Life, 1922-02-09 · page 15 of 34
Life — February 9, 1922 — page 15: what you’re looking at
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This page contains a sentimental narrative poem about a poor, barefoot child appearing at a village doctor's door on a cold night, asking him not to sell the family a prescription since they lack money for clothes and food. The chorus repeats the plea. The lower cartoon shows two well-dressed men visiting a third man (identified as "George"), presenting him with an invitation to the Morristown Hunt. One remarks, "How splendid, George; then you'll have a chance to use your new shot-gun." The satire appears to contrast rural poverty (the poem) with wealthy leisure activities (the cartoon)—both depicting different American social classes of the era.
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LI The Old Green River Village Far Away ” \VAS a cold and wintry evening in the little country T town, The icc was on the sidewalks and the snow was coming wn; The villige doctor heard a knock, his front door opened le— barefoot child there stood and to him these words ed: Chorus Please don’t sell dad a prescription, Mother needs clothes and shoes: rhey are not sold in the drug-store Where father gets his booze; Me and the kids are homeless, Sailors without a port, So please don’t sell dad a prescription At sixteen dollars a quart. \ blus!) spread o’er the doctor’s cheeks; the childish plea s heard, He hav not realized the woe his fountain pen had stirred; \ firm -csolve he made that night that he would ne'er again Write on his Rx pad the words that brought forth this refrain: Chorus . . “Oh, gosh—he must have made a mistake—he left Please don't sell dad a prescription, etc. me one.” hird the lrew zave runk the an “A eous op,” tha fusie gh, ring wan from and and sus.” with tliet, “It’s an invitation to the Morristown Hunt.” “How splendid. George; then you'll have a chance to use your new shot-gun.” comicbooks.com