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Show ( More Truth Than Poetry 7 By JAMES J. MONTAGUE j ' , THI LEAST RESISTANCE , I do not ear for thoughtful playai I do not aeek to find In any theatre the ways -j And working of the mind. I like th easy stuff tha beet . Where virtue, rudely spurned. Knock echemlng villains galley-weat. When once th tide la turnedl - I Ilk ta see th tattered maid ' Befora a scoundrel's fac Obeerv. rnely undismayed. i That she would scorn disgraeal I Ilk to diear her aay again. Without a qualm or quake, (That rags ara royal raiment when ' They're worn tor virtue sake I i I Ilk to as th. lightning flash.. And hear the wild wind wall, .t And listen to th thunder crash, , ''' And watch tha child turn pa la I , I like to hear -the yeungster say: 'Dear dsd, don't take alarm. For brother'll soon come home to pay t Tba mortgage on th farml ' - ' -i , Psychology la good enough - Upon the printed page. But I Ilk more red-blooded gruff Upon th acting stage. ' The thoughtful dram. I supplies. - Is very much th beet , . But when I go te eee th anew ... I go there for a rest! IONS OF AVTUMM. - ' " -It wfil soon be time to take th football players out of th plaater cast In which they wr put away for the winter and get thea ready for the big gam. NOT AN INCONVENIENCE. ' Th tea of a strike doe not matter wary much-There much-There ara alway plenty more. - . SAFER. " . . , . Sfayb Mr. Dempaey will decide by end try that h and Mr. Flrpo had better shaks die to settle the queatlon of Nordic eupremacy. , . . DISTURBING k . It I aald that there la lee demand for radio apparatus. Perhaps the pubUa haa heard that they will be used next faU to broadcast campaign apeeches. (Copyright, 12, by th BU Syndicate, Inc.) e |