Life, 1920-09-02 · page 34 of 52
Life — September 2, 1920 — page 34: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three separate satirical pieces: **"The Fallen Star"** shows a woman posting a theatrical advertisement, captioned with a man's complaint that he'd be playing the lead role "if it weren't for that woman." The satire targets male actors' tendency to blame women for their career failures rather than accepting responsibility. **"Going Up!"** depicts a minister outmaneuvering a greedy landlord. When the landlord raises poor tenants' rent by 313 percent, the minister responds to the landlord's dismissal of his moral arguments by announcing he'll preach at the State's Prison—implying the landlord belongs there. The satire mocks landlord exploitation of the poor. **"Contagious"** is a brief joke about how hearing others discuss their rheumatism complaints causes one to develop it—satire on hypochondria and social complaining. The page also features extensive content promoting Life's "Fresh Air Endowment," a charitable fund sending poor NYC children to the countryside, listing recent memorial donations.
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“LIFE. THE FALLEN STAR “IP IT WEREN'T FOR THAT WOMAN, I'D BE PLAYING THE LEAD Now” Going Up! HE kind-hearted minister was ex- postulating with the landlord who had raised the poor parishioners’ rent about three hundred and thirteen per cent. “Tf I want to hear you preach,” said the landlord angrily, “I'll come to church, where you should do your preaching, and listen to you there!” “If you were where you should be,” was the dignified reply, “ you would have that opportunity next Sunday. 1 am to preach at the State’s Prison!” Contagious LIM: Are you ever bothered with rheumatism? Fram: Yes, continually. My friends , are forever telling me all about theirs. JONES, WHO 18 LEARNING TO PLAY TI SUDDENLY OBSCURED AND CONSEQUENTLY MISSES THE FLAY Perpetual Well-Doing Firty years from now there may be an intensely hot sum- mer. In between and for years thereafter there are bound to be very many hot summers, and every one of them brings intense suffering to the little children of the poor in the crowded tenements of New York. It might be a pleasantly recurring thought to you to remem- ber that by one action of yours, performed now, for all those summers, for all time, at least one little child had been released from those torments and sent for a fortnight’s stay in the fresh air and among the shady trees and green fields of the country, The creation of a Fresh Air Endowment does this in perpe- tuity. How to create one you may learn from the paragraphs below. From Mrs. William H. Evans of Colorado Springs, Colo- rado, we have received funds to establish PRESH AIR ENDOWMENT NUMBER 172 In Memory of my mother, Janet M. Beckwitnt From an anonymous donor in California we have received funds to establish PRESH AIR ENDOWMENT NUMBER 173 In Memory of Marion. From Mrs. A. A. Bullitt of Louisville, Kentucky, we have received funds to establish FRESH AIR ENDOWMENT NUMBER 174 In Memory of my little grandson, Acexanver Buttitt Humenacy, who died at the age of three and one-half years. From Mrs. Florence D. Raymond of Paxico, Kansas, we have received funds to establish FRESH AIR ENDOWMENT NUMBER 175 In Memory of my son, Citartes Dickinson RayMonp, 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 Lire’s Fresh Air Fund, Inc., 17 West Thirty-first Street, New York City. The income from this amount provides that every summer, in perpe a poor child will be sent from the slums of New York for a for stay in the fresh air of the country, This work has now been carried on for thirty-three years, in which time more than forty thousand children have gained health and happiness from it. A Fresh Air Endowment may bear any designation its donor chooses. ty, BOOK LEARNING NIS FROM A BOOK, FINDS HIS VISION comicbooks.com