Show V I More Truth Than Poetry I By JAMES J. J MONTAGUE t fr STYLE V f When hen j I J encountered lovely Bess i I Upon the way to town fi V I L said slid to her Why do you ou dress II In that astounding gown V if She answered with a pitying smile plain enough to see seeKing seeKing King Tutankhamen fixed the Hie style For 1923 V V For Tor town to and country countr woods and shore Or anywhere V we go W girls must have the clothes they wore Four thousand years ago V My shoes m my stockings and my hat V Are all aU Egyptian too For anything as old as that V Assuredly Is new I One little question more said I Before I take my leave V Do you suppose if by and by They dig up Mother Eve V That every modern modish maid Whom on the street we see Will be as scantily arrayed As she was said to b be V She cast on me a haughty stare Her anger to express But ere she went away from there She answered shortly Yes And I I. I embarrassed and nonplussed Stood gazing gazing- at the ground The while I voiced the pious trust Th That t Ev Eve may not be found BADLY NEEDED When When they buIld the International courthouse I lets let's hope they'll build an international Jail Jall right across the street V I BUT IT C CANT CAN'T NT BE HELPED Its It's certainly tough to have hav to keep on On- paying I Instalments on a war what we arent aren't using an any more I J V WI WILLING LING V V VV V Germany will will agree to any form of ot debt settle settle- ment merit that doesn't Involve paying It 1923 1923 by the Bell Syndicate Inc |