Life, 1920-07-29 · page 8 of 36
Life — July 29, 1920 — page 8: what you’re looking at
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**Top Section:** "Life's Fresh Air Fund" lists charitable donations. The accompanying illustration shows two children eating at a table—a cheerful domestic scene captioned "At Life's Fresh Air Farm: 'Say! How hungry you are! Bet you only just came!'" This depicts the magazine's charitable program providing meals and outdoor recreation to underprivileged children. **Bottom Section:** "Uplifting the Vice-Presidency" discusses Thomas Riley Marshall's service as Vice-President under Woodrow Wilson. The cartoon shows a man discovering someone wearing mismatched shoes—one black, one tan—with dialogue about the absurdity. This satirizes the vice-presidency as a trivial, often-mocked position, using the shoe confusion as metaphor for the office's lack of substance and importance in American governance.
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184 IFE’S Fresh Air Fund f 1919, Live's Fees Ain F of ut has expended $183,025.49 and has given a fort a) to 40,802 poor city ch supported entirely by bi Ropes. . J. H. Butterworth Barber . Evelyn H. Downing Jimmy Hobbins Society for I Tuberculosis % Martin G, Langenau Mrs. James L. Taylor L. C. Hanna. Jr Unele and Aunt Al evention and R Billy... tS.” Greims iotthold, i Sotwerp E,W. Newhail Mrs. Willis BL Sterling Mrs. Gordon R. Campbell Walter Gribben V. Gerson .. John Roger. aH Sehim Frank L. Hugh Fdward D. Uph: Mrs. Galbraith 3 i And’ brother This statement includes contribitions before June 29, 1920. AT LIFES FRESH AIR FARM “sy! mow muNcRY you Are! ACKNOWLEDGED WITH THANKS A package of books from Marjorie Mil- ler, Cleveland Heights, Ohio f shoes and one pair of rub- H. Stearns, New York City its for children from So- Four pairs bers from Mrs. Twelve new s rosis Garment Company, Ionia, Mich ve boys’ suits, three pairs of pants, one boys’ blouses from Mrs. J. McK Speer, Meadville, Pa Toys, skirt, goods to make dresses. pack age of picture postal cards, dolls, one horn and a box of dominoes from D New Haven, Conn Barney, SAY, PORTER, THAT IS “DAT'S A PUNNY THIN RIGHT ; ONE'S A BLAC S$; YOU AM DE ME DAT, BUT YOU ONLY JUsT CAME!" Uplifting the Vice-Presidency O more should we speak disrespect: fully of the vice-presidency. Thomas Riley Marshall has lifted that once humble position to a high place in public esteem. He has shown us how important to the general welfare a Vice-President can be. Mr. Marshall's two terms in that office have been during serious times—times which tried men’s souls and h: and ofien found both considerably under standard; times which have corrugated the brows of great statesmen and small soles, householders, master financiers and mis- tress domestic times whea the only thing which could chase dull care away was sharp care. And yet whenever we thought of Mr. Marshall we had to smile. economists ; It is a great achievement to have dis- pelled, even at intervals, the national gloom over costs and taxes and things. It is a greater achievement to have lighted with rifts the deeper gloom which emanated from Washington—what might be called the Wilsonian gloom. But was Mr. Marshall content? Not on your Cuban passport picture, which outdoes even the once famous tintype in present- ing plain facts. Mr. Marshall still is at it, and never misses a chance. As soon as Calvin Coolidge was nominated for the same job he telegraphed him con- dolences. Great as his public services have been, that telegram should go down in history as the supreme achievement of Mr. Mar- shall’s two terms as Vice-President.