Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-11-03 | Page 6 | Seven Ages of the Bolshevist

Seven Ages of the Bolshevist At first the ir.rant. Swearing and cursing in bis mother' arms. And the:i Uie eootied schoolbor, with fcj vodka And unwashed morcirui face, crtepix like a thug. To dvi.amlte the school. And thea tfx low, Scorning marriage as a woeful nuisum - - -And clamoring tor free love. Next a soldier. Full of strange notions, ar.d rcaried W a whlskbroom. Regardless of honor, quick to run frost battle. Seeking Iiithy remuneration and a pnff power. ja j Through betraying bis country. An4 the demagogue, x :' ,-.h ur.r.irr.cJ vtcttail lined. I v VVlth r,-? jever and clothes a raue t6 Full of Nack thoughts and pernicious theories; And so he flays his rart. The sixth act shifts To the lean ar.d loose-Bpped outcast. th nihilist. With spectacles on nose and rooa !a v pocket; His man-.- -; Bber :ong atrophied, "ea as the marrow In his shrunk shank: and ok Obole lift's career. m germs of w 3 utoft wilfulness. f .r And falters to its c:;d. Last scene of s'V s That ends this weird. Instructive ;.:s- tory The bandaged wretch fa.-tnf the flrlr.s equAd and oblivion. Sans friend. sr,s fame, sans hops, srs el trytblng. toons Msgssine.