Life, 1919-06-26 · page 7 of 43
Life — June 26, 1919 — page 7: what you’re looking at
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This page contains a poem by Arthur Guiterman honoring doctors during World War I, paired with a humorous illustration. The poem praises physicians for their service treating wounded soldiers—facing "disease and Death in grimmer guise" in hospitals and on battlefields, working through "miseries and horrors unrevealed." The cartoon below depicts wounded soldiers in hospital beds reading comics or newspapers, appearing cheerful despite their injuries. The caption reads "AW SAY, HAVE A HEART! LET ME TAKE HIM A WHILE!"—apparently showing doctors providing comfort and entertainment to boost patients' morale. The overall message combines sincere gratitude for medical personnel's wartime sacrifice with gentle humor about maintaining soldiers' spirits during recovery.
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| 1 An Ode to THEIR: dignity, their motor cars, their ease And well-earned fees (Those comfortable fees, fees concerning which we've often joked them < that may have, more or less, provoked them) udged, they left behind, and marched away ier khaki clad, on soldier » face Disease and Death in grimmer guise In hospital or field, neath their own or alien skies, Through miseries and horrors unrevealed, toiled to save, for Pity's gentle sake, « human wreckage tossed in War's red wake. Our Doctors Small glory, less reward Our usages accord To these who shared the danger, woe 3 Yet have no tale to tell of foemen slain Unlit by flash of swor Their homely epic ¢ With thousands of our gallant hos To life and home and friends, So let us fill Our cups with any liquid that may still Be mingled by our beveraye-concocters, restored And pledge those quiet heroes, greatly daring, Who gave themselves with cheerfulness unsparing— Our Doctors! Arthur Guiterman. Chorus: AW SAY, HAVE \ MEART! LET ME TAKE HIM A WHILE! comicbooks.com