Life, 1919-10-02 · page 28 of 48
Life — October 2, 1919 — page 28: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
The top illustration shows a sentimental sketch of a young soldier gazing at a ghostly female apparition, captioned "The Way the Girl You Love Seems at Times"—likely reflecting wartime longing and the emotional toll of WWI separation. The bulk of the page documents **"The French Babies"** relief fund, listing donors and amounts contributed to aid French war orphans. This was a genuine charitable campaign Life magazine ran during/after WWI, with detailed accounting of $353,629.99 raised and remitted to Paris. Below that, "**Degrees in Greek**" presents economic satire comparing academic salaries: a Greek professor earns $1,500/year while a laborer (Pappadopolos) pushing a harrow makes $2,100, and a dancer (Mlle. Valette) earns $1,000 per performance. The joke critiques the disparity between intellectual and manual labor compensation. The bottom image and caption about "Brother Hoot" addressing "The Midnight Sons of Rest" on drinking evils appears to be a separate illustrated feature (unclear without more context).
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THE WAY THE GIRL YOU LOVE The French Babies IFE has received for the relief of the French war orphans, | in all, $353,629.99, from which we have remitted to Paris 047,120.50 francs. We gratefully acknowledge the receipt of the following amounts: . $36.50; Panay Ch an, Los Angeles, Cal., $73; Cal., $73; Mrs. Judson S. Todd In memory of Cha * Be Eleanor W. Allen, Boston, Mass. Pavaients ox Account: $3; R. B. Wallace, Oklahoma’ City, ( $18.25; Corinne D. Yonkers, N $6; U Irs, A. R. Teeple, . Charleston, W. Lendahand Indian § BABY NUMBER 3744 Already acknowledged .. someseee Margaret Hine Littlefield, Toledo, Ohio. “In memory of W. BV. Oct. 11, 1918" Mrs. Cecil A. Lyon, Colorado Springs, Colo BABY NUMBER 3743 Already acknowledged... Mrs. Cecil A. Lyon, Colorado Springs, Cole. EMS AT TIMES Degrees in Greek Professor Boggs teaches Greek: fifteen hundred dol- * lars a-year. Pappadopolos wheels a harrow: twenty-on¢ hundred dollars a year. + “¢ Mlle. Valette (otherwise Sarah Prouty) dances ireck” dances: one thousand dollars a performance. BROTHER HOOT ADDRESSES THE MIDNIGHT SONS OF REST ON THE EVILS OF STRONG DRENK comicbooks.com@U,