Life, 1918-06-06 · page 7 of 40
Life — June 6, 1918 — page 7: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page contains a poem titled "The Comfort" alongside a whimsical illustration and a serious wartime illustration. **The cartoon at top** shows insects (a wasp, bees, and what appears to be a cow or similar creature) gathered around flowers. This appears to be a humorous, non-political illustration, likely decorative. **The main illustration below** depicts a woman in a long coat standing by a stream, with what appears to be a dog. The caption reads "SUBMARINE MANEUVERS ARE SIGHTED BY THE ENEMY." **The poem** references WWI themes: homesickness, lost comrades ("Rover"), trenches, and emotional comfort from a dog's companionship during wartime suffering. The illustration suggests how pastoral, domestic scenes provided psychological comfort to soldiers enduring the trauma and loneliness of combat, contrasting peaceful nature against the war's brutality.
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The Comfort WAS that homesick I just lay and Till of a sudden, something snuggled And then, somehow, T didn't seem to sighed, up lack Remembering the crop our harley And nosed so cosily into my hand, The strength to bear the trenches? rears Across his shaggy back a Red Cross loneliness— And how old Rover pushes through band, For with the wistful touch of his the spears And just like Rover when he was a caress, To find the places where the rabbits pup. That blessed dog brought all my hide. courage hack. C. B. SUBMARINE MANEUVERS ARE SIGHTED BY THE ENEMY comicbooks.com