Life, 1919-07-10 · page 9 of 50
Life — July 10, 1919 — page 9: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
The top cartoon depicts an office scene where a boy announces to two seated men that an old classmate is waiting outside. One man's response—asking how long the visitor wants to stay away—suggests a humorous reluctance to see this person, implying a strained or awkward reunion with someone from their past. Below is an article titled "Bonds of Interest" about Fresh Air Endowment fundraising. This appears to be a charitable initiative providing poor children from urban slums (likely New York City) with summer country vacations. The accompanying illustration shows an elderly, weathered man—possibly representing poverty or hardship—juxtaposed with the endowment's humanitarian mission. The page mixes satirical humor with earnest charitable appeals, typical of Life magazine's editorial approach.
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Boy: THERE'S AN OLD CLASSMATE OF YOURS OUTSIDT,, “LIFE TEEN YEARS. “WELL, ASK HIM HOW MUCH HE WANTS TO STAY AWAY ANOTHER FOURTEEN YEAKS.” Bonds of Interest HEN this issue of Lirr reaches its readers some of the children to benefit by the Fresh Air Endowments will already be in the enjoyment of the health and happiness-giving privi- leges provided in perpetuity by the creators of the endowments. As will be observed from the explanation be- low, it takes the interest from two hundred dollars of Liberty or Victory bonds to create this bond of interest between those who have the bonds to bestow and the poor children who reap the benefit from the interest. We have received from Lt.-Col. EF. F. Harding, U. S. A, Camp Devens, Massachusetts, two hundred dollars in bonds and $3.61 in past-due coupons to establish FRESH AIR ENDOWMENT NO. 61 In the name of Lieutenant-Colonel E. F. Harvine, U.S. A, Mrs. Joseph P. Lloyd, Jr., of East Orange, New Jersey, sends to us two hundred dollars in bonds to establish FRESH AIR ENDOWMENT NO. 62 For Marcery and Susan From a donor who wishes to remain anonymous we have received two hun- dred dollars in bonds and $8.30 in past- due coupons to establish FRESH AIR ENDOWMENT NO. 63 “June 19!" To establish a Fresh Air Endowment two hundred dollars in Victory notes or Liberty Loan 4!4-per-cent. bonds should be sent by registered mail to Lire’s Fresh Air Fund, Inc., 17 West Thirty- first Street, New York City The income from thi: that every summer, in child will be sent from the slums of New York for a fortnight’s stay in the fresh air of the country. A Fresh Air Endowment may bear any designation its donor chooses. amo provides INDICATIONS AND PRORABILITIE comicbooks.com