Show I I 1 I d I F I i iBy By O. O Harvey POWERS THAT BEIm BEIm BEIm BE Im I'm a a. sort ort of a a. grouch ouch and I cant can't take a joke An And I never will laugh when a guy Suy Springs a a. warmed-over warmed chestnut with giggle le and croak For I couldn't laugh if Id I'd try But Im I'm telling you flat there is always a n. time When I put all my feelings in soak An And 1 I lau laugh h loud and long Iong- just to join in to the tho n chime I When hen the boss tolls tells us any old joke At least twice a day ay some fellows come comein comein comein in inAnd inAnd And tell me cheap stories long lone dead And the best I can do is simply to grin And place chunks of ice on my head But Im I'm telling the truth and Ill I'll offer the proof Ive I've laughed till Uti I thought I would choke An And Jv Ive I've shattered the windows and lifted the tho roof When the boss has sprung any ol old I jol joke e. e I ITis a curious thing how it happens that way I And I cant can't seem to figure it out I 1 feel reel ju just t as glum as an oyster all day But I holler un and yodel and shout When hen the tho boss oss springs a chestnut with long Yes I laugh laush like lIko a bai keeping bloke And I turn on the valve joy-valve and copper I all aU bets When hen the boss tells tes us an any old joke jole I I A VERSATILE INSECT I The rile honey b be bee e according to dispatches dispatches dis dis- I patches has ad added ed another department nt to its business interests by curing a I severe attack of ot rheumatism I t think I violate no confidence when I sa say that the honey bee Is one of or the I most versatile animals we have As a a. hone honey manufacturer it has but few equals and as an improver of each I shining hour it is entitled to first money Now that it has Joined the medical profession t there ere Is Is' no gainsaying gainsaying gain gain- saying that It is real smart But in t the e face of or all this I cannot conscientiously say ay that I would want ant wanta anta a bee for a a. friend And I am not particular particular particular par par- about m my friends either I used to chum with a young man who I afterwards murdered tho only parents he ever had Just before the authorities authorities authorities I ties hung him he was asked if it he had any remarks to make lie replied that thata i a about out the only thing he could think of Hof at the time timo was that they should treat him kindly not forgetting that ho he was wasa I a a. poor orphan |