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Arthur Guiterman Gaily The Troubadour, 1936.
50-Year-Old Poem
Modern Life
Arthur Guiterman Gaily The Troubadour, 1936.
50-Year-Old Poem
In the book Gaily The Troubadour, published in 1936, Arthur Guiterman wrote the following poem. Reading his observations, you wouldn't guess it was written nearly fifty years ago.
First dentistry was painless; Next, cookery was fireless, Soon oranges were seedless, Now motor roads are dustless,Then bicycles were chainless
And carriages were horseless
And may laws, enforceless.
Telegraphy was wireless,
Cigars were nicotineless
And coffee, caffeinless.
The putting green was weedless,
The college boy hatless,
The proper diet, fatless.
The latest steel is rustless,
Our tennis courts are sodless,