Salt Lake Telegram | 1924-10-19 | Page 21 | More Truth than Poetry

I I 1 j I More Truth Than Poetry II I J I By JAMES J. J MONTAGUE I I 4 TO A CAMEL The ship of the desert they call yo you Though Vh why I could never make out aut For I neer ne'er made a trip on an the ship me so rudely about A ship is a poem in motion A marvelous beauty it has While you as you OU roam your sand billowed home harne Are mer merely y an a animate jazz jacs In never a voyage I have ha taken On ships that have sailed oer o'er the sea U II H.- H. he hp P vessel In It spite in the dead of af the night Bit a piece ot of m my ie leg out of af me But Bui UI ou ou h hen n the we mood is js upon you With lIh merel merely one ane brief brit w warning v cough Will lift up the sheath of af your white gleaming teeth And gnaw a mans man's kneecap half halt oft off A ship is at peace when at anchor She quietly rides on an the bay But you aU take a tramp through the slumbering camp Seeking innocent men for far your prey And such is your raul cowardly nature That never you pick out a sheik Its It's the tourist who feels th the rough side of af your heels When you ou vent ent your Intemperate pique To call can you yau the ship of tho desert Insults every ship on an the sea More like to the craft that is known as a raft Your Tour gait galt and appearance would be I wish I might christen you ou over aver A well fitting word I could mint That would auld rightly appraise all your venomous ways But it wouldn't t look pretty In print A POSER The real cross word puzzle Is how haw some married people peaple manage to live together for fifty fitly years without having a n cross word between them NOT SURPRISING It Is III said th that t bootleggers are temperate as U a a. Naturally They what's In the stuff ht 1 1024 4 by the neIl Cell Syndicate Inc j f.- f.