| Show FOR OCTOBER copyright 1910 by C H rieth 0 T roosevelt has como back to the festl of all tho rough riders his luck was the best he rode from dakotah to san juan hill and ho found him the spaniards lie wanted to kill shouting into cm teddy an into cm deep and the men of granada went down in a heap he rested his broncho and fed him his fill and then ho rode yelling up capitol hill ho expecting or asking a thing but he landed right in the political ring shouting into cm teddy and into cm plump 1 and tho poor politicians went down in a lump ho watered his pinto and fed him some oats and then he re mounted and hunted for goats he found him some people who agree with all of ins notions and gave a whoop pee yelling into em teddy an into cm hot I 1 and he knocked them all into the hot he hobbled his charger and gave him some grass and then he went after someone in his class he put up a hon with blondin blo odin its eye and ho clapped on the spurs with a able cry saying into im teddy an into im bardl and the hon passed on to his final reward he breathed his good mustang and looked him around t but further adventure was not to be found so he pulled up his trousers and pulled down his vest and eflowly rode back to his olden time west shouting back to em teddy alback to em proud 1 and they gathered about him and solemnly bowed he rode in his saddle and rode on his head and ho put all the ten under the bed ho dashed to the east and he dashed to alie west and ho halted before expanding his chest saying three cheers for teddy the ande of the and they took a great pleasure in doing the rest october is from the latin octo meaning eighth and it was formerly the eighth month of the year this brought alie football season around at a time when there waa grae danger of being suffocated before the ball was even put into play and there was a great deal of dissatisfaction is at the old greek and roman universities A change was frequently talked of but it remained for numa who was one of the early of education to do anything about it in B C he moved october along to its present place in the calendar and now the quarterback on a football team always says before snapping tho ball numa numa B C como seven one three 1 after the who reached a very high state of proficiency in the latter days of numa recite numa numa come one three B 0 or whatever the name of the school is as you may hear them doing am time this month by following the not wagon alien it passes until alie of alie month october will be under the influence of libra the balance is the sign of the zodiac tina will enable everybody running for office to keep on the fence pretty atell as to alie real of the campaign but when tho eun out of that constellation on the following day they will begin dropping on one sido or the other and it will be easier to make out who the true of the people are after the wo will bo influenced by roio the scorpion which is almost meaningless now but in early times typified the manner in which tho north wind stung the old greeks who were in the habit of going until very late in the season having on any wear to speak of either over or under the melancholy melon choly days will come and the pheasant will intone his drum upon the ead and drowsy wind in the solemn manner of his kind the booming frog will sniff alie breeze and fall to digging on his knees and the buckwheat caka will take a crack at this fool thing of coming back it may be and his strain are never quite themselves again but the pickled pigs foot and the rest are always equal to the test they never dissipate a bit but spend the summer prime and fit and let the frost succeed the dew and there you bet as good as new the doughty on hia shell the chitam looking strong and well and clear and resolute of eye the hardy brands of winter pie the juico and flake the same that mother used to make and the crackling of our youthful lot the cock and captain of the pot the football season will revert and the center rush will paw the dirt hell wake the natives with his roar and bawl for victory and gore the piled up dying and the dead will mass against his butting head and hell spin the planet in his rage lust ako a squirrel in his cage alas for those who calmly sit devising to denature it and all the college renegades rene gades who think to temper it for maids 1 the students and the teachers howl and the rooters and the bleachers yowl and damand be he who doea not riso and kill somebody twice his size the aeroplanes aero planes will cruise the air above the old time county fair and the lucky winner will ache who wins tho best two falls in three the farmer in his limousine will tool around upon the green and the hired man will seize the chance to wear his other pair of pants the softer weather will defy tho blandishments blandish ments of june and the month will civo us by and by the moon A chop will cost four bits a pound and beef a buck a bite and the cabin every night the anniversary of the discovery of america by christopher columbus will be celebrated on the night of the by the seven guggenheim brothers air roosevelt will bo stage manager again this month tho villain will bo the demon rum mr br an will be tho father of the stolen child and mr cannon who made the password hell last month will change it to read hall pl and then november will return with cold and chilly draft with winter biting aft |
