Life, 1918-11-21 · page 24 of 34
Life — November 21, 1918 — page 24: what you’re looking at
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This page documents Life magazine's charitable fundraising campaign for French war orphans following World War I (which ended November 11, 1918—notably just before this November 4 letter's publication). The content centers on two photographs: a French family (the Loubets) with war orphans Denise and Simone, and three young French orphans. These images exemplify the human need the campaign addresses. The accompanying text presents a congratulatory letter to Life praising the magazine's advocacy work and announcing a significant donation ($100 total—five dollars each to twenty orphans). The editorial response emphasizes that peace hasn't eliminated French children's needs, as many fathers remain deceased and require ongoing American support. The extensive list below represents donors and their contributions to the fund, which had collectively remitted over 1.4 million francs to Paris. **The satire or humor is minimal here**—this is primarily earnest charitable advocacy, using donor testimonials and children's photographs to encourage continued American generosity toward postwar French relief.
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752 ‘LIFE: A Very Excellent Example k Lt isn’t given. to patting itself on the back, but the printing of the following letter, whose compliments we hope are deserved, may, Ly example, help along the cause of the French babies. It comes from Garden City, Fr L,I. The writer and his wife have taken the needs of the ge war orphans very much to heart, and have been most gener- siz ous in their aid. ha To THE itoxs or Lire: Mrs. K. would like to send five = dollars for Christmas to each of the twenty French orphans Ch you have assigned to me. Please let us know when the money should be in your hands, y : ch: “May I not say" that your cheerful, sane and enlightening Fp , magazine, small in size but large in vision, has the gratitude of thousands of Americans for coming to the aid of the French orphans. The space you have given and the time you have spent make me think well of you. In years past you helped me to form sane opinions about things and life in gen- Y F ' eral. You have made it easy to help the French children. Without Lire we would not do so well. I feel grateful to you. , a. Yours sincerely, a me November 4, 1918. HA. K to With peace an established fact, it would not mean that tho the need of the French babies is any less. There are many French children whose fathers will be released by peace, fo to take up their former pursuits, but the little ones for whom Lire pleads have no fathers to look out for their present and future, There are thousands of these who ! have not yet been reached by Lire and the other agenci secking to aid them, The recuperative power of France is wonderful, but her loss has been great, and it will be long lefore she will he able to shoulder this particular burden without help from her American friends, For the purposes of the fund Lire has received, in all, $272,380.36, from which we have remitted to Paris 1.463, THE LOUBET FAMILY WITH DENISE AND SIMONE, i 708.73 francs, 5 We have from The American Sunday School o pico, Mexico. for Baby No. 33 rownsville Congregational Church, Brownsville, Th heers and of the . for Raby Conn. for Baby No, anié.. : Winifred W. Windle, 1. Whitin, Whitinsville, Mass. Mr. and Mrs. Dean En i x Tessie B, Hathaway and friends, Cleveland. Ohio, tor Baby ) Mr. and Mrs, Charles B. Scott, Chic: D. H. Grandin Milling € ny. J 2 s Mrs, D. P. mor i. 3 ij ‘The Sturgis Wh M for B > i Mrs. Horace D. Lentz, M i ahy No.” 33 : Ht Mrs: Harriet Campbell. Por The students and teachers of Hebron Academy, Hebron, Me., Xo. x Miss Elizabeth Martin, Chicago. TH, 333 3 Miss FE. F, Winston, Tientsin, China, for Baby No. 3336......006 , Rexewats: F. M.P., New Brighton, $1. $15: Mr and Mrs. Char N Chicago, Ill,, $73; Master Henry J. Moses, Ir. New York City, $73: Billie and Tommie Joy, Detroit, Mich.. $73; My. and Mrs. Chas. . Bridgeport. Conn.. $136; Mrs. Frank B, McQuestin, Marblebead, Miss Mary E, Williams. Glastonbury, Conn., $73; Miss Martha B Glastonbury, Conn., $73; Mr. and Mrs. R. S.’ Kellogg, New York City, Paysexts ox Accoust: Ruth Anne Santley. Columbus, 0 : Parlin. Mobile, Ala.. $433 nemory of Emma BR. ‘Bry $3; Mrs, Markley Stevenson Pa.. $10: Harry G burg. Pa Miss Lucie Weilenman, Shaw. Miss., $6: A Pa., $20; Winifred Morris. Dover, Del., §3; Mrs. R. J. MeDe N.'D., $6; Miss Lizette Ward. Washington, D. C.. $6; The Ethical School, New York City, $7; Mary S. Bullard, Boston, Mass. $63; Hughes, Clarksville, Tenn., $6; Herbert K. Salmon, Netcong, N. J., § R. H. Boyd, Seattle, Wash. $ BABY NUMBER 3279 Nircady ackne , i Mrs. Robere arth ; Agatha Sunday School Class ye Street’ Mo E'Chai ROM. Wi, Mobonk Lake, New York..ecseeeee sonnanrsiees JACQUES VILLALONGA, BABY 2951, JACQUELINE, BADY 2932, AND THEIR SISTER comicbooks.com