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Show THE POOR OLD BUMI Poor old saloon bum Indeed jour time las come They have forgotten that once jou were a good-looking fellow fel-low woro nlco togs had n. rasor of jour own or a ticket on n bnrbtr shop nnd thit )our eye was onco as bright as any mans eje )our appearance as presentable ns any mans appearance Hut that wasalnngtiinengo when )ou hod monej rhit money jou spent nt thc bai treating other saloon bums, who have long slnre ictlred nnd now sleep the long sleep in some out-of.the. way corner In the cemeter) where the sexton forgets to water the grave lou spent what money )ou had and then went out anl eirned more nnd came back and spent that H) nnd by jou became ui busy that you forgot to buy emthes and became accustomed tn the hublt of drinking to keep jour feet warm The bartenlor who now wants to get rid nf jou never refuse I j m n dram when )u had the money noose final!) tot the bettir of jou and you lost )nur place and with it your self respect Having become accustomed to the i lure where )our dnwnfill was oc-comrllshed oc-comrllshed through the ugeno of This sime saloon which made you a bum" you natural!) had no other plire to go The continued hnhlt nf drinking fixed )nu so jnu cannot now get nlong without It and niturally ou would not hunt for !! oi In a church And now In the latter da) of yiur life, when )our nose Is red und jour eje is water), when jnur dottier me ragged and jour fiie blnited, when jou havo no murn ninipy, jou must go Oo! fio nwuy back nnd sit down, stnnl up nr die What do we i are, (Another generation of cnndldateo for oir plun is standing at the bar with money Jingling In Its pockets demand-Ins demand-Ins room Jtoom thero for the embrjo saloon bum nnd let the finished product be taken away Room for the saloon bum with the coin Away with the handiwork which has exhausted Its last short bit. Take away the ' bloated, repulsive, blear-eyed, unshaven, unkempt un-kempt ' old saloon bum w Ith no sllv er ln his colthes and let the clean, blue-e)ed, blue-e)ed, falr-halrcd high-collared, red-necktled, red-necktled, shoe-shlned canlldate for his place have a chance at the bottle Truth. |