Life, 1922-06-08 · page 31 of 34
Life — June 8, 1922 — page 31: what you’re looking at
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This page is primarily **advertising and charitable notices** rather than political satire. The main content includes: **Left side:** A charitable report on LIFE's Fresh Air Fund, documenting donations (totaling $978.17) sent to support poor city children's summer stays at Branchville Farm in Connecticut. The accompanying text describes summer heat in New York tenements and the fund's thirty-five-year mission. **Center:** A full-page advertisement for Holeproof Hosiery featuring a muscular male torso, emphasizing durability and affordability. **Bottom section:** Advertisements for Allen's Foot-Ease powder and a humorous anecdote titled "Never Caught Them At It"—a rural farmer's folksy observation that he's never witnessed the actual moment insects transform into other insects, a gentle joke about metamorphosis. **Additional ads:** Transportation services, Bellans indigestion remedy. The page reflects 1920s concerns: urban poverty, consumer products, and gentle Americana humor.
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LIFE’S Fresh Lire’s Fees Arr Funp thirt $205,652.78 and has given a fort- itry to 42,722 poor city children, which are acknowledged in Lire after their receipt, should be Lire’s Fresh Air Funp, and Madison Ave., New York City. summertime worst parts of New York Real summer will soon T is early even tl are endurable. be here. nights wit! pavements tenements smells wh their heri brooks an Which B Lire’s Fre to resume to relieve » The work carried ot S crosity of ) thirty-five vith their entirely t years has ) supply the means to send a regiment of | poor youngsters for a fortnight’s stay in the cou Here tions recei edgments 0 itry. f last year rospere, Washington, hippewa Falls, Wi . B. Hartford, Con Friends at Mass. B) Proceeds fr: Phipps, Boston, 7 rt e years. \nd hot days. stored heat pouring from and masonry. e little children are denied ige of sky and fields and wholesome food and play. one way of saying that h Air Fund is getting ready ts annual mission of helping ome of this child misery. it the Branchville Farm is Lire’s readers which ed since the final acknowl- yrary Bureau, sale’ of Liberty “bond d by Miss Mary Seater, Canton, Air Fund has been in operation In that time now and And hotter And torrid bad air and evil hrough the gen- for | never failed to are the contribu- Mas sepernony HiStzPROOF has proved to millions of men that style and serv- ice can be combined in hosiery—and,at common-sense prices. Every man can afford smart hosiery, if it be Holeproof, because it wears so long. In your favorite material—silk, silk faced or lusterized lisle. HOLEPROOF HOSIERY COMPANY, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Holeproof Hosiery Company of Canada, Limited, London, Ontario Garden dw. H. Mrs. W: Bryn Mawr, Pa i Geo, . adelphia, i Rochester, N Indiana, P Brockton, fs James R. Ti EH, pson, New York J Alfaretta H Balance forward from 192 As usual, children’s clothing, balls, bats, other sporting utensils ing supplies will be gladly received at Lire’s Farm, Branchville, Connecticut. $978.17 Comfortable 125 Minutes Coarenient via luxurious air-liners. All possible conveniences aboard the ‘planes, ineluding tea and steward service. Apply to any tourist agency, write for booklet or Phone Vand. 8940. Daimler-Hire, Ltd., 244 Madison Ave., New York City and summer eat- So Easy to Use New Shoes — Old Shoes — Tight Shoes all feel the same if you shake into them some ALLEN’S FOOT-EASE The Antiseptic, Healing Powder for the Feet It gives instant relief to Hot, Swollen, Smarting, Tender Feet, Corns, Bunions, and Callouses, Takes the friction from the shoe, freshens the feet and gives new vigor. At night, when your feet are tired, sore and swollen from walking or dancing, sprinkle ALLEN’S FOOT-EASE in the foot-bath and enjoy bliss of feet without an ache. 5 Those who use Allen’s Foot-Ease have solved their foot troubles. Over 1,500,000 pounds of Powder for the Feet were used by our Army and Navy during the war. In a Pinch, use ALLEN’S FOOT-EASE. Rests the Feet Never Caught Them At It “I know,” said Farmer Bentover, “that helgramites turns t’ dragon-flies an’ that freight conductors is pulmoted to passenger conductors. An’ while I’ve seen plenty helgramites an’ dragon- flies an’ freight conductors an’ passen- ger conductors, I hain’t never seen | nary’n of ‘em whilst they wuz doin’ the turnin’.” Sure Relief FOR INDIGESTION \OO “> 6 Bett-ans |S 5 gp | Hot water Sure Relief 25¢ ano 75¢ PACKAGES EVERYWHERE comicbooks.com