 1918-11-07 · page 25 of 36
Life — November 7, 1918 — page 25: what you’re looking at
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This page documents **Life magazine's charitable fundraising campaign** to send Christmas gifts to French children affected by World War I. The bulk of the page lists monetary donations received from American readers. The accompanying illustration shows **two children discovering that a well they've been drinking from is dangerously shallow**—presumably a visual metaphor for inadequate charitable efforts. The caption reads "THEY FOUND OUT LATER THAT THE WATER WAS ONLY TWO FEET DEEP." The satire critiques the insufficiency of current donations: Life notes contributions average only thirty cents per child (an "ominous figure"), when organizers hoped to spend a full dollar per child. The illustration suggests that like the shallow well, current generosity provides only surface relief to deep wartime suffering. The campaign specifically emphasized purchasing toys made by wounded French soldiers and garments from shops employing impoverished French women—maximizing humanitarian impact through strategic purchasing in Paris.
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“LIFE: Lire has received, in all, $266,723.77, from which there have been remitted to Paris 1,463,708.75 francs. We gratefully acknowledge from A. B., Boston, for Baby No. 3279.. : seecsesee $79 CR'T., St. Louis, for Babies Nos. 3280 and 3 al deceteiece 168 Joseph R, Nutt, Jr., Cleveland, Ohio, for Baby No. 328; : . Mand Mrs, Joshua Poole, East Liverpool, Ohio, for Raby No. Mr and Mrs. John R. Blood, Amsterdam, N. Y.. for Baby 3 Mo. I. W. Headley, Maplewood, N. J., for Baby No. 328! Mrs. Dorothy C, O'Neill, Newark, N. J: for Baby No. ines L. O'Neill, Newark, N. J.. for Baby No. 3291. E, H. Tift,’ Cambridge, Mass., for Baby No, ., Lexington, Ky., for Baby No. 3293. : eeeeeeeeeees Ry suwats: Mrs, Charles H, Thomas, Cincinnati, Ohio, $73; Annie Townsend Beaty and Martha Susan Beaty, Warren, Pa.» $73; Mrs. John Little, Honolulu, H. T., $3; Beatrice M. Gaston, Somerville, N. J., $146; Ada Thompson Norfleet, Memphis, Tenn., $734, Florence, B., Presley, ‘San Francisco, Cal., $73; Mrs. F.C) Clapp, Bronxville, NOY., $73; The Misses Turnbull, New York City, $73; Century Club, Roanoke, Va., ‘Susan D. Griffith, Saratoga Springs, N. Y.,’ $73. ts on Account: “ The Club,” Cincinnati, Ohio, $10; The girls of Ogilv room, East Liverpool, Ohio, $36.50; W.'A. Y., Centre Valley, Pa. $1 May Boswell, Washington, D. C., $2; The French Cluo, Washington C. H. 3 Mr, and Mrs. R. E. Hill, Nunn, Colo., $3; Viola Mairden Tomhave, State College, Pau $10; Chaplain and, Mrs. Clyde V. Sparling, Camp Hancock, Ga.. '$33; George L- Lincoln ‘and Herbert A. Chase, Boston, Mis. AW'R. Teeple, Oklahoma City, Okla., $7; R. A. Holmes, Brooklyn, N.Y. s Lila C. Hedges, Haverstraw, N:'Y., $37 Herbert K. Salmon, Netcong, N. Hodges and J. W. ‘Sprowles, Greenwood, S. C., $12. BABY NUMBER 3279 Already acknowledged ‘ : ss : ceeee $2907 Mrs. John Briggs, Newt ‘ Se iueaseeeeces 6 Anonymous, Springfield, Mass, cetesrenee cesses 026 emory of Bessie M. Lunn, Washington, D.C... 22 : s THE 1918 CHRISTMAS FUND GROWS SLOWLY $40.43 We figured last week that the contributions then received meant that each of the thirty-three hundred children on the list would receive from the Amer- ican Santa Claus a gift, or gifts, of the average cost of a little more than twenty-five cents. The present week's contributions bring the average up to a little less than thirty cents. That is an ominous figure, and Lire feels quite sure that its readers won't for very long let their generosity look like thirty cents. To be entirely frank, © want to be able to have the committee of ‘adies and gentlemen who pur- chase the gifts in Paris, and distribute them from there, spend the French equivalent of a dollar for each child. This buys for each one a toy and a ful garment. The toys are the handiwork of wounded French soldiers, and the garments come from shops organized to give work to French women impoverished by the war. Thus every dollar is made to achieve a double accomplishment in help and happiness. Important.—Lire cannot forward packages of Christmas gifts. The govern- ment regulation of shipping space forbids. We can forward money with our own remittances. ‘The international Santa Claus is happy to acknowledge from G. D. B, San, Francisco, Cal....... caavan sees Vroceeds of a bazaar organized by Clair May and Mabel Richards, with the aid of their friends at Green Farms and Southport, Conn Mrs. J. R. Kirkpatrick, Buffalo, N tases sees Nutt, Cleveland, Ohio... ck Parker, Cambridge, Mass. ‘ Irs, Leonard Graham, Camden, S.'C.2 Burgess, Petersburg, Va J. Whaley, Whaleyville, Pa. : amuel K. Boardman, San Francisco, Cal Donald Gordon, South Lincoln, Mass. H. Seely, Newark, N. y.. onymous, Springéeld, Mass. rand Mrs. John R.'Blood, Amsterdam, Mrs. A. R. Teeple, Oklahoma City, Okla iienry Berg, Miles City, Iowa... Fred D. Fils, East Cleveland, “0 argaret Frances Smith, Pittsburg Mrs. E. B, Lytel, Ferndale, Cal... uisun City, Cal. Anonymous, In memory of J. R., Dubuque, M S. H. McDowell, Cynthiana, Ky... . ts, Elizabeth K. Woodman, Chicago, Ti eee oes Josephine Hartford Hoffman and Maric Hartford Hollman, Orange, The Doubleday children, New York City. . dec eeeenes Robert, Paul and Wilmer Bratton, Rutherfor Mary W. ‘Needham, Los Angeles, Cal... W. Pelton, New’ Britain, Conn.....2... 2 toga SES ; il E. Mashek, Chicago, Il. . wae sabes sivte ste ss “set CM. CLA. S., McLean, Val! Moses : inbe E, Winifred Tourison, Mt. Airy, Philadelphia, Pa. Already acknowledged . oe THEY FOUND OUT LATER THAT THE WATER WAS ONLY TWO FEET DEEP comicbooks.com