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This page contains two distinct sections: **Left side:** A humorous illustration captioned "Mental Arithmetic" depicting a crowded urban traffic scene with many cars and pedestrians. The joke asks: "When a pretty girl asks the way, what part of the cop's attention does the regular traffic get?" The cartoon satirizes male police officers' distraction by attractive women, suggesting they neglect their traffic duties. This reflects early 20th-century gender dynamics and workplace humor common in Life magazine. **Right side:** Practical advice article titled "Essential Suggestions for the Amateur Camper," recommending camping supplies and equipment for outdoor trips. This is genuinely helpful editorial content, not satire. The page also includes "Life's Fresh Air Fund" donor listings and donation records—a charitable initiative the magazine supported.

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ssive of 1919, Live's Fares Arr Fun has been in operation t it has expended $183, . 17 West sist Street, 3 Fifth Birthday Fa Robert and R ” : 3 fansfield LIFE’S Fresh Air Fund Sire Wan fe Monro. J. R, Thompson... N. Thayer Montague years, In that time Mrs. Thos. A. 49 ond has given a fort. Mrs. Theodore night in the country to 40,802 poor city children. A, L. Green 7 supported entirely a , which ere acknowl T. Ellis Ramsdell Checks should be made by bequests+ Glen Swogger York. Jobn C, Howard Mary Sumner . $16,609.44 “A lover of the country H, E. D. 23.00 Anonymous 9.00 Mrs. E. C. Hoit.. 9.00 In Memory of Morti 9.00 U.S. Hollister The Night N pital ” Mrs, John I. Sahm EB. RSC; Ruth Brooks | Joba Segerson Hickox Ira Barrows . From the Boys at Ca Mrs. Edward E. Proceeds of a playlet given by children of Pentwater Jack and Betty Armstr KB. H. Hertenstein MENTAL ARITHMETIC WHEN A PRETTY GIRL ASKS THE WAY, WHAT PART OF THE COP’S ATTENTION DOES THE REGULAR TRAFFIC GET? Mrs. J, ,W. Botton, Grace H. AL Cook, (The above statement includes all tions received before August 31, 1920. ACKNOWLEDGED WITIE THANKS. From a “ Davenport, Iowa, Friend, boy's woolen suit, one pink calico dress, one woolen cap, one white calico smock, two woolen shirts, one red and black cap, three pairs of shoes, one doll, one rubber ball, one stuffed ball, one set of tin sand-molds. From Charlotte C. Cerf, Santa Cruz, Cal, box of clothes and toys. From Mrs. Thomas W. Moore, Hunting- ton, W. Va., package of children’s clothing. Essential Suggestions for the Amateur Camper Tus is the open season for camping trips, and all those who have a weak- ness for week-ends in the forest primeval will do well to prepare themselves for the approaching ordeal. There are too many tenderfeet who, unable to resist the lure of ‘the Great Open Spaces, will in- sist upon going camping, unwarned and unarmed. Although such people deserve (and get) all that is coming to them, we feel compelled, for purely humanitarian rea- sons, to suggest a few commodities which will ease the camper’s burden as much as it is possible for the camper'’s burden to he eased. Here is the list: Eleven yards of mosquito netting. One pair surgical forceps to remove ants, pine-needles, etc, from food One box matches with which to start st fire. Twenty-two yards mosquito netting cat to eat fish which are caught, but not cleaned, by members of the party One electric stove for use in cooki purposes when coffee pot upsets and p the camptire out. One suit (per person) medixval pa- amas of sheet iron to protect limbs at ht from soft bed of balsam boughs. Forty-four yards mosquito netting One compass with which to determin direction when absence of sunlight makes it impossible for campers to use their watches as compasses. One botanical expert to differentiate between toadstools and mushrooms. One hunting case knife (Boy Scout model) with which to cut fingers. One portable house for use when tent blows down in thunder storm, Six hundred and seventeen yards mos- quito netting. comicbooks.com,