Show I V THE WTJPOETV I A FeW Effusions Inspired By the Situation I Washington Post When Representative Representa-tive Jerry Simpson of Kansas was making mak-ing his speech in the house the other day on the comparative merits of torpedo boats and battlcshlns members whose seats adjoin his were digesting the following fol-lowing bit of poetry which appeared in a western newspaper and subsequently came to Mr Simpsons attention The new protected cruiser cruised upon the ocean wide Till a manofwar espied her and punched holes Into her side And the manofwar continued for a little ltte while to float loat Till driven to thq bottom by a new torpedo tor-pedo boat V V Then whils ths foe triumphant rubbed his tinijr and boftly laughed Tqrnedn neat destroyers came and sunk the other craft And as tho victor dished about through battles smoke and murk Destroyers of torpedo boat destroyers did their work wor1 Whereas Into the action something new in vessels came Destroyers of destroyers of destroyers was its name Which brings the matter down to date t where It will rest no doubt Until some tentimes wrecker of destroyers destroy-ers ventures out > tb < S > The poetic passion dominated by the Easter season Is by no means confined to topics on which Representative Jerry Simpson of Kansas chooses to talk Senator and representatives of nil parties par-ties are not only flooded with telegrams for peace or war but likewise with con coctions in war verse senator James I H Kyle of South Dakota has a constituent i con-stituent on the broad prairies of that I state who has forwarded him I composition l com-position on The Old Veterans Dream I I which starts ot in this form I Then sound the good old bugle boys well don the blue again r And T Vto on the armor that for many years has lain I In penccfulness and quiet boys for old glory must remain Untarnished and unsullied by the treachery treach-ery of Spain |