Show IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A master poet once had said of all sad words of to tongue ague or pen that pained the heart or stirred the soul the saddest were it if might have been this poets thoughts were vague to me his words in glee id oft resent until one day when witnessed I 1 the pangs these few words really meant when this basin began to sing of that three days socialist time I 1 dreamed of bands and lovely balls races sports and everything sub line 1 I 1 spent three dollars for a lunch and ten for other kinds of frills such as new frocks and for my hat 1 I bought three lovely peacock guills liu ills 30 so when friday 1 dawned 0 fixed up with all the ahinga fifty dollars paid with happy hearts we started out to see the mornings grand parade but in iii vain we waited ailjay all day for the parade came not in sight but they kindly entertained us talking about the dance at night the ball bal was fine the music grand the crowd was jammed like boxed up tacks but we greatly enjoyed ourselves A promenading oer the cracks I 1 heard a strain upon the breeze it filled my soul the reason why I 1 thought that sang of liberty instead of when utah goes dry saturday morn they yelled baseball at noon we live asked to see them drill so they had bad J B come and read our heads to see gee if we were sane or ill late in the day te he team lined up and the baseball began to sway until all present there declared it an improvement of the day A goodly program followed that they told us why their flag was red and not tho the emblems blue and white but toasted the nations blood instead chev bid us a hearty welcome and hoped wed ed spend a pleasant day and all meet as good socialists in that straight and narrow way I 1 lau laughed that night when at the ball when I 1 heard scrupulous harry yell kind friends theres been some ragging here please stop as much as possible next day was the glorious glori glor iolia oua fourth our flag looked sad things W ant right but we had a splendid ball game and for lunch a good appetite rumors were that an orator was coming out irom from great salt lake to tell us of our nat nations ions work I 1 expected hed surely take the cake I 1 knew wed hear of washington lincoln and all the brave and grand but disappointment was my state when that salt laker took the stand fraternity and brotherhood was the most I 1 heard him say and we want something that is better than this great nation has today e it was those words some something thing better that was coherent with my tone ton e that something better was not there so I 1 quickly started for home that night in my dairy I 1 wrote of these socialist days and then I 1 fell asleep and drea dreamed med of what they might have been they 1 in might ik bt have been I 1 I 1 |