Show I i I I I I o 0 I I More Truth Than Poetry 1 I 1 I By By JAMES J. J MONT MONTAGUE GUE b THE rHE rH E EXCEPTION I am am fond of Mr Chaucer's worl work f. f He has a simple style He doesn't seek the mind to pique With any craft or guile t Jr He springs no problems in the tales I He lie tells to us so well j f f But its it's too bad the poor old lad I 1 Could nev never r learn to spell spoil j. j No doubt hi his parents were the sort J i Who did not hold with schools t A A A. child they l I thought need not be taught In In orthographic rul rules s. s And so when Geoffrey in a book I Began to write his song full of ot flaws of course because He spelled his words all wrong I I f S And this was very very harmful to o All children everywhere I They grew willed self in class and filled Their teachers with despair s I For it if when cat was spelled with k They sought to chide a kid Idd S Th The urchin cried with wounded pride pride- J 1 spell like Chaucer d did d i I 1 Myself when young joung made this this' excuse If It poets spell awry 1 Nor heed the rules the they tea teach teah h in SCh schools Why not me too asked I I. I 1 But I alas was born too late S S I Ilear learned ed right rig off oft the bat V- V i ot That bards today cant can't get i away 5 o With anything like that i J I I i i COMPENSATION There is is- some good In e everythIng thing The oil scan scandal scan scan- I dal has temporarily as obscured the Stillman case PERFECT SUBSTITUTE 0 The automatic telephone enables you t to get get the th number just as wrong quickly as the l lady dy oper operator tor was able to gIve gi It to you S S SS S SAFE SAIE Mexico is no longer In many any danger of ot an I annexation annexation- e tIon The The- only object in annexation was her oil wells vens wells wells' but ours are sufficient to to supply all ajl the trouble need at present w we I T TO AVOID COMPETITION S Congress had better hurry up and get t the ti oil on n inquiry over before belore the baseball season starts GUESS WHO So many people are coming over to a belief in evolution that Mr Brjan's Bryans choice of a presidential candidate ate will soon be narrowed down to to one one man I f V VALUABLE ALU B E PROPERTY l I I Each party is n now w keeping its platform planks hidden away for or fear the other party will steal t al them i 5 Copyright h 1924 1924 by the Bell SyndI Syndicate I r i- i IS i i f f l m K W r G c |