Life, 1918-11-14 · page 24 of 34
Life — November 14, 1918 — page 24: what you’re looking at
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This 1918 *Life* magazine page advocates for continued charitable donations to French war orphans despite peace negotiations. The main article, "We Must Not Relax," warns that even as peace talks proceed, Allied military efforts continue—and so should humanitarian relief efforts. The page documents donations to support French children orphaned by World War I. It explains that $73 maintains one orphan for two years, keeping families together during their most vulnerable period. The two cartoons are humorous fundraising appeals: one shows a well-dressed child ("Pauline Pales, Baby 871"), and another labeled "Sadder Budweiser" depicts impoverished French orphans in stark contrast, with a caption about headquarters bank division. The bottom cartoon shows a domestic scene where a child asks "Willie" about his white rat, with the punchline implying he's neglected it—a lighthearted jab suggesting readers shouldn't neglect French orphans either. The Christmas Fund section notes donations average only 42 cents per child—an appeal for more generous giving before the holidays.
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716 “LIFE We | Must Not Relax sui: ra | N spite of the peace talk, which at present writing seems to have some basis of fact instead of being merely Prussian camou- flage, there has been no apparent relaxation in the fighting efforts of Generals Foch, Pershing and the other Allied commanders. And this is no time for relaxing our efforts to relieve the war- made orphan babies of France. There are thousands of them Pars { modi - | that need the help and thousands of brave French mothers who have been robbed by the war of their reliance for keeping their little families together. The seventy-three dollars needed for the two years’ main- tenance of a French war-orphan helps both child and mother. It keeps them together, nourishes PAULINE, PALES, BABY, the baby at the most critical age, 871 and shows the mother that she 3 = aa it is not entirely alone and friendless. a a. ; For this purpose Live has received, in all, $269,425.41, from which there have been remitted to Paris 1,463,708.75 frances. st A P Mr. and Mrs. Harold C. Brooks, Marshall, Mi We gratefully acknowledge from a re HRte a Cas Bese ere ih it ae Victor Talking Machine Company Launch Club, Camden, en uae, eccllected throu the " s. for Baby $e es cr aenere : Mrs. Ernest Taylor Stewart, Indiana, Pa., for Baby No. 3305- A Sara C. Head, Washington, D. C., for Baby : Mrs. Joseph H. White, Rancagua, Chile, for Baby No. 3307-- \ The boys of C ny A, 13th Infantry, Massachusetts S J Byers Machine Co,, Ravenna, Ohio, per their M Winthrop, Mass., for Baby No. 3296 vans cers and shop employees, for Babies A ay Jensvolt, Oswego, '.. for Baby 3 M 1D. Wood Dradlord, Pa. for Diby Na, eeeetess 2 Elizabeth Tt 233 leveland, r Baby No. 32 and 3312 . : : 6 1 Pastonius, Colorado Springs, Colo., for Baby } : Mrs. Edward bs Ellett. Memphis, Tenn... $733,“ Anonyme 3 73% ry of Jesse G, Baldwin, Redwood City, Cal.. Frances’S.. 2 Edward S. Hutchinson, Germantown, Philadel Pa. $745 The Newton, Women's War Relief Committee, West Newton, fussian Bank,” San Francisco, Cal., $73: In memory of Mrs Buffalo, N. from her twenty-two grea t randchildren, eighteen g1 dren, seven children and two sisters, $146; Katharine Seager, Sout dena, Cal., $73. Pavugnrs ox Accounts The Monday Sewing Club, of Tampico Clara C, Treulieb, Schenectady, D $0; Catherine Ross ani lass ‘of the First Presbyterian Chy M ade, Dublin High School, Dublin, rvine, Ky. “ d hildren,” Wi hh Breckins B, Cross, Balt . Yitnelhy Bester, Mon $3! fobes Emtiency Clubs ‘Xen i SADDER BUDWEISER ons, $1 BABY NUMBER 3270 Already acknowledged... cee sees — s+ $35.43 vi 4.'W."Cook, Vallejo, Cal. Siosse An employee of Fielder & Alien, Atianta, Ga THE CHRISTMAS FUND OF 1018 ses Do we hear a dollar? No, it is only forty-two cents, meaning the average sum the committee in Paris is to spend for Christmas gifts for each of the French babies on our list. There are more than thirty-three hundred of them, and Christmas is coming nearer and nearer. Mr If Lire’s generous -readers fully understood just what the Christms Mt Willie: wee! wene’s your wittte Rat! aunt Fund means in the way of glad surprise to those poor, sad little Frencii eMaa's cor ‘i! children we feel sure there would be no delay in making up the full al comicbooks.com