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The Commoner.
JULY 21, 1811
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At tho Circus
The circusses grow bigger, if you
measure them by feet,
Or by tho acts that occupy each
ring;
They've got the little one-ring show
knocked out and badly beat
If size and glitter count for any
thing. I rather hate the notion, now I'm
getting on in years,
Of going out to see the three-ring
show;
But, bless their hearts, the kiddies
have such fun when it appears
I've simply got to take the bunch
and go.
I seldom see the artists on the slack
rope or trapeze,
Or watch the clowns in their
buffoonery.
I sit and watch the kiddies and en
joy their ecstasies
The fun they have is show enough
for me.
The lemonade is weaker than it was
long years ago;
The goober peas don't taste one
half so fine.
But, bless 'em, how the kiddies can
consume 'em at the show
It's show enough to fill those kids
o' mine.
To me the clowns are mournful
when- they spring their circus
"fun,"
uBuf when I hear the kiddles shriek
with glee,
I double up with laughter till the
fun-tears fairly run
The joy they feel is show enough
for me.
I'm busy grabbing to them lest they
wriggle off the seats;
It keeps me digging up for lemon
ade; Their joy is more worth watching
than tho acrobatic feats,
And no matter what it costs I'm
well repaid.
Five happy kiddies shrieking in a
laughing storm of joy;
Five faces shining like the mid
day sun.
To me it's perfect happiness that
nothing can alloy
To see the kiddies having so much
fun.
I don't enjoy the circus like I did
in days gone by,
Although they've grown much
larger, that I know;
I'd rather loaf in comfort, but you
better bet that I
Will gather up my bunch o' kids
and go.
too. It lg in common use In Eng
land, where the homo-loving English
workman alwnya refers to hiB littlo
ones as "kiddies." No, it isn't
slang; it is a good old English word
of endearment.
Is It Always Thus?
Frankly admitting that he
was
larruped a1)out as often as the most
of 'em when ho was a lad in school,
tho Architect recalls one basting
that he did not deserve. It was the
day Asa White slipped into my hand
a rude caricature of William Por
ter, the teacher. It was so ludicrous
that I laughed out loud.
Now I snbmit that no fun loving
boy should be whipped for laughing
at something funny, but Porter
thought otherwise. He asked mo
what made me laugh, and of course
I refused to tell, knowing that it
would get Asa Into trouble. I
ditched the caricature and my per
sistent refusal to explain the cause
of my laughter impelled Porter to
haul me to the front of the room and
give me a hiding that waa the real
thing, no feeble imitation. From
that day on there was open hostility
between us, although I was careful
not to give him an excuse for lam
basting mo again. But I Towed then
and there that when I grew big
enough I would give William Porter
the soundest thrashing a man ever
received, and I meant It. The school
year closed and William Porter took
his departure, but not until I told
him in boyish language always em
phatic that some day I would cave
in his features for him.
That was at least thirty-five years
ago. Five yeaTs ago this summer
I happened to be visiting in a littlo
Oklahoma town where a Chautauqua
was in session, and the manager, an
old friend from Nebraska, asked me
to recite a few of my own humble
'little verses one evening, taking the
place on the program alloted to a
real attraction that failed to ma
terialize. I consented, and per
formed to the best of my . limited
ability. After the evening program
was concluded a number of people
came to the front to shake my hand
and utter the usual commonplaces.
"Well, Will, shall wo go outside
the tent while you give me that
long delayed thrashing?"
I turned, and standing by the side
of me was a tall, grayhaired and
smiling gentleman with outstretched
hand. I took the hand, puzzling my
brain in xin effort to grasp the mean
ing of the question. Suddenly it
dawned upon me.
"This Is Mr. Porter, isn't it?"
"Yes, and I'm ready, my boy."
Now, I had meant it from the
bottom of my heart when I told
William Porter thirty-five years ago
that some day I would jump onto
him and beat him up proper. Maybe
time had softened my desire for re
venge. Mayoe l naa outgrown tne
desire to "get even." I say "maybe."
I do not know ob to that, but any
how I looked at tho smiling old
gentleman by my side and didn't feel
the least impulse to smite him. He
was square-shouldered, straight as
an arrow, and looked quite as able
to hand it to me then as he was
amply able and so demonstrated
thirty-five years before. I presume
my face flushed a little. I know I
stammered a bit. But I finally
managed to say:
"I guess I'll postpone it a few
years longer. There's no immediate
rush, after having waited so long."
And that night I spent at the home
of William Porter, talking with him
and his good wife until the gray
streaks of dawn appeared in the east.
I told him what made me laugh that
day, whereupon he dryly remarked
that he had a notion to give me an
other one for not having let him see
the picture Asa White drew.
I wonder how many boys have
threatened to "lick the teacher"
some day, and then in later years
bumped up against the fapt that
teacher continued still to be the bet
ter man, physically as well as otherwise?
Queer
"I can not understand how Bum
merly takes so much Interest in
politics'
"What is there strango about
that?"
"Why, taking interest when ho
has no prlnciplo Involved."
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A heart full of hope means a lifo
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Love makes tho roughest road
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The man who wears a wig deceives
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Being a "good fellow" has put
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The bitter partisan seldom cuts
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Tho funniest men we know aTe
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A good friend in Arkansas rather
objects to "Kiddies Six" as a title for
the Architect's forthcoming book of
verse.
"If your children are kids what
are you?" asks this critical friend.
Well, Dad has been "tho goat" a
long while. But, seriously, I know
of no sweeter term of endearment
than "kiddles' It's a good word,
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A PERSONAL WORD
My forthcoming book of
verse, "Kiddies Six," is in
press. I hope to have it
ready for delivery not later
than September 1. In tho
meantime tho Little Woman
would like to enter orders
for about 250 more. The
price will be one dollar. Send
your order now, and when
the book is ready the Littlo
Woman will notify you; then
yon may sead tho dollar.
"Kiddies Six" will contain
not less than two hundred
pages, will bo handsomely
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bound in cloth. If I have
written any verses worth ,
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I hereby acknowledge the
receipt of hundreds of kindly
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more to me than I can tell. If
I moke enough money from
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leisure hereafter, I will make
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