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Who brought broughta broughtD D a . measure of ot holiday bolitJay cheer to the themisery themisery themisery misery laden laden . , putting clothes on onthe onthe onthe the backs bacl.s bacls . and dinners In the stomachs stom stow stomachs stowachs achs of ot the naked and the hungry ? So , for their ele\ ele eleventh eleenth \ enth hour drh drive drivefor drhefor e etor tor for their Christmas fund . , thank thankGod thankGod thankGod God for the Sahatlon Salvation Army . . Everycent Every Everycent Everycent cent went where It should havegone have havegone havegone gone when yon you ga\e ga e gale ga \ e It to them themfor , for verily verny verity I tell teU you , as one who whoknows whoknows whoknows knows knows , , these are the shock troopsof troops troopsot troopsof ot of the Lord . . 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' I've Ive ' ' never believed In censorshipfor censorshiptor censorship censorshipfor tor for creative work ; and as its s regardsthis regards regardsthis regardsthis this group , ' I've Ive ' always aJwl1Ys gone gone on the thetheory thetheory thetheory theory , , paraphrasing an old line of ofan ofan an old ballad , , that they tbey were more moreto moreto to be pitied than censored . But for tor the Individual o1rend offend o1render offender er against common deccncy-wen deccncy wen decency-well decency well decency - wellwhen , wben when I was a youngster down South Souththey , they told me the surest way to de- de do destroy de-Btroy de Btroy - - stroy a skunk s1-unk s1 unk . - was to pen him un- un urn- urn under un under - der a barrel and just let him smell smellhlms smellhimself hlms himself Jt to death on his own per per- personal personal - . sonal sonar perfumes perfumesCCC CCC . . . Our Younger GenerationIN Generatione GenerationN Generation GenerationON ON IN N THE TIlE paper I see where , for fortheir fortheir foetheir their Sunday sermons , three mins min- min minIsters min.Isters minIsters . - Isters preached on modern youth- youth youthwIth youth youthwith - with particular references reterences to the theshortcomings theshortcomings shortcomings of same snme . . I haven't havent ' ' a n doubt that the tbe first firstcaveman firstcaveman firstcaveman caveman . , , surveying the antics of biscoltish hIs hIscoltish coltish brood , , remarked remarhed In tones tonesot tonesof ot of gloomy res resignation gnatlon to his hi * balry hairy balrymate hairymate mate : ; 'W W "Well Well " ' el , mommer , the world world's worlds ' ' * donepretty done donepfetty donepretty pfetty pretty well while we ran it It . . Loot Look Lookat . at the bole hole In the roof root to let the thesmoke thesmoke thesmoke smoke out out . , , , that I thought up rIght rIghtout rightout out of ot my own head , , be gee 1 I And Andnow Andnow Andnow now when I get the trick of tbe the tbenew thenew thenew new throwing stick s " worked "orked orked orked out , civ cIv- cIv1l1zaUon civilization - ilization 1l1zaUon iuzatlon will just about have havereached havereached havereached reached her peak . . But heaven henven help helptbe helpthe tbe the poor old earth when that buncliof bunch bunchot ot of crazy kids yonder takes taLes bold hold I " Before Defore we start blaming the on- on oncoming oncoming on oncoming - coming generation for everything everythingIncluding , Including Its own dm sIns , , which aresufficiently are aresufficIently sufficIently sufTiciently manifest manJfest already , let'8 let8 let's lets let'8go let'ago letago ' go back to where this buck passing passinghabit passinghabit habit started . 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