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Show ! JUST FOLKS 1 1 By Edgar A. Guest THE FOOLISH HUMAN RACE. East night 1 stood in a tawdry place And watched the ways of the human race. , I looked at a dozen of shrieking girls Piled on a table that whirls arvd whirls. And saw them thrown in a tangled heap j Sprawling and squirming and several deep. ; And unto the wife who was standing by. I) Thec aro angels to be," said I, I followed the was of the merry I throng I .-mo. neaio. me laugnicr anu mirtn ana i song. IvH into a barrel which turned and ' swayed i Men and women a Journey made, i) And tumbling together they seemed to i be lU Like so ,..any horpplsea out at sea I Men and women who've worked all 1 I MM Eagerly seeking a chance to play. j "What do you make of it af, "" she ! said. "Oh. the dead are a long time dead, And care is bitter and dut stern. And each must weep when It comes his turn. I And al! grow weary and long for play, But here Is laughter to end the dav. Foolish Yes, it is that," said I, j "But better tho laugh than the dreary sigh." ' Book at us here, for we'd like them, I MM Manv the foolish things we do We grow silly and seek a smile f In a thousand ways that are not 1 worth while, j Yet after the mirth and the jest are through, Wc shall all be Judged by the deeds we do, isssl And God shall forget on the Judgment Day 11 The fools we were In our hours of j |