Life, 1919-09-25 · page 8 of 40
Life — September 25, 1919 — page 8: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains **two distinct sections**: **Left column:** A charitable fundraising list for "Life's Fresh Air Fund," documenting donations toward a children's fresh air endowment. The text indicates this was a real philanthropic effort to send poor urban children to the countryside for summer relief—a common Progressive Era charitable cause. **Right side:** Two illustrations accompany an article titled "Belated Hotness." The sketch shows children at a doorway, while the photograph below (captioned "A Psychological Moment Is About to Arrive") depicts what appears to be a domestic scene with two women and a man entering. The bottom includes a brief comedic dialogue between characters named "Parke" and "Lane" about food riots, suggesting satirical commentary on economic or social conditions of the era.
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534 LIFE’S Fresh Air Fund of 19. Lire’s Fees Fes ded’ S8vicis ‘of the Lewis Man Clement’ R."Stotesh Leffert, € Lilley Lovejoy R. Foss Antoine Bovet FL ALM Willard BR. Lieut. H In memory of H. Reatrice Gawtry Mrs. F, WH. Swi Mary C. Tenney Anonymous... 000+ ™ English Classes of Kenwood Lor ing School proceeds of 3 Plate Cressman, U.S. N BLM, Jr. . Sally Conklin: Darcy Kellogg and Eleanor Be bright, at Fishers Island, N. Gertrude Rarber ... Dorothy W. W In memory of M Mrs M. Spalding Two Templar Boys Fred S$. Rorton Tames W, Corrigan $t4,845.3 ACKNOWLEDGED WITH THANKS Three treats of candy, two treats of fancy layer cakes and two large baskets of peaches the children at the Farm at the time of his visit from “The Man from Illinois.” McGraw auto tires for the the McGraw Tire and Rub ., Cleveland, Ohio nd gloves from Mrs. y. Narr. Pier, Rhode Island. ckage of children’s clothing from E. A. Kuhner, Hotel Samoset, Rockland, Maine. Rox ‘of pictures and cards from Mrs. ge, Mercersburg, Pa, 1 two boys’ suits fre n Mrs g from Richard s from Miss E. L. dren's clothing from any of America, At Constant ARKE: If this keeps up we'll be having food riots one in my house Lane: There's every day KANDMA, CN WE CIRCUS—AN’ We RORRER ONE 0" YOUR DRESSES? WE HAVEN'T WANT To PLAY ANY TENT Belated Hotness HE hot that regularly early in September serves the suffering that prolonged heat entails, and that a Fresh Air Endowment serves, spell comes pretty to remind us of summer in perpetuity, to save some poor little child from that suffering. Live gratefully acknowl bonds from R. de Arozarena, Esq., Havana, Cuba, to establish FRESH AIR ENDOWMENT NO. 120 In the names of Bany and Litt 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 Live's Fresh Air Fund, Inc. 17 West New York City e from this amount provides Thirty- first Street, The incor that every summer, in perpetuity, a poor 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. A PSYCHOLOGICAL MOMENT IS ABOUT TO ARRIVE