Life — April 24, 1919 — page 17: what you’re looking at

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“LIFE: Genius E had a penchant for writing and called him- self an author. She had a penchant for drawing and daub- ing and called herself an artist Both were wealthy, but neither could achieve fame. day they met ey married. cy quarreled divorced him on the ground of temperamental in- tibility pleaded that she interfered with his mental develop- She asserted he was jealous of her art. Thus they gled in the newspapers until both became subjects of val comment. They were asked everywhere; they red on platforms to outline their views of unhappily ded geniuses and how they should be free to express art untrammeled by conventional ties; they organized for the development of higher thought. ut of this self-built fame they became the last word thorship and art “ le sold his hitherto unsalable manuscripts. sain hou lbndbe:tadhdonhi inindgiiiiaainieh Actaamaamenalnibnle =) HOSP POR A FEW MINUTES, LF 1 PROMISE TO BRING IT BACK ? ¢ sold every canvas daubed by her brush. oral: Genius, to be recognized, should be self-asser- It is impossible to be self-assertive unless free to be A Good Investment A present writing the terms of the new government The Test un have not heen announced, so Lire has no sugges P . what is a humorist?” tions to make with respect of any bonds that issue whose \ humorist? Why, my son, a humorist is the safe-keeping may embarrass any of its readers. yw who can make an sudiet laugh at something that Concerning the earlier issues of the four-and-a-quarter- ey funny.” per-cent. bonds we are still of the same opinion. They can he safely placed, in sums of two hundred dollars each, to provide, in perpetuity, a two weeks’ outing in the fresh air of the country for poor little children who otherwise would endure the torrid heat of summer in the bad atmosphere of New York's slums. The medium for this good investment : of government bonds is the Fresh Air Endowments de- wa ; ‘ scribed helow in detail. $ ? We have received two hundred dollars in Fourth Liberty Bonds from Mr. Archer G. Jones of Richmond, Virginia, to establish : Pee ‘ In Memory of Vixctxivs Parge Joxes teh Vo establish a Fresh Air Endowment two hundred dollars in Liberty Loan 414-per-cent. bonds should he sent by registered mail to Lire’s Fresh Air Fund, Inc, 17 West Thirty-first Street, New York City nocom ‘ teas The income from this « nt provides that every summer, in perpetuity, a poor child will be sent from the slums of New 2 York for a fortnight’s stay in the fresh air of the country. bond! This work has now been carried on for thirty-one years, in i which time more than forty thousand children have gained nai | : nd happiness from it } : esh Air Endowment may bear any designation its donor oe 5 chooses sity 4 y -_ eae ’ Out-Bragged : ¥ OLDIER FROM OVER THERE: Yes, sir; went over the top three times—and got hit twice. “IP YE DON'T STOP SHAKIN’ WID EXCITEMENT 1 WON'T TELL Sotmer From Over Here: Huh | curried one thousand YE ANY MORE ABOUT THE GAME” mules, and never got a kick comicbooks.com