Show c iiI ii- ii V I More Truth Than Po Poetry try 1 I II I By JAMES J. J MONTAGUE A I WHY IS A MOSQUITO 1 I never could be fond of or bees I hato the buzzing sound That fills the branches of or the trees The while they fly around I always shudder when I see Them lurking in my ray path Lest one ope by chance may light on me And vent his brutal wrath And yet jet but for tor this Insect and The h pollen that he carries carrie carries 5 The white snow-white buds would not expand To red and luscious cherries The buds upon the apple bough Would shrivel up up and die dIe And then when comes comes next winter how how- Would I we have any 1101 pie This world Is filled creatures creatures which Seem Seem born to stir sUr up strife v j 1 Instead of seeking to enrich The joy of ot human life te k The grouch though he be man or be beast t Is loathed by me and you f And yet he often otten has at t least Some useful work to do But why mosquitoes are allowed To hover oer o'er the land A winging stinging spiteful cloud I cannot understand Perhaps tho the Devil sent them here From his unhallowed shore To fill the world with wholesome fear tear Of M f what he has in store I SERIOUSLY CRIPPLED Despite the destruction of maple forests In New England the maple sugar industry continues to flourish But the shortage of Cuban sugar has seriously seriously seri seri- threatened It IN THE INTERESTS OF COURTESY A friend of ours who has just had a letter from the treasury department about his 1920 income tax thinks that treasury department ought to tobe tobe be put on the civil list LOCATED We used to wonder what had become of the authors au an- thors of the old fashioned novels dime till tille e we began lo to read the subtitles in Copyright v |