Show I I 1 I Jottings a Prodigal s From FromI Son Soni I I Dear Bish Bis ThIS is 15 not news it is just mere com com- comment comment ment DId you ou see the smile on the faces of at Instill Insull Sr 81 and Insull Jr Did you au ever hear of a jury convicting a rich man for beating a few people out Of What s that but buta buta a paltry insignificant nest egg for a aman aman man who once ruled the utilities em- em empire empire pire in the good old USA U S A to the tune of some I do not pretend to td say more because numer- numer numerous numerous ous editors in this fair land have said enough But just let some poor fellow try to pick up a few lumps of coal on the railroad yards to keep his wife and i children from freezing to death and what does docs he get for doing it Just a afew II few years in the pen If some range rider trIes to swipe a maverick and gets caught at it he gets ten years more or less because that is much worse than beating a few people out of million dollars when the boom is on But why say more Youve You've read it all and know lt it better i ithan than I do perhaps But let me turn to a few stanzas of I Ive ve- ve veone one of my favorite poems Out nut II I of many r I love to read as I am pass pass- 15 the house by the side of the road I I 1 am a fIend for and ride the hobby of a choice bit of what we call poetry Sometimes I think I am carried away with too much poetry The Under Dog I 1 know that this world that the great big v world world- orld- orld Prom From the peasant up to the king Has a different tale from the tale I Itell Itell tell And a different song to sing But for me and I care not a single fig figU U If they say I am wrong or Im I'm right I shall always go m for the weaker eaker dog I The under dog in the fight I know that the world the great big world world- win Will never a moment stop To see which v-luch dog may be in fault But wIll shout for the dog on top I I But for me-I me never shall shaIl pause to ask Which dog may be in the right For my heart will beat while it beats at all For the under dog in the fight Perchance what v hat Ive I've said were better riot not saId Or tv ere better I said sald lt it But with Ith heart and with g glass ass filled chock full to the brim Here lS is luck to the bottom dog I Anon Life I M Mans ns life means I Tender teens teen Teachable twenties I TIreless thirties Fiery Flery forties I Forcible fifties I Serious Senous sixties Sacred ed se seventies enties I Aching eighties Shortening breath Death I The sod God Joseph oseph Cool And now as bedtime approaches I take leave of you and go to try for pleasant dreams What a blessed thing is 15 sleep for while hile we are in Its em- em embrace embrace brace w e can forget the worries warnes of the for a few hours at least and awake to enJoy another day YOU KNOW ME |