Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-06-10 | Page 4 | Just Folks

ST F FOLKS i is i's s By Dy EDGAR A. A GUEST Copyright 1931 by Edgar A. A ou Quest Ouest t 0 4 EXPERIENCE They told me mc over o and over again The things that I had to learn They struggled to save me the needless pain Of ot many nany a sting and burn bum But I was young oung and I would woud find out The truth of the dangers th they y talked about And now I know what they knew new and I Have children of or my own And the day will come when they'll want to try Their strength in the danger zone For the way seems level and straight and fair air fairAnd fairAnd And they cant can't believe there are briars there But should they take tale what I wouldn't take In spite of the tile needless tears Should age regret that it cannot make A short cut through the years How sad were youth if it it really knew As much as the worn out oldsters do In spite of the truths which the grownups know And the thick books on the shelves It is well that the youngsters still must go so Some lessons to learn leam themselves For a horrible sight would a young oung man be down fey kY the wisdom of seventy