Life, 1926-09-09 · page 26 of 40
Life — September 9, 1926 — page 26: what you’re looking at
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This page contains three distinct satirical pieces: **"How to Teach a Duck to Swim"** mocks bureaucratic overcomplication—government turns a simple task into absurd steps involving pamphlets, propaganda, advertising, and correspondence courses before the duck naturally swims anyway. It's satire on governmental inefficiency. **"Nubbville Spark"** is a brief joke about marital control, framed as small-town gossip. **"Civil War in the Ku Klux Ranks"** references internal KKK conflict, suggesting the organization is so dysfunctional it battles itself—the "Fiery Doublecross" likely alludes to the KKK's burning cross symbol being turned against itself. The large cartoon appears to show a businessman so obsessed with his building's construction he sacrifices sleep—satirizing capitalist excess and greed. **"Fresh Air and Uncle Sam"** is a fundraising appeal for Life's Fresh Air Fund camps for poor urban children, framing charitable donations as patriotic duty and tax-deductible good citizenship.
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24 How to Teach a Duck AD Government pamphlets on to Swim R' swimming to duck. Duck’s head will swim, Rest of duck will follow. Forbid duck to swim. Distribute propaganda of Anti-Swim League. Duck will make bee-line for pond. Through advertising make duck water-conscious. Create need for swimming. Duck will respond. Send duck correspondence course. Duck's will hear of action. Will raise duck’s sa Duck will be able to buy home by ocean with young wife. Will be in social swim. Throw duck on own resources to sink or swim. Duck will make good. W.W. Scott. boss INNERS nowadays are served “from cocktails to brandy.” \ Nubbville Spark SOPHOCLES BATTEN SAYS HIS WIFE IS ABOUT AS EASY TO CON- TROL AS A HICC IVIL War in the Ku Klux ranks indicates that somebody has been burning.the Fiery Doublecross. THE PRESIDENT OF THE HUSTLE CORPORATION SITS UP ALL ONE NIGHT IN ORDER NOT TO MISS SEE! ‘G HIS NEW THIRTY-FIVE-STORY BUILDING IN THE MAKING, “Fresh Air”’ and Uncle Sam HEN it comes time to make out your Income Tax Report, remember that the contribution you send to Lire’s Fresh Air Fund, for the maintenance of Live’s Camps for Needy Children, may be deducted— because it is a paramount char from your total taxable amount. Some of the most famous Income ‘Tax Returns in the country carry the name of Lire’s Fresh Air Fund in ion with generous contribu- tions—and generous contributions mean anything that you can spore. Such a little while remains before the two Camps close for the season that we must push hard for funds to “carry on.” Now, with the end almost in sight of a summer tilled with happy children, healthy chil- dren, better children in ¢ we beg your help because we siinply cannot close the doors at Branch- ville, Conn, (the Camp for Girls), or at Pottersville, N. J. (the Camp for Boys), before the last “batch” of weary youngsters, brought to the country from the cruel slums of New York, have had their generous por- tion of rest, fresh air, rich milk, healthy sports and—most important of all—happy hours! We cannot turn them back now. But to keep them awhile amongst the green fields and trees in this life-saving September air means that we must ask your aid. We need moncy ! Anything you can spare! One dollar—one hundred dollars —more—anything! And remember, Uncle Sam wants to know about it so that he can say: “Good work! Don’t pay a tax on that, for it’s a patriot’s job you are doing for these my unfortunate little ones,” ‘ way, Lire's Fresh Air Fund Lire’s Frese Air Puno has been in operse tion for the past thirty-nine yeurs, Iu thet time it has expended $32 1 and ha @ happy holiday in the country to 48,64 city child Twenty dollars, approximately, pays f @ holiday for some poor child from the cr hot city. Contributions, which are 0 edged in Live a three weeks after theif ceipt, should be made payable to Live's Vat Ata Fuxp, and sent to $98 Madison ¢ New York. Previously acknowledged .....2-++ Annie C. Ci Anacortes, Wash “A country town librarian”... (Continued on page 3 comicbooks.com