Life, 1919-07-31 · page 22 of 40
Life — July 31, 1919 — page 22: what you’re looking at
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**Main Content:** This page documents Life magazine's fundraising for French war orphans following World War I. The text lists donors and amounts contributed, showing the magazine's charitable campaign had raised over $346,000, remitted as nearly 2 million francs to Paris. Two specific babies were "adopted" by donors through the program. **Top Illustration ("Speaking of Flying"):** A romantic, whimsical drawing shows a well-dressed couple and cherub amid clouds—likely satirizing idealized notions of romance or escapism during wartime. **"An Apology" Cartoon:** A domestic humor piece where a guest apologizes for smoking a cigar. The joke: he's apologizing not because smoking bothers the host, but because the cigar belongs to the host's father—implying it's an expensive or valuable item worth protecting, reflecting period concerns about propriety and social etiquette. **Bottom Illustration:** Shows a guest departing a country estate, apparently preoccupied—satirizing the superficiality or self-absorption of weekend visitors. **Context:** This reflects early 20th-century American philanthropy toward European war relief and genteel domestic humor conventions of the era.
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SPEAKING OF The French Babies IFE has received for the relief of the French war orphans, in all, $346,388.55, from which we have remitted to Paris 1,969,955.50 francs. We gratefully acknowledge the receipt of the following amounts : Renewats: F. Schenectady, Cal, $ th, Oak: Charles nedeker, . Bodler, San Francis , Ca tison Solar Observator: Pasadena. Cal., $146; 3 Clarence. Mlingworth Miss Cathleen’ Mlingworth, Fox Chase, Philadelpbia, Pa., The Junior Red Cross of ‘the Philippine Islands, $72; Mary ‘1. Little, Honolulu, Hawaii, $3. Pavaents ox Account: Kraemer and Frieda Heidecker, and Donna Love, New York Ci he Fre ington C. H., Ohio, $6; Mr. and Mrs, ‘Markley § delphia, Pa.,’ $10. BABY NUMBER 3736 The Tompkins League of the Tompkins Avenue Congregational Church, Brooklyn, N.Y Sarah E. S.’Reed, West Cornwall, Conn., by public subscriptions. BABY NUMBER 3737 Sarah E. S. Reed, West Cornwall, Conn., by public subscriptions. ISS ANTIQUE: Don't you think this age is corrupt? He: Doubtless. How does it compare, in your opin- ion, with previous ages? FLYING Copyright Life Pub, Co. An Apology H Excuse my cigar! HE: Oh, you may smoke, or I shouldn't have given it to you. It is one of father’s, you know. He: That's why I am apologizing. THE DEPARTING GUEST’S MOST VIVID RECOLLECTION OF A WEEK-END VISIT comicbooks.col im