Life, 1925-11-12 · page 33 of 41
Life — November 12, 1925 — page 33: what you’re looking at
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This page contains **no cartoons or satire**—it's primarily editorial content and advertising from *Life* magazine. The left column features book reviews praising Frank Swinnerton's novel "The Elder Sister" and mentions Mrs. Langtry's autobiography "The Days I Knew," which apparently debunks a rumor about her placing ice down King Edward's back. The bulk of the page reports on **Life's Fresh Air Fund**, a charitable program (operating 38 years at publication) that had sent nearly 48,000 children to the countryside. It lists donors contributing money, clothing, and services—ranging from shoes and harmonicas to use of buses and farm facilities. The right side is a **product advertisement** for the "Add-a-Pearl Necklace"—a marketing concept where parents give a child a few pearls as a gift, then relatives add pearls annually until graduation, creating a complete pearl necklace. The advertisement targets jewelry dealers. No political satire or caricature is present; this is straightforward editorial, charity reporting, and consumer advertising typical of early 20th-century *Life* magazine content.
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Life and Letters (Continued from page 24) Wuen the gods arrive, the half- gods go, so during the week that brings a new novel by Frank Swinner- 1, it is almost impossible to sce any other book on the rack. “The Elder Sister” (Doran) is the tale of two maids and a man. That, book-review- ing be what it oughtn’t to be, is s ient to say. Writing a notice of , novel by Frank Swinnerton is throw- ing mud at the lily. P.S. In case you didn’t hear the first time, don’t miss “The Elder Sister.” Sreaxtnc of lilies, Mrs. Langtry’s The Days I Knew” (Doran) is enter- ning autobiographical reminiscence, 1 denies conclusively the story which will probably never down about her iuaving once slipped a piece of ice down the late King Edward's back. Baird Leonard. Lire’s Fresh Air Fund Live’s Fresu Arr Fexp has been in opera: for the past thirty-cight years. In that eit has expended’ $294,408.13, and_ has en @ fortnight in_the country to 47,647 ren, Contributions should be ¢ payable to Live's Frees Air Funo, nt to $98 Madison Avenue, New York. $30,828.48 5.00 15.00 . 10.00 Kansas City, Mo. 23.00 amittee P. and R. Taberculosis, Chelsea Clinic, New York. 15.00 (Ai nara, Toky } . 10.00 hur and Gur 10.00 through the Social Dept. of the Hospital Joint Diseases, New York 1 ‘the following’ children who ere at ca.np through the Henry Meinhard” ‘Mermorial Neighbor nuse—Lillie Loew, Lillie . Mary Fium, Adele Shap: and = Madeline Ruth and Barbara lelen, O'Mara, Phi and Nathan Berger 22.00 irend, New Bedford, Mass... $.00 $30,956.48 We acknowledge with many thanks ntributions of shoes and clothing from Ki - W. Lewis, Bushkill, Pa.; J. R. Swain, alon, N. J.; Harry H. ‘Hartung, Har- © Springs. Mich.; D. & O. Lombardi, erkeley, Cal.; Delta Upsilon Fraternity, Swarthmore, Pa., and Mrs. Barry Mohun, Washington, D.C. Clothes, dolls, personal effects, from f, Santa Cruz, Cal. tubes of toothpaste rom Colgate & Co., Jersey City i 1 case cornflakes, 1 case heans, 1 small case jam, to ea irom R, C. Williams & Co., ag and sfaspole to Branchville Farm om Dr. R. W. Lowe, of Ridgefield, onn. Use of Luna bus to carry children from station to Farm during summer, from (onsolidated Sight Seeing Co., of New Donation of all the milk used at Pot- tersville Farm during the summer, from Richard Whitney, Far Hills, N. J 200 Marine Band harmonicas (a hun- dred to each Camp) from W. J. Hauss- ler, New York. , 200 empty cement sacks and two men’s time for, two days each, in fixing a wad- ing ince in the brook at Branchville, from Horace J. Lewis, So. Norwalk, Conn. CMake Your Little Girl Happy with an Cdd-a-heart necklace You present the little girl with the Add-a-Pearl strand of a few pearls (at whatever price you wish) on her birthday, at Christmas or some other gift occasion. Each year you—and others, too— will add to it. Ic will surprise you and delight her to see how rapidly it grows, until on her graduation day she will be the proud possessor of a genuine oriental pearl necklace. If you do not know a jeweler who sells the Add-a-Pearl Necklace, write us and we will direct you to one. Corres invited from Dealers only Buy additional pearls for your Add-a-Pearl necklace on this card. It guarantees perfection. THE ADD-A-PEARL CO. 108 North State Street, Chicago comicbooks.com