Life, 1919-09-11 · page 8 of 48
Life — September 11, 1919 — page 8: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three distinct sections: 1. **"Two Weeks in the Country"** — A nostalgic poem celebrating rural childhood experiences (nature, freedom, simplicity). 2. **"Three is a Crowd"** — A photograph with accompanying donation list for Life's Fresh Air Fund, a charitable program sending poor urban children to the countryside for summer stays. The donations range from $2 to $100, representing middle-class philanthropic support. 3. **"A Family Affair"** — A brief comic dialogue about a dog and a missing son, likely a joke about domestic life. The page primarily functions as **charitable fundraising**, reflecting early 20th-century Progressive Era values: helping impoverished city children experience nature's moral and health benefits. The satire is minimal; instead, the content promotes middle-class benevolence toward the urban poor.
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438 Two Weeks in the Country ' The Endowments NKLE-DEEP in grass and daisies Z HE last of this year's ¢ Underneath an apple tree, - left. Lire’s Farm, all them the absorbing battle healthier, happier and in beter shape Of a spider and a bee, Lad of seven years agone: Helpless little baby pawn— Pawn of Fate and pawn ef cities : Fawn of lifes ihe has ao bey, 5 messages from the children who have benefited by their generosity, not Never saw an endless stretch of monumental productions in a literary Sky and sun and cloud before! f ” way, but making up in : Never saw the grass a-growing! : Never heard the funny roar Of the bumblebee a-zooming ! ts have to encounter another winter of tene- ment-house life. A number of donors of Fresh Air Endowments have had "preciation what they lack in finish. And for every endowment, for every year, there Never saw a daisy blooming! will be happiness and gratitude in the And the wonders almost choke him, } heart of a little poor child who will Of the country’s friendly lore. know for the first time the joy of life in the fresh air and green fields Never will it be forgotten— Lire gratefully acknowledges the When he climbs the winding stair “THREE 1S A CROWD” creation of the following endowments: Of the years that lead to manhood, Never will be drowned in care Grace E. Frank ...ccccceeeeeees 8.00 Memory of those days of glory John S. Leonard seeee 1.00 YRESH AIR ENDOWMENT NO 1 Vernon D. Sbulte *.) $.00 etee, And he'll tell his son the story From the boys of Medomak Camp 13.00 In Memory of Lee McCue: Of the man who gave the dollars Bes: John W,. Arnold : 16.00 By an anonymous donor, 5 rea ice rabid Aik ENDOWMENT NOL x23 By an anonymous donor, That were used to put him there I Joseph Andrew Galahad. Geo.) Heck, Jr. : Roo In Memory of Major Batko Arwooo, M, V.. Vibert eoee . Roo Jobn Wright ..... eee 2.00 By an anonymous donor, LIFE’S Fresh Air Fund Si yi} secre 000 Roo FRESH AIR EXDOWMENT KO. 124 : W'plewster Towne siicccccccs 25.08 In Memory of Citartrs Inclusive of 1918, Live's Fresn Are Fuxo obit 2 whristien ..ccceees 25.00 7 7, sal Seen fe eptratlon tnigtwe gees Tk. HOE ene $22 By the girls of the Camp Aloha Hive that time it has expended $174.443.17 and BL OM. OM. c.ceeeeeeeeceeec ees 19.00 at South Fairlee, Vermont, has given @ fortnig! the country to 40,097 Retty “Adams sis 2.00 poor city children Esther Hart Gale ss... : 00 FRESH AIR ENDOWMENT Ne The Fund is supported entirely by Mire Heary S. Turrill. $.00 Camp Acona Hive, South Fairlee, and toluntery contributions, h a , ie eeiee ‘00 . kn d in this column, O. D, Duncan. . 5.00 Vermont. Previously acknowledged... 8116650 CMAP UMONS ae” sooo By Carlisle Ellis, Esq., of Charles Oliver ..... * City, Jowa, John V. Matthews, d . $.00 a H Tt, Col, Chas. W. Miller 4.00 H- Oliver, ++ Dd. D. ith Fir SK 10.00 RK. Careeti resatens ee FRESH AIR ENDOWMENT No. 126 In memory of Herbert S. Ketcham 6.00 Fis Tpees ht ar hed pa Behe : Ware Miss Rita M. Manning soo Br ela Ma dense aso In Memory of Teis Warcirt 9. é de Galbano 5 : oo OW. L, Des, Portes efasieeis F 1.00 Through an error we failed to ac- te 2 enay oes. y. Tinsman one's Roo viedge i re creation of thes FE uc Ramberlain «.+eses004+ 8 Mra. Nion Robert Tucker : ion, knowledge in Lire the creation of these see Be jopkins : reg In memory of Louise Varnun 16.00 two endowments: ek! Robens Betty and. Janet, Stirling. .....+.+ 8.00 Any memery: of M. A, W. and “New _ Orleans” Sete 8.00 By Mr. Redfield Gillett and Miss a gains Mary J. Boyd S00 Phylis G fiom Pennsyl- Mr Jame #0. Cole * diss 1o.00 Proceeds of '@.saic at Hesie Lake Phylis illett of Smethport, Pennsy Margaret, Mary and’ Titty... Soo fenducted by Elizabeth Sage vania, Bary | Dey Molleway) cess =. $09 Alexander ‘Thackus 8.00 ; the est ae Boo Geo. F. Atlee, « ots 25.00 In Memory of their sister, Mary Little errr es 8.00 = ped Mrs. Wim. Couse Supple Ko ae eae sees zo Besxice Grieert Ghesteg Warner “ hoo inners Doge Taig Macdon By Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Whitney of Bre We haunt. Hal : Po J. Cobbe vassseeccses MIIIIITD 100100 Ridgewood, New Jerse nesota Howtos eae FRESH AIR ENDOWMENT NO. 82 eet : ot : : In Memory of their eldest son, S Underwe aa . ACKNOWLEDGED WITH THANKS ; ; Watxer Witrtey. {ulia and C kage of pictures and cards from Miss nos, Springfield, Hl ™ Tennis net, racket and shoes from J. S To establish a Fresh Air Endowment Mackintosh, Elizabeth, N. J two hundred dollars in Victory notes or Package of shoes, sweater and <e hould clothes from Miss M. Krone, Yonkers, N Liberty Loan 4!4-per-cent. bonds should * Friend,” Morristown, N York. he sent by registered mail to Lir James Ry Thompson. .....+.+- A Family Affair Fresh Air Fund, Inc., 17 West Thirty Galle Wrasse OTHER, what makes that little r8t Street, New York Cit cow . : § < The income from this amount provides Mrs. w ¥ as dog so sad? that every summer, in perpetuit poor Curtis M ‘ ‘ « . = . magnet Al kat pecpetunye:% Fe Morris Winter... re Nobody knows, dearie. Maybe her child will be sent from the slums of New Claire D, McCallister... son is ba ¢ and i i. 5 aac Tatecmors lofi Nebeie Be Childs: nis back from the front and is out York for a fortnight’s stay in the fresh Mary J. Chapman ....scceceeeee of a job.” air of the country, YRESIE AIR ENDOWMENT NO. St to ‘proce Lake, N comicbooks.cqmym