Life, 1919-07-03 · page 32 of 52
Life — July 3, 1919 — page 32: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
The top cartoon is a humorous domestic scene: two men discuss hangovers, with one blaming "sodys" (sodas) he consumed at a church fair. This appears to be satirizing Prohibition-era America, where alcohol was officially banned but still consumed—the joke suggests even "innocent" church events involved drinking, or perhaps mocks those who blamed everyday items for intoxication. The main body of the page is a fundraising acknowledgment, not satire. It lists donations received by *Life* magazine for French war orphans relief following World War I. The page documents contributors' names and amounts, ranging from individuals to school classes and organizations. This represents *Life's* charitable work supporting post-WWI humanitarian relief—a serious fundraising effort, not comedic content. The small illustration labeled "NEXT!" at bottom appears promotional.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
“W'AT's TROUBLIN’ YE, EPH? YE LOOK ALL-FIRED GLUM.” “1 GOT A HANG-OVER FROM THEM THERE SODYS I TOOK AT- THER CHURCH FAIR.” The French Babies BABY NUMBER 37 IFE has received for the relief of the French war orphans, uyendy Owed ii iy ince praia in all, $342,847.91, from which we have remitted to Paris ire De . + 1,928,555.50 francs, ar We gratefully acknowledge from BABY NUMBER 3726 Helen Baldwin, Barbara Bement, Kathleen Bement, Alice Sylvia MacLane Lewis, Phoenix, Ariz.. Blodgett, Betty Burdick, Agnes Chalmers, Alice Conrad, Elinor Greason, Betty Kingsbury, Mabelle Long, Catharii McSweeney, Rebecca Sears, Mary Valentine and Dorothy Winslow, Framinghan M for Baby No. 372 Rexewats: Doris M Burnham, Berwyn, B. Taber, Keokuk, School, Toledo, Ohio, s wl Sunday School, Cleveland, Ohio, $36.50; M. J. S Mass., $36.50. Payaents ox Account: Mr. and Mrs, A. Keeney Clarke, New York City, $10; The children of Chinook Publi . Chinook, Mont., $9; Irma Price, New York City, $3 Washington, D. C., $13; The Normal Department of Luverne High School, Class of 1919, Luverne, Minn., through Olive H. Savage, $45; Mrs. A, S. Sigurdson, Valley City, N. D., $6; J. W. Sproles and Hodges, Greenwood, S. C., $6; Madame Leeds’ French Class of the Equal Franchise Red Cross, Pitts- burgh, Pa. $15: Lila C. Hedges, Haverstraw, N. Y.. $15 Marjory M. Struble, Detroit, Mich.. $3.25; Ina Blue, Izetta Shai and Florence Sweetwood, Detroit, Mich., $3; The French Club, Washington C. H., Obio, $5; A’ Friend,” Lyons, N. Y., $3.30. Chislehurst; Kent, Engian comicbooks.