Life, 1916-07-13 · page 13 of 40
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This page celebrates American medical aid to France during World War I. The large photograph shows what appears to be a social gathering at an American hospital in France, captioned "Great Americans: T. Brayneigh Tchaff, Whose Ability to Roll a Cigarette with One Hand Attracts Much Attention." The accompanying article by Arthur Gleason praises American ambulance services and hospitals operating in France, emphasizing volunteer work by American doctors, surgeons, and nurses. The small cartoon at bottom right, captioned "The Postman Fails to Bring Tillie Smith a Letter from Her Beau," appears to be a humorous vignette about wartime separation. The page's purpose is patriotic: promoting American humanitarian efforts in France and building support for American involvement in the war.
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GREAT AMERICANS T. BRAYNEIGH TCHAPP, WHOSE ABILITY TO ROLL A CIGARETTE WITH ONE HAND ATTRACTS MUCH ATTENTION The Best Work Americans Have Done in France Me": ARTHUR GLEASON'S article in the New York Tribune for June 18th about the American Am- hulance Hospital at Neuilly-sur-Seine, in France, should be read by everyone who is low-spirited about our relations with France. It will comfort the hearts of the disconsolate who mourn that we have not stood in closer to the French in their great struggle. It is a wonderful story Mr. Gleason tells, and he has told it well, Nothing has done so much to save our national reputation in France, and keep alive the old-time French regard for these States, as the wonderful American ambulance service and the ambulance hospital. Here is a work that has come right out of the heart and brains of this country; a work done purely for love, and out of deep sympathy for France and all she fights for. Its sup- port has been the money of private 59 givers, including many rich people who have given lar; The actual work has been done by volunteer American surgeons, doctors, dentists, ambulance men and nurses, working either with- out pay or with the least they can live on. There is even a “Train Amer- icain” that brings from the front daily its load of selected cases calling for the special care and special surgical skill that the.American hospital can give. This is a work to be thankful for. Of course, most of us have known about it all along, but not enough. The more we know the more thankful we shall be that this great work is being done by Americans for France, and hardly less for France than for America, Gold I GROPED beneath a rainbow, Searching for crocks of gold; But all I found was rain-wet grain Rising from soft black mold: Tris, the fay, now turned to mist Of formless gray and amethyst. And then a sunburst freshet Swept from my heart all care; And, strange, the sodden field revealed Rich treasure everywhere: What gold of rainbow ever shone Bright as this grain my hands had sown? Richard Butler Glaenser. POSTMAN FAILS TO BRING TILLIE A LETTER FROM HER BEAU THE SMITH comicbooks.com