Salt Lake Telegram | 1927-12-30 | Page 12 | Just Folks

Ju JUST 77 ra FOLKS By Edgar A. A Guest 4 THE TOLL OF TIME Time the relentless foe foo of kind human-kind Demands its toll and chuckles at us all A year is born grows strong g and props drops behind And all its youth is gone be beyond ond recall A tooth I lose and cry Why should that be Youre getting old my dentist says to me i j jIm Im young oung in spirit promptly I reply The spirit has no teeth he answers back Some things there are which cannot Time defy Youre You're lucky still to have your our hair hall so black What next will go cause me no surprise surprise surprise sur sur- prise t I To learn youre you're having trouble with your eyes Last nl night ht I picked the phone book ook find findA A number which I felt I ought to call dalI all wron wrong asked Nellie are you going blind lt Its s queer said I I. I This type seems very small The way you ou shove that book away said she Is proof an oculist you ought to see sec So to his office smilingly I went And when my little tale of woe Id I'd told He lIe smiled and said You see we ive i've cant can't invent A means to keep a man from growing old Nothing is wrong except yes eyes es are tired Youve You've reached the a. a fi Sra lasses glasses are required C gar A. A Guest fI f- f I