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Show awful. ROOSEVELT TALKS Labor Day Address Delivered at ly eliminate from the practise of its organization those things which Justify such criticism and attack. This Is the path, not only of right, but of wisdom and safety. Public opinion in the United States is daily becoming more alert and more Intelligent and more forceful; and no organization whether trades union or corporation, whether Industrial or can endure or permanently amount to a social force If It does not harmonize with a wise and enlightened public opinion. Hitherto we Americans have been with material things, and have neglected to watch the play of the social forces about us. But now we are awakening from that indifference; and every form of organization representing an important economic, political, or social force must undergo a closer scrutiny than ever before. I think that the next quarter of a century will be important politically in many ways; and in none more so than in the labor movement. Not only are the benefits of labor organizations more clearly understood than ever before, but any shortcoming or vice displayed in connection therewith is also more clearly understood and more quickly resented. The public is growing more and more to understand that, in a contest between employer and employee a corporation and a trades union not only the interests of the contestants, but the interests of the third party the publto must be considered. Anything like levity In provoking a strike, on the one hand or on the other, is certain more and more to be resented by the public. Strikes are sometimes necessary and proper; sometimes they represent the only way In which, after all other methods have been exhausted. It Is possible for the laboring man to stand for his rights; but It must be clearly understood that a strlks Is s matter of last resort Our social organization Is too complex for us to fall quickly to condemn thoee who, with levity or In a spirit of wanton brutality, bring about and disastrous interference with Its normal processes. The public sympathises cordially with any movement for a good standard of living and for moderate hours of employment. (I personally, for instance, cordially believe In, an eight-hou- r day, and In one day in seven for complete rest.) Where men and women are worked under harsh and Intolerable conditions, and can secure no relief without a strike, or, Indeed, where the strike is clearly undertaken for things which are vitally necessary and then only as a last resort the public sympathy will favor the but it will not favor them unless such conditions as these are fulfilled. Therefore it Is becoming more than ever Important that the labor movement should combine steady, g leadership with discipline and control in Its ranks. Dishonest leadership is a curse anywhere in American life, and nowhere Is it a greater curse than in the labor movement. If there is one lesson which I would rather teach to my than any other; it Is to hound down the dishonest man no matter what his condition and to brush aside with impatient contempt the creature who only denounce dishonesty when it is found In some special social stratum. There are dishonest capitalists, dishonest labor leaders, dishonest lawyers, and dishonest business men; dishonest men of great wealth and dishonest poor men; and the man who Is a genuine reformer will decline to single out any one type for exclusive denunciation, but will fearlessly attack the dishonest man as such, whenever and wherever he Is to be found. over-occupi- ed Fargo Is Well Received. JOINT ACTION NECESSITY A Trade Unions Commended, of Their Acts Criticised Federation Planks Stranger I suppose you people in tills town think you have the grandest climate In the country? Man With a Cold No; but we claim the greatest variety. HOW A DOCTOR CURED SCALP Governor Hughes, the Legislature, and Reprinted from an article by Theodore Roosevelt tn The Outlook, by special arrangement with The Outlook, of which Theodora Roosevelt la Contributing Editor. Copyright, 1110. by The Outlook Company. All Rights Reserved. that Governor Hughes has been supported by the bulk of the wisest and most disinterested public opinion as regards most of his measures and positions, and I think that this has been markedly the case as regards direct primary nominations. I know that many honest and sincere men are on principle opposed to Governor Hughes on this point, and I know also that the proposed reform will very possibly accomplish less than its extreme advocates expect; while I am well aware, as of course all thinking "When I was ten or twelve years old I had a scalp disease, something like scald head, though It wasn't that. I suffered for several months, and most of my hair came out. Finally they had a doctor to see me and he majority In both houses of the legislature which refused to carry out the Republican governors recommendations; and although It was only a minority of the Republican members which brought about this refusal, the party cannot escape a measure of responsibility for the failure; hut It Is only just to remember that a clear majority of the Republican members of each house supported the bill, whereas three-fourth- s or over of the Democrats opposed It This Is one of the cases where It Is easier to apportion individual than party responsibility. Those who believe that by their action they have definitely checked the movement for direct popular primaries are, in my judgment, mistaken. In its essence, this is a movement to make the government more democratic, more responsive to the wishes and needs of the people as a whole. With our political machinery it is essential to have an efficient party, but the machinery ought to be suited to democratic and not oligarchic customs and habits. The question whether In a republic we shall have parties is larger than the particular bill. We hold that the right of popular is incomplete unless it includes the right of the voters not merely to choose between candidates when they have been nominated, but also the right to determine who these candidates shall be. Under our system of party government, therefore, the voters should be guaranteed the right to determine within the ranks of their respective organizations who the candidates of the parties will be, no less than the right to choose between the candl dates when the candidates are presented them. There Is no desire to break dcjwn the responsibility party organization under duly constituted party leadership, but there is a desire to make this responsibility real and to give the members of the party the right to say whom they desire to execute this leadership. In New York state no small part of the strength of the movement has come from the popular conviction that many of the men most prominent in party leadership tend at times to forget than in a democracy the function of a political leader must normally be to lead, not to drive. We, the men who compose the great bulk of the community, wish to govern ourselves. We welcome leadership, but we wish our leaders to understand that they derive their strength from us, and that, although we look to them for guidance, we expect this guidance to be in accordance with our interests and our ideals. . . . THEODORE ROOSEVELT. recommended the Cuticura Remedies. They cured me in a few weeks. I have used the Cuticura Remedies, also, for a breaking out on my hands and was benefited a great deal. I havent had any more trouble with the scalp disease. Miss Jessie F. Buchanan, R. F. D. 3, Hamilton, Ga., Jan. 7, 1909. men must be, that the worth of any such measure in the last resort deKept with Barnums Circus. P. T. Barnum, the famous circus pends upon the character of the votI have had the ers, and that no patent device will man, once wrote: Cuticura Remedies among the con- ever secure good government unless tents of my medicine chest with my the people themselves devote suffishows for the last three seasons, and I cient energy, time, and judgment to can cheerfully certify that they were make the device work. Finally, I very effective in every case which freely admit that here and there, where the principle of direct nominacalled foi' their use." tions has been applied in too crude The man w'hose bluff is not some- shape or wrongheadedly, it has, while times called never existed. abolishing certain evils, produced or accentuated others in certain cases, Dr. Pierce9 Pleasant Pellets reinzlate and for Instance, putting a premium upon stomach, liver and bowels, the lavish expenditure of money. Uaj granules, easy to take as candy. I But while I freely admit all The days are not mere repetitions of nevertheless feel, in the first this, place, themselves; tomorrow will have abet- that on the fundamental Issue of diter meaning. T. T. Munger, D.D. rect primary nominations the Governor Is right, and, in the second place, Depend not on another, rather lean that, as the measure finally came up upon thyself; trust to thine own exer- for action in the state legislature, it tions, subjection to anothers will wag well-nigfree from all objections gives pain. Manu. save those of the men who object to it because they are fundamentally opPartly Made Over. posed to any change whatever in the Werent we engaged last summer? desired direction. The bill provided Inquired the girl. only for direct popular action in the Your face is familiar, faltered the primaries in relatively small geoman. graphical and political communities, Well, Ill forgive you for not recog- thereby making; the 'experiment first nizing me. My hair and figure are where there was least liability to senew. rious objection, and avoiding or deferring the task of dealing with those big A Busy Life. communities where the difficulties and r A dispatch from the dangers to be overcome would be penitentiary says the convicts have greatest. Moreover, while guaranteestruck and refuse to work unless they ing full liberty of individual action, it can have pie twice a day. also provided for the easy mainte-naancGreat Editor (busily) Counsel mod of party organization, and eration and arbitration. New York thereby avoided some very real danWeekly. gers among them that of encouraging the use of masses of the minority Slightly Confused. party In any given district to dictate All of us become confused and all of the actions of the majority party. In us mix our language sometimes, but other words, the proposed bill, while the preparation of an old negro It marked a very real step In advance, preachers sermon was the greatest was tentatively and cautiously framconfusion of metaphors I ever heard, ed, and provided all possible safesays a traveler. When the lengthy dis- guards against abuses. If In practice course was nearing its close and he It had failed to work in any particuand lar, there would have been no possible had reached his Twenty-thirlastly, brethren, he wound up by the difficulty in making whatever amendments or changes were necessary. following elaborate figure; "Everywha, bredren, w'e see de AThe Republican party was in the lmighty all down de untrodden paths f time, we see de footprints of de IDEAS ABOUT THE RAINBOW Almighty hand. Human Life. h Sub-Edito- e d NO FRILLS Food Cured Him. Sometimes a good, healthy commercial traveler suffers from poorly selected food and is lucky if he learns food will put him that Grape-Nutright. A Cincinnati traveler says; About a year ago my stomach got in a bad way. I had a headache most of the time and suffered misery. For several months I ran down until I lost about 'i0 pounds in weight and finally had to give up a good position and go home. Any food that I might use seemed to nauseate me. My wife, hardly knowing what to do, one day brought home a package of Grape-Nut- s food and coaxed me to try it. I told her it was no use but finally to humor her I tried a little, and they just struck my taste. It was the first food I had eaten in nearly a year that did not cause any suffer- Queer Notions Held by People Different Countries Regarding the Bow. of d Sept. 5. The union Fargo and thousands of other person had a treat today when Theodore Roosevelt delivered the Labor Day address. He spoke with great seriousness and with frankness, and his speech was well received by the big crowd that heard 1L Colonel Roosevelt's address was as D., of follows: Today-- on Labor Day I speak in one sense especially to those personally and Vitally Interested In the labor struggle; and yet I speak of this primarily aa one aspect of ths larger social struggle growing out of the attempts to readjust social conditions and make them mors equitable. The nineteenth century was distinctly one of economic triumphs triumphs In the domain of production. Including transportation and the mechanics of exchange. The marvelous progress made In these respects mans productive multiplied power to an almost Inconceivable degree. In the matter of the production of wealth, as much progress was made during ths nineteenth century as during all previous periods since history dawned; that is, the changes brought in a single century through machinery and steam have been greater than the sum total of the changes of the preceding thousands of years; and these very changes and this materia! progress have thrust upon us social and political problems of the first magnitude. The triumph of the physical sciences In the nineteenth century represented progress primarily in the material elements of civilisation. The most pressing problems that confront the present century are not concerned with the materia! production of wealth, but with its distribution. The demands of progress now deal not so much with the material as with the moral and ethical factors of civilization. Cur basic problem Is to see that the marvelously augmented powers of production bequeathed to us by the nineteenth century shall in the twentieth be made to administer to the needs of the many rather than be exploited for the profit of the few. The American wage-earnfaces this larger social problem in a dual capacity; first, as a citizen of the Republic charged with the full duty of citizenship; and next as a as a is who. together with his in concerned the question of wages vitally and general conditions of employment, and which affect not only his that of his wife and children, but the for a higher Opportunities of all workers development. Own Efforts. Must Depend on Our s, as of all It Is true of ether citizens, that most of their progress depend upon their own Initiative Vyist Wnd their own efforts. Nevertheless, there are three different factors in this progress. There is. first, the share which the mans own individual qualities must determine. This Is the most important of all for nothing can supply the place of Yet there are two Individual capacity. other factors also of prime importance; namely, what can be done by the wagewith one another; workers In and what can be done by government that is, by the instrument through which a the people work collectively. Wages id other most important conditions of f nployment must remain largely outside I government control; must be left for Ijustment by free contract between em- But to attempt (oyers and leave this merely to individual action of Indiviabsolute destruction eans the f dualism: for where the individual is so weak that he, perforcs, has to accept a strongly organized whatever body chooses to give him. his individual liberty becomes a mere sham and mockery. It Is indispensably necessary, In order to preserve to the largest degree our system of Individualism, that there should he effective and organized collective acmust act Jointtion. The ly, through the process of collective bargaining. In great industrial enterprises. Only thus can they be put upon a plane of economic equality with their corporate is said to be under the control of three Only thus Is freedom of conemployers. of one whom pumps the water, tract made a real thing and not a mere angels, the second "feeds the clouds, and legal fiction. There are occasional occuthe third sends the rain. Many im- pations where this Is not necessary: but, broadly, it Is necessary throughprobable and impossible things would speaking out the great world of organized indushappen if you could only get In reach try. I believe this practise of collective of the bow." bargaining, effective only through such The little Turk is told that if he organizations as the trades unions, to have been one of the most potent factors would have a silver head, with gold In the past century In promoting the s teeth and ruby eyes, he has but to progress of the and in sehumanfor social progress touch the orange stripe. In Greece curing larger I believe In the principle of organithey say that the person so- unfortu- ity. zed tabor and in the practise of collecnate as to stumble over the end of the tive bargaining, not merely as a desirhow will have his or her sex imme- able thing for the but as something which has been demonstrated diately changed. to be essential in the long run to their permanent progress. This dr - not mean that I unequivoOnly Classified. cally Inc se any or all practises that I confess to being rather particular labor organizations mav happen to adopt, about my pajamas, said the fastidi- or any or all principles that they may to enunciate. Labor organizations ous man, and I had an experience choose have the weaknesses and defects common last week that nearly gave me nervous to r!) other forms of human organizaprostration, until I saw the humor ot tions. Sometimes they act verv well, andT thev act very badlv: and the situation. I was staying in a little sometimes am for them when they act well, and I country town down in Maryland, and am against them when thev act badlv. I it was necessary to send some soiled believe that their existence Is a necessity; and purposes are clothing to the laundry, the one laun- I bcl eve that their aims good; and J believe that all of gonfrav dry of which the village boasted. them have occasionally made mistakes, Judge of my surprise when my and that some of them have been guilty stuff was returned to me to find that of wrong-doinJust In so far as they effective they tempt defire and strong had been my pajamas heavily men w'hn seek to control them starched, with decided creases ironed signing for their own Interests, and Htfmulat the down in front. I was not only en- desires of ambitious leaders who mav be who may be honraged, but mystified as well, until, in clever, crooked men. or foolish. Tn other est hut virionarv and looking over the bill, I came to this in treating of labor unions, as in words, item: trending of corporations, or of humanltv 35 cents." One tennis suit generally, we will do well to remember Abrahnm Lincolns saving that there is a deal of hirman nature In mankind. Whether in a man or in an organized Had a Native Gift for It. of men. the power to do good means Artist Ah, Giles, good morning. I body such power mav he twisted into evil; want you to come and give me a that and in proportion as the power grows, so few sittings some time. I suppose !t becomes steRd'Iv more Important that It should be handled arfght. Just In proyou can sit? as in its proper function power Giles Can I set? Lor, yes like portion Is important to social progress, so in its an old hen! Improper function it becomes fraught with social disaster. Wise Course For Original Labor. A Plunge Into the Prosaic. Outside critics should appreciate the See the beautiful sunset colors on of organized labor, and under the water, said the poetic young necessity stand and sympathize with what Is good woman. In it. instead of condemning It indiscrimOn the othrtr hand, those within Im glad to know what they are, inately. Its rinks should fearlessly analyze the I man. replied the cr.t'clsms d reefed against it and ruthless the In many countries the rainbow Is spoken of as being a great bent pump or siphon tube, drawing i water from the earth by mechanical means. In parts of Russia, in the Don country, and also in Moscow and vicinity, it is known by a name which is equivaIn lent to the bent water-pipe- . nearly all Slavonic dialects it is known by terms signifying the cloud siphon, and in Hungary it is the Noahs pump and Gods pump, The Malayan natives call it pump. by the same name that they do their manded water cobra, only that they add boba (meaning double-headedthe equivalent In our language being water-snakthe double-headethe bow is a real that tell you They thing of life, that it drinks with its two mouths, and that the water is ing. Well, to make a long story short, I transferred to the clouds through an began to improve and stuck to Grape-Nut- opening in the upper side of the cenI went up from 135 pounds in tre of the great arch. In the province December to 194 pounds the following of Charkav, Russia, the rainbow is October. said to drain the wells, and to prevent is My brain clear, blood all this many are provided with heavy, stone platforms. right and appetite too much for any tight-fittiny man's pocketbook. In fact, I am In the province of Saratov the bow made over, and owe it all to I talk so much about what Grape-NutNot Then. will do that some of the Grape-Nut- s Bacon I see a patent has been men or the road have nicknamed me for an attachment to rocking Grape-Nutbut I stand today a granted chairs to operate a fan to cool the man a pretty healthy, occupants. good example of what the right kind Egbert And when a man goes into of food will do. the dark room and stubs his toe You can publish this If you want to. the rocker, we do not think It is a true statement without any against :he new attachment will cool him off frills. sny. Yonkers Statesman. Read the little book, The Road to Wellville, in pkgs. Theres a Rear on. The Common Notion. Evpr road the above letter? A ite What's your idea of success? one appear from ti;ur to Sn- , 'i ' are jeenniue, true, aul full of V Getting $50 for a nickels worth of Intercut. work. thought s e. s. g thor-jughl- s; rosy-cheeke- d I Some Amerl-es- n 8peaker. g inri-era- Bugar-co&Le- Just Sensible Forgo, N. labor forces Primary Reform BELIEVE DISEASE by But er wage-earn- wage-work- fellow-worker- well-bein- g wage-worker- s. wage-earner- i wage-earne- rs wag-arner- - wage-earner- near-sighte- d bathing suits had faded. wage-worker- s; fellow-Ameri-ca- Worthy Leader Available. For many years I have been more or less closely associated with representative leaders of labor unions. Some of these men are among my close friends, whom I respect and admire as heartily as I do any men In America. There are some of them to whom I go as freely for Resist- ance and guidance, for aid and help, in making up my mind how to deal with our sociPl problems, as I go to the leader of any business or profession. I cannot pay too high a tribute to the worth and Integrity of these men to their sincerity and good Judgment as leaders. But no movement no leadership however earnest and honest, can endure unless the rank and file live up to their duties, and search for such leadership, and support it when they find It. If the best men In a labor union leave Its management and control to men of a poorer type, the effect will be Just as disastrous as when good citizens In a city follow the same course as ree gards city government. The man In a union Is Just as much responsible for the sins of omission and commission of his organization as the man In a city is for the civic conditions under which he suffers and about which he complains. All that can properly be done should be done by all of us to help upward the standard of living and to Improve the ability of the average man to reach that standard. There are still In the United States great masses of skilled and unorganized labor, whose conditions of work and living are harsh and pitiable. It Is a shocking Indictment of our industrial cone dition to be told in a wav In a government report that thousands of workers in this country are compelled to toil everyday In the week, without one dav rest, for a wage of $45 a month. Ruch a condition Is bad for them, and, In the end, bad for all of us. Our commercial development should be heartily encouraged; but It must not be allowed to commercialize our morals. It Is not merely the duty of the but it is also the duty of the general public, to see that be has safe and henhby conditions under which to carrv on his work. No worker should be compelled, as a condition of earning his dally bread, to ris1' Ms Ife and limb, or he deprived of his health, or have to work under dangerous and bad surroundings. Society owes the worker this because It owes as much to itself. He should not be compelled to make this a matter of contract: he ought mt to he left to fleht alone for decent conditions in this respect. His protection in the place where he works should be guaranteed by the law of Tn other words, he should be the land. his working hours protected during and carelessness on the part against greed of unscrupulous and thoughtless employers, Just ns outside of those working hours both he and his employer are protected in their lives nnd property against the murderer and thief. stay-at-hom- stay-at-ho- matter-of-cours- wage-earne- r, that ths frightful burden of the acridnt shall be borne In It entirety by the very person least able to hear it. Fortunately. In a number of states in Wisconsin and in New York, for instance these defects In our Industrial life are either being remedied or else are being made a subject of intelligent study with a view to their remedy. In New York a bill embodying moderate compensation for accidents has already been passed. Other states will undoubtedly follow In the same path. The Federal government has, so far as Its own employees are concerned, been the first to recognize and put Into shape this principle. However, this pioneer law was not made comprehensive enough; it does not cover all the employees of the Federal government that ought to come within its provisions, and the amount paid for permanent disability or death Is entirely inadequate. Nevertheless, it was a great step In advance to nave this principle of worktngmene compensation accepted and embodied In the Federal statutes, and the recent action of congress in providing for a commission to study and report upon the stubject gives promise that the same principle will soon be applied to private firms that come within the Jurisdiction of the Federal government. Federation Planks Approved. Women and children should, beyond all question, be protected; and In their cases there can be no question that the states should act They should be particular objects of our solicitude; and they should be guarded in an effective fashion against the demands of a too greedy comOn my recent trip in the mercialism. neighborhood of Bcranton and Wllkes-barr- e one I spoke to agreed as to every tbs Immense improvement that had been wrought by the effective enforcement of the laws prohibiting children under the age of fourteen years from working, and prohibiting women from working more than ten hours a day. Personally, I think ten hours too long; but, be this aa It may, ten hours a day was a great advance. Among the planks In the platform of the American Federation of Labor there are some to which I very etrongly subscribe. They are: 1. Free schools: an4 free compulsory education. 2. A work-da- y of not more than eight hours. 3. Release from employment one day In seven. 4. The abolition of the sweat-sho- p system. 5. workof Sanitary inspection factory, shop. mine, and home. fi. Liability of employers for Injury to body or loss of life. (I regard the demand In this form as Inadequate. What we need Is an automatically flved compensation for all Injuries received by the employee in ths course of his duty, this being infinitely better for the employee end more Just to the employer. The only sufferers will be lawyers of that undestrabio class which exists chiefly by carrying on law'sults of this nature.) 7. The passage and enforcement of rigid d labor laws which will cover every portion of this country. 8. Ruitable and plentiful playground for children in the cities. Inasmuch as preevntlon Is always best, should be paid to ths attention especial prevention of industrial accidents by passing laws requiring the use of safety devices. At present the loss of life and limb among the Industrial workers of ths United States is simply apnalling, end every year equals in magnitude the killed and wounded In a d war. Most of these casualties are preventable; and our legislative policy should he shaped It would bs a good Idea accordingly. to establish In every city a museum of safety devices, from which the workers could get drawings of them and Information as to how they could bs obtained and used. The matter of compensation for injuries to employees is, perhaps, more Imvital than any other. The remediately port mt the commission which has begun to look Into this matter on behalf of the New York legislature la well worth reading. The bill presented by the Federation of Labor In Wisconsin on this suhlect seem excellent. In all dangerous trades the employer should be forced to share the burden of the accident, so that the shock may be borne by ths community as a whole. This would be a measure of Justice In itself, and would do away with a fruitful source of antagonism between employer and employed. Our ideal should oe a rate of wages sufficiently high to enable workmen to live In a manner conformable to American ideals and standards, to educate their children, and to provide for sickness and old age: the abolition of child labor; safety device legislation to prevent industrial accidents: and automatic compensation for losses caused by these industrial accidents. text-book- s; anti-chil- 11 fair-size- Have Faith In Yourself. There is a tremendous power In the habit of expectancy, the conviction that we shall realize our ambition, that our dreams shall come true. There is no uplifting habit like that attitude of expecting that our heart yearnings will be matched with realities; that things are going to turn out well and not ill; that we are going to succeed; that no matter what may or may not happen, we are going to be happy, says Success. There is nothing else bo helpful aa the carrying of this optimistic, expectant attitude the attitude which always looks for and expects the best, the highest, the happiest and never allowing oneself to get into the pessimistic, discouraged mood. Ileueve with all your heart that you will do what you were made to do. Never for an instant harbor a doubt of this. Drive it out of your mind if It seeks entrance. Entertain only the friendly thoughts or ideals of the thing you are bound to achieve. Reject all thought enemies, all discouraging moods everything which would even suggest failure or unhappiness. Far Behind Other Nations, a vitally important field of to the National government and to the state alike. It is humiliating to think how far we of thin country are behind most of the other countries In such matters. all civilized Practically countries have, for more than a decade, prohibited bv the strictest regulations the poisonous match Industry; yet we had not done anything at all until very re- th l'iherrs avoinst this to horrible danger. The National government made an Investigation n year sco into this Industry, which showed a condition of things unsncokably shocking and revolting. Uegsbition to prevent these abuses was introduced in congress, which was not passed. Since then the companies in fault have ostentatiously announced that they have done awav with the objectionable conditions. I hope so: but whether they have or not, a law should be passed in stringent form to prevent anv possible backsliding. So it is In the matter of injuries to emIn whnt is called employers ployees. liability legislation other industrial countries have accepted the principle that the industry must bear the monetary burden of its human sacrifices, and that the employee who Is injured shall have & fixed and definite sum. The United States still proceeds on an outworn and curiously Improper principle. In accordance with which it ha too often been held by the courts This opens legislation nrtct Wasted Effort. Is said that a California poet was badly handled by his wife because he neglected to support the family. It When they asked for bread he gave them a sonnet, and when they clamored for pie he came across with a madrigal. Nevertheless, It doesn't seem quite right for his wife to reach over and snatch tufts from his cranium cover and batter his shins with bench-mad- e shoes and crack his slats with a broom handle. That sort of treatment doesnt bring results. A poet with a black eye and a twisted neck and a dented kneepan is no more useful than a poet in perfect order. What the lady should do would be to have her poet hubby pick up some side trade that would promise financial results as they did in Indiana, where you will find the baker writes poetry and so do the hairdresser and the motorrnan and the bartender. But there is no use attempting to club money out of a ooet. |
