APRIL 12, 1007
The Commoner.
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April
. .When llic green gets, back in the trees
again,
As my old friend Riley said;
And the gentle rhyme of the springtime
rain
On the home roof-tree o'erhead
Sings songs to. me of the glad new
days, ""
And life is a long, sweet dream,
1 list to the praise that the song birds
raise
O'er the woodland, vale and stream.
When the white clouds fly in the skies
"" of blue,
And the warm south breezes blow;
.When, the meadows shine with an em
erald hue,
And the tree's bend to and fro;
When Bob White calls in the evening
gloam, - T
As the sun sinks1 low in the west,
My tired :,feetv"irbam on the. road to
homo
Where walteUr'the sweetest rest
When the .frogs croak tunes as the day
is done, "
And the Whip-Poor-Will darts nigh;
When the dandelion like the fine "gold
spun
Gleams briglitneath the springtime
sky; :
Then the old world shines with a glad
new light.
And the April rain clouds bring
To my waiting i3ight all the sweet buds
bright . ' ' i
And my soul sings songs to spring.
Good
"Does Blivens write good poetry?"
"I guess so; rione of the magazines
;wiil accept it"
Matutinal
Now I wake to meet the sun
And pray iny work be well begun.
And when I quit at close of day
I pray my work will be "O. K."
' Looking for Trouble
44Hello, Binks! Where are you go
ing so fast?"
"Hiking for- the recruiting office.
Peace has again been declared in the
Philippines and I'm looking for trouble."
' Good Advertising
"What are you going to call-ybur
cew paper?"
"Going to call it 'Exchange.' "
"What for?"
"O, so many papers will credit their
best stuff to 'Exchange and people will
think it's my paper."
Spring
When the cherry trees are blooming
And the plum and peach trees, too,
'And the birds are soaring, singing,
In the arch' of heaven's blue,
I delight to smell the odor
And to listen to their tunes,
For full well I know next winter
jl will eat the fruit called prunes.
In Panama
See the Crowd loafing in the Sun.
Who are They?
O, they are Natives who are inter
ested. .
And those Gentlemen in White Duck
Suits and Servants to Wait on Them?
Those are the Civilian Officers who
have Charge of the Work.
And the Men over there with Anx
ioui Lopkj on their Faces?
Those are the Chief Engineers, and
.they arc Wondering wli offers , of
Good Jobs :in the United' States have
not Arrived.
AndJthat large Crowd of Respecta
ble Looking Gentlemen who are evi
dently Looking for Something?
Those ai;e Congressmen who are try
ing to tind Excuses for Spending More
Money.: '
And that Lonesome Man over there?
Come,, child, let us be Going. That
man is of no Importance. He is mere
ly the man who is Digging the Canal.
Rockefeller
"How big is Rockefeller, pa,
That people call him great;
Is he sonic Taftlike statesman, pa,
Or mental heavyweight?",
Kansas City Times.
"O, no, he's not so very broad,
Nor yet so very tall;
But man is measured by his wad;
Thus 'John D. beats us all.'
Chicago Record. Herald.
Housed' 'to be much bigger, son,
But since we've had the spunk'
To ask him where he got his mon,
Our "Uncle John has shrunk.
St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
And may be he will shrink some more
When Law, in thunder tones,
Demands he give up, of his store,
Those sixty million bones. -'
: Indianapolis News.
He owns near all the wealth in sight,
His coin is badly tainted;
But Chancellor Day says he's all right,
And not so bad as painted.
Springfield Union.-
I think it is extremely kind
Indeed of Chancellor ,
To throw tliis light upon John D.
This day-light, as it were.
Special license.
Milwaukee Sentih'el.
Though Rockefeller may be great
I think that there is ne'er a man
Who'll care at all to rise and state
That John D. is a Hairyman.
Houston Post
It strikes me Rockefeller has
Good reasons to be gay;
For like the dogs we read about'
He surely has his Day.
A Sigh
We don't know sure that spring Is .here
Seein' how green the grass is;
But by the quantity we take
Of sulphur and molasses.
Answers to Correspondents
Mary Jane Yes, and have four
children.
Festus How do we know. You
might ask her.
Inquirer It's a long time before they
will be ripe. The last time we tried
to harvest them on our own account
we spent the next three days picking
birdshot from our anatqpay.
NIcotlnus We bave no especial
brand. If they will draw well we'll
be satisfied. Send them along.
.. Seeker Her address Is .'New York
City but you'll be wasting time. She
never gives up a cent
Critic We know the poem was
faulty in rytlim. But what could we
flt-? Had to stand un in the street rar
that day, and you know what hap-'
pens to a fellow's feet when ho lias
to stand up during the rush hours.
Financier Your check will be ac
cepted if endorsed by Jolm D. Rocke
feller or Andrew Carnegie. Either
will do, but we prefer both.
Speculator We are not well in
formed as to Wall street procedure,
but ns we understand it "puts and
falls" means that you put your, money
In and call on the charity organization
for transportation home.
Fashion Last year they looked as
If run over by a steam road roller.
This year they look like they had been
squeezed up in a hay baler.
Victim Look the fierce dog straight
In the eye. As long as you do this
you are In no danger.
Investor Why not organize a gas
company? You can put water in the
stock and wind in the pipes, and that's
a combination nobody can beat
Excited
The real owner of the Whiztown
Daily Whoop was real angry, and the
managing editor was somewhat dis
gruntled. "What made you jump onto the new
subway company?" queried the owner.
"Why, I thought it was asking too
much, so I gave them a shot," said
the managing editor.
"But I am one of the principal
stockholders in the new company,"
shouted the owner.
"But how was"! to know it?" queried
the managing editor. "You didn't add
it to the list of interests that we were
not to attack?"
Realizing that the fault was his
own the owner of the Daily Whoop
apologized, and seizing his pen grabbed
the list and fixed it for all future time.
Brain Leaks
k For each gossiping tongue there arc
nz least two gossipy ears.
The worst troubles we have are
those we deliberately search for.
The man who never meets tempta
tions hasn't much to his credit
One flower in a sick room Is better
than a rose garden on a grave.
We could always do a lot of good
with the money another man has.
Politics will be clean just as soon
as enough clean men take hold of it
Just about the time a man thinks he
knows all about women he falls victim
to one.
The habit we haven't got is the one
we could quit so easy if we happened
to have It.
About the time most of us get
started on saving for a rainy day a
storm breaks.
The man who is always just going
to is usually paying big interest to the
man who already has.
The picnic we are going to have and
th one we had last summer are the
two best in the picnic calendar.
One-half of the people do not know
how the other half live, and as a rule
it isn't much of their business, either.
Wish we had as much garden truck
in our cellar next fall as the average
city mrtn thinks he is going to raise
this spring.
Wo rather admire the equipoise of a
woman who can see a pin on the side
walk and pass right by without stoop
ing to pick it up.
, We are always disappointed when
wft are introduced to a big, husky man
and he gives us one of those sloppy,
fishy handshake.
The government pure food expert
says that whiskey in bottles is the
best It is only best as long as It re
mains In the bottle.
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