Show RHYMES OF THE DAY There no household howsoecr defended But theres some easy chair In which a man Just gets himself extended ex-tended When It spreads and floors him there Chicago Record I Ha cares not a clam for the city or Stale their welfare IB nothing to him The lire of his honor has all flickered out or burns most exceedingly dim Ho lies like the famed Ananias of old his promises all are of otrav He sneers at morality virtue and truth his fingers ho snaps at the law HIs selfishness bump rises up like tire half of a cocoanut glued to his head Ho thinks hos the owner of half of the earth ho walks with Imperious tread And bums and pluguglies kneel low at his feet as the heathen kneel down to their Joss And think hes the worahlpful lord of Iho realm the haughty political boss Denver Post A GREAT SCHEME The editor said Tell em all Pm dead Ill Just stretch out on the table Theyre bound to pay To put mo away And well gel somo cash for a rainy day So work iho scheme If youro able And he stretched him out And there seemed no doubt That the man was dead as Hector And they all drew near To his seeming bier And they laid the money they owed him there And the corpse was tire bill collector Ho heard them sigh Saw the cash piled high But how did their cold veins tingle As the corpse with smile Reached out for tire pile While In Just ten seconds they made a mile And danced a Jig to Its jingle Frank Stanton in Atlanta Constitution |