Show I 1 More Truth Than Po Poetry try I 1 t By y JAMES 1 J. MONTAGUE J JA S A BAD NAME At this moment I do not recall any Instance of wanton murder among serpents A. A distinguished naturalist The rattlesnake has peevish tIts fits For that's th the way hes he's gaited Bu But when But to when a m murder urdell he commits Its It's not premeditated H tt j pHe p 1 He J bites a person now and then i W I. I WI l fangs lIk like gleaming lances i But usually lIy there are exten- exten v f F S Dating circumstances i r f f He Isn't always seeing red No charge hargo could be 0 I And yet hell he'll WU you Just as dead 1 As if he planned your murder II- II 5 S TI Th The cobras cobra's da days s are mostly spent In tranquil self-possession self I S I And rarely does his temperament I Outbalance his discretion He lIe ke keeps ps the Hindus It is true I In rn n pallid trepidation r S S t p But But any any crime he does loes Is duel due duer i f S To ro o mental aberration r M r But when hen half off his head he s seeks seeka H Is poisoned teeth to fasten r i f I In In peoples people's legs or arms or cheeks checks I j J o Th They call him an assassin I o I The python never plans a crime I. Nor dreams that he distresses r c sa The folks he ie grips from time tim to time tr i With like cable-like caresses 1 S Unmindful of their S piteous moans s He winds himself around them i Cracks Into kindling wood their bones And leaves them where he found toun them And yet he rouses more and more v The peoples people's apprehensions S And always gets the credit for J 4 The very worst intentions t I x SAME CROWD In 1918 a a. lot of people were claiming exemption from the draft Now they're claiming exemption from the Income tax x HUMILIATING It Is the shame of ot Uncle Sam that nor not enough ships ships ship are under his flag slag to do his own rum Copyright right 1923 by the Bell Syndicate Inc TIMES liMES HAVE CHANGED It used to be economists who told us what to d dp dc with ith our savings Now Its It's the government I UNIVERSAL CONDITION NOW Eo Evolution u lon contIn continues es Time was when the the world was as only fI at the poles polls 5 Copyright right 1923 by t the e Bell Dell Inc S If II f I Ito to j. j t I Ji |