Life, 1924-07-17 · page 25 of 36
Life — July 17, 1924 — page 25: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three distinct pieces of social satire typical of Life magazine's humor: **"Life's Fresh Air Fund"** (left column): A charitable donations list for Life's program sending poor urban children to the countryside—a real philanthropic initiative the magazine promoted for 37 years. **The Penny Cartoon** (bottom left): A visual gag where a wealthy woman gives a penny to a poor man, asking how he survives. His reply—"on the air and the dew, lady, same as an orchid"—satirizes the condescension of the wealthy toward the poor. The orchid reference suggests the poor man equates himself to something delicate and useless, mocking both the woman's patronizing charity and society's indifference to actual poverty. **"Rowboat Thinking," "My Girl Friend," and "In Any Metropolis"** (right side): Brief humorous observations about human nature—comparing bass-fishing deception to election gullibility, describing a sympathetic female friend, and joking about car parking difficulties in cities. These are light social commentary on modern life's absurdities rather than political satire. The overall page blends charitable appeals with satirical humor about class, gender dynamics, and urban existence.
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Lire’s Fresh Air Fund Puxp has been in opera- tion for the past thirty-seven years. In that ¢ it has expended $271,448.33 and has ight in the country to 45,925 dren, “ontributions, which ere acknowledged in about three weeks after their receipt, howld be made paya Ain Fuxo, and sent to $98 Madison Ave., Vew York City. acknowledged Hazard, Santa Live's Fersn Are Previously Mrs. Binghamton, Asheville, . City. t. Paul, Minn. 5 Mablon D, Thatcher, Pueblo, Colo. From V. B. B.,” Saginaw, Mich. Mrs. A. Krause, Chicago. Miss L. E. Morey, } Ww Wadsworth, James Chester — Warner, Mass. B. S. C., Jamestown, R. Eos... Chas. W. Kliesrath, Hoboken, Mr. and Mrs, John Hinkel, Berkeley, Calif. " F, S. Wade, Los Angeles. “From_a friend,” Denver, Colo Mary J. Kinder, Madison, Ne F. M. Warren, Los Angeles. Mrs. H. D, Lindsay, Burling: Calif, Mrs. E cisco. In_memory of Elisabeth Whitman, ‘So, Manchester, Conn. . (Continued on pag “HERE'S A PENNY, POOR MAN, AND HOW DO YOU LIVE “ON THE AIR AN’ THE DEW, LADY, SAME AS A ORCHID.” LIFE - Rowboat Thinking OPLE who wonder why bass are fooled by artificial bait can find the answer in November in the election re- turns. A rowboat is like a Pullman berth: very comfortable in the travel folder. Bob Davis says he does not under- stand how the legend persists that guides can cook. Still, the legend that Americans are a free people remains pretty vigorous, Life here must be rather dull in the winter. Of course, the guides get enough amusement in the season to last several months. Every man ought to go to the wilds once in a while and let his whiskers grow and wear his garage pants. Then he can appreciate a mortgaged home with a leaking roof. The pathetic part of a fishing trip is that the big ones really do get away McC. H. My Girl Friend TOLD Esther, my girl friend, this morning about the swell time Guy, my boy friend, and I had at Jennie party last night, all the eats we ate and everything, and the dandy dancers I danced with, and the grand music and slippery floor, and the things they said to me, and the classy car that Ed, Jennie’s boy friend, took Guy and I home in, and all about the swell time we had, and when I got through, she said “Didja?” Yesterday I was saying to her how funny my boss _ is, never liking very much talking around the office, although he wasn't nervous other ways, and never say- ing very much to people in the office, but chewing the rag when any of his friends come in from outside, and funny like that, and = she remarked, “"S funny.” Day before yester- day I told her about how George and I went down to the Beach last weck-end, and how we thought at first we'd go out a “Let's THROW HIM A KISS. HE MAY RE FLYID AROUND THE WORLD, AND PERHAPS HE "tT KNOW WHAT COUNTRY THIS Is.” DORs way in a then changed our minds, and how we wished we could fool around the Beach all the time, and how I adored the water, and finally asked her if she didn’t and she said, “Yeh t These are just samples, but she’s al- ways kind and sympathetic like that— never saying too much nor nothing. I've got a lot of boy friends, but she’s my canoe, only real girl friend, and we get along grand. Macs In Any Metropolis HE: Bob told me he's driven his car 110,000 miles this year. He: Probably trying to find a place to park, comicbooks.com