Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-08-05 | Page 4 | More Truth than Poetry

More Truth Than Poetry By JAMES J. MONTAGUE . j how to oeT rich. Tina was. whan a man waa dealroua of wealth And wanted It all In a hurry. Ha a polled tala digestion and ruined his health By uncaaalng labor and worry. By close application, assiduous toll. And being eternally thrifty. He would coma to poeaeas enough dearly earned apoll . To fatch up hla health with at fifty. Tha fortunes built up In tha days of tha pa at Wars not of tha sort that come eaay: When tha anllllona war. all on deposit at last Their owner was - broken and wheesr. He'd nerer plajr golf, or chauffed motors about; Ha never had had a vacation; TV hunt for a duck or to flab for a trout Bed have thought waa a wild diaalpatlon. Bat today when a youth wanta to pile up a ataka Without any effort or huatla. The fortune has after la eaey ta maka Provided haa got enough muscle. : He need but ta challenge soma prise fighting champ. And after hew fought with and floorsd- him With a )olt on the rlbe and a punch on tha 'lamp' The public will throng to reward hlml And even If vannuiahed. and knocked for tha count By a rough. Inconsiderate bruiser. There Is alwaya awarded a tidy amount. As his share of ths gate, to tha loser. Although by aoma persona It may ba deplored, . And some may regard It aa funny. Jack Dsmpsey ona day may arlpa. Mr. Ford ' " Aa tha world's biggest owner of money 1 , THUI TO ITS NAME. Tha Ford boom may not b. traveling aa fast aa soma of the others, but - It la making a lot mora noise. NO WALKING DELIOATIS TO GUIDE IT. A fly Irya a million eggs a day. Evidently It does not belong to union. , ALWAYS. A shortagaof echools mesne a aurploa of foola. 1 ICoprriguL :, by tha Bell Syndicate, lncj j 1