| Show THIE D 19 V I 1 n J 0 our r aim lias been simply to display a certain sido of life author of 0 a much gis discussed cussed drama draina you call it lire life tills this picture that you biaka of nol noisome s onto spots anil and tawdry tinseled w Ys wherein thea alio lower self Is anade awake arid and eyes cei take on oil a dulled and brut 1811 raze gaze where wanton words are shrilled and wanton songs song i como co me in cracked voices through the ribald ribal d strife where re darkness shields a thousand bitter wrongs wrong that will not be made right light you cabit call it life who asks for tills this who asks to see sea the dirt but half h a if concealed by garish garlish coats 0 of f gilt who bade b a do you show how souls are bruised and hurt while sl iames great citadel Is slowly built how cunningly you yoli screen tile the glow of hell until rose tinted light Is only seen and with metallic laughter drown the knell that tolls for souls mado made dull and dark daik and mean you call it life but show no bifid ing path with of flowers in the sun you give us but the painted aftermath ill 11 th of lives that it were best had not begun not any song ot of birds nor hum of bees nor an any blossom scene caught with tire the dawn nor any cool green shadows oath yeath tire the trees but just tile ho bare bleak road where min bin has gone you pall call it life and 0 god pity you that kno know no not t life Is clear clean und and pure and swe sweet e t and sin stainless aless as the ekys eternal blue not grimy with the sweepings of the street this life you paint lias has neither hope nor heart nor any tru tl li nor any an gentle breath but you pu have mado made with all ali your crafty art A tiling thing that you call life but which Is death J X id I 1 notes by little henry pa aez a woman is krown by tha company she invites bill aez an engal engaged ged girl fl may ma not know mutch about the cost ol of beefsteak but you bet she knows ki aws wot ot candy is wurth a pound mister lister simmons Sl nimons was to our house las last t night him and pa had a ment about how to dig the he canal ma aez she wishes they had of appline some of th perles lei to the kitchen sink Is scold up unkel dill bill aez the wiy way to make quit gettin off cars bak backwards wards Is to stop tellin them to quit gettin off that way massua jones was over to our house this morilla she sed thare was lots lota of talk about mister magill bein so of with his wife in public unkel dill suz every time he hears i 1 class yell veil he believes be leeves it if lie he dies rich ie ae will leave beave his munney to a deer lum college my sister reads read tickle on culture eats a quart of pickles or a pound of candy to the paige As sune as ma found out that her new forty doller hat was like the one missus higgins has sho she sod sea it was not be curnin to her style took it back hill aez a man can call talk about hla his troubles so BO mutch that he will be gin to lie he reely has them desperate measures yes wy we will take our bridal trip 11 a balloon says the prospective bridegroom that a trifle unconventional asks a friend it might even be called freakish 1 I dont care bow it looks im going to escape the deluge of old sho shoes es and the practical jokes of fool friends if possible back to its source you people in america says ill tho 0 lo tourist urist are arc making tile the mistake of the century by cutting down your ybur magnificent forests ali ah replies the native with much pride but you yen should observe that all the he timber thus thiis cut Is being replaced on oil or near its original site in the shape of billboards sl |
