Life, 1921-06-02 · page 17 of 44
Life — June 2, 1921 — page 17: what you’re looking at
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This page promotes **Life's Fresh Air Fund**, a charitable program that had operated for 34 years, providing poor city children temporary escapes to rural areas during summer. The cartoon depicts city children riding a horse-drawn wagon, heading out of the city with aid of "good old Dobbin" (the horse). The illustration contrasts the oppressive urban environment—hot pavements, tenement rooms, fetid air—with the restorative benefits of fresh air, trees, and green fields. The text acknowledges that while spring and autumn are celebrated by poets, summer brings suffering to poor urban children trapped in cramped, overheated conditions. The Fund's mission was addressing this inequity by giving impoverished youngsters brief respites in healthier environments. The page includes donor lists and a satirical exchange between an author and manager about hiring hecklers to enliven a failed lecture—unrelated humor typical of Life's format.
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