Salt Lake Telegram | 1924-06-27 | Page 16 | More Truth than Poetry

1 More TmthThan Poetrv I By JAMES J. MONTAGUE J NO HOPS. Home day I hope ta aee a moving picture. Where Ihe hero doeen'l triumph at the' eloae. I never liked the hero for hie Intellect la aero. And he's mo.lly made or attltudea and poee The vlllaln'a plot, are aleraya moat tranauarent. It la plain to aea that ha a a man ot crime. And a ..oundrel by, vocation, hut to my eaaaper. atloa. lit entrapa the-aknpla hero, every time. I am alwaya filled with pity for the lady. Whoa la love with thla poor feather-headed chip. And who never caa dleoever that ahe'a choeea for a lover A congenital and feeble-minded aap. It a her wit that alwaya aavea him from hla folly When he lenua or glvaa tha villain all hla pelf-Without pelf-Without her. the h'lpleaa duffer would be doomed ta pine and suffer. For he'd never have tha bralna la aava hlmaelf. Knar the villain la a man of nerve and daring Though her world may view hi. character aakance; When hea amltten with a lady, though hla methode may be ahady, Ha at leaet la not afraid to take a chance He will .nt hla long, white flngera at policemen. . And at la.t. If all hla machinations fall. With a peal of cold aard laughter, he will ge to dwell thereafter In a oomfortleaa and aiael-uphol.tared Jail. Sip and da.h to me ara alwaya moat appealing Kven though the man that has them la a knave And the baaeat vlllaln'a aneerlng la to me a lot mora cheering Then the hero though he's Indlacreetly brave I would like to aee him triumph In aome drama " And to oonaummata hla every evil plot Lead tha lady to the altar and tha hero ta the halter. But 1 aort of fear, eomehow, that I ahall not! ' ' ": -' :- "ST. ..; , t Kuilolph Valentine haa . gone In for art Hla doctor evidently haa advtaed a complete change of occupation.. MAKK IT ATTRACTIVE, It would ke ea.ler to g.t men to run for vice pre.ld.nt If the de.k tn the aenata chamber were eaulpped with radio, ao the Incumbent oould ll.t.n to aomethlng Interesting during the apeech-maktng. . OVtR THt DAM. It 1. loo lata now. of couraa. hut Butler and Volatead weuld have constituted a ticket that would , have git em coming and going. iCopyrlght, int. by tha Bell Syndicate, loa