Life, 1919-10-02 · page 10 of 48
Life — October 2, 1919 — page 10: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page documents LIFE's Fresh Air Fund, a charitable program sending poor urban children to the countryside for summer stays. The large illustration shows a crowded recreational gathering at what appears to be a church garden party, depicting the fund's beneficiaries enjoying outdoor activities. The cartoon below features two figures labeled "The Foreigner" and "The Kentickyian," discussing hunger and thirst. The dialogue ("It's the hunger riots we are afraid of in my country / And how is it with you? / It's the thirst riots we've got to look out for") appears to satirize regional American social problems—implying urban (foreign/immigrant) concerns versus rural (Kentucky) concerns differ markedly. The satire critiques American inequality and regional disparities in living conditions during the Progressive Era.
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576 LIFE’S Fresh Air Fund Inclusive of 1918, Live’s Fars Arr Fuxo has been in operation thirty-two years, In thet time it has expended $174,443.17 and has given a@ fortnight in the country to 40,097 poor city children The Fund is supported entirely by bequests and voluntary contributions, which are ac knowledged in this column, Previously acknowledged . + o$t4 845.38 Thomas L. Lotta . . $.00 M. L. D. Lavin $.00 Mrs. Jacob S. Disston, Jr. 8.00 Marland W. Garber . . 1.30 Mrs. V. G. Martin... 5.00 In God's Name ... . 1,00 0.81 ACKNOWLEDGED WITH THANKS. From Mrs. Harrison Cady, Brooklyn, N. Y.. six pairs stockings, twelve girls’ dresses, two underskirts. From Alfred 1 the Farm Schoff, one painting for The Endowments LTHOUGH this year’s work and play at Live's Fresh Air Farm are over, the Fresh Air Endowments continue in their good work of helping little children, as their income will be used not only for next summer's well- doing, but also for all the summers yet to come, We have bonds to establish these endowments : received the hecessary The Foreigner: v's THE HUNGER RIOTS WE ARE AFRAID OF IN MY COUN- TRY, AND HOW IS IT WITH You? The Kentuckian: 1's THe THIRST RIOTS WE'VE GOT TO LOOK OUT FoR. THE FORMER ARMY CHAPLAIN PUT UP AN UP-TO-DATE EXHIBITION AT THE CHURCH GARDEN PARTY From R..J. Curtiss, Esq. of Her- kimer, New York, to establish FRESH AIR ENDOWMENT NO. 130 In Memory of Exizavernt Cuxtiss. From in anonymous donor for FRESH AIR ENDOWMENT NO, 131 Anonymous. To establish a Fresh Air Endowment two hundred dollars in Victory notes or Liberty Loan 41-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 this amount provides 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 chosen, Hypercritical Mr. Jerome EROME K. JEROME has been heard from once He has heen taking a fall out of spiritual- ism. “Has spiritualism done anythin; “—is it doing anything—to help men to be less brutal, less hypo- critical, less greedy?” Mr. Jerome is ethereal. derstands spiritualism singularly for one who, as an author, presumably has to earn a living. Spiritualism is practical. Whole groups of authors are now supporting themselves beautifully writing about it. What more does Mr. Jerome want? more. he says, altogether too He misjudges and misun- comicbooks.commm