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Show MAGAZINE FEB. 17 1929 SPSS' vet li t $ 6m v t n 1 In A !4 o id TO Lf j: If:-- : V n v i.if JUST LIKE WASHINGTON y Chsrlet T. i Hogt ? 1'' 1 1 1 Si " : s V they tB GEORGE WASHINGTON, line of that me, never swerved language known a truth. straight He took what came, though falsehood might have served To gain immunity since early youth. And I'm a like him as a mirrored face Resemble flesh and blood In line and grace. When I say "white" no one can think of "black"; I'm always there at the appointed time; I havt what's called a superhuman knack Of keeping faith and word with zeal sublime. Although one needs, in this most hectic life, To have a story to appease the wife. ' 2 , To George I doff my hat and shout his praise; No oratory goes so far astray That heap laudation to the sky and pays Full homage to hat Man of Yesterday. And I. like him, despise deceit, indeed; But sometimes understate y auto's speed. ,4 II I- - s Comparing Ananias would be crude, Unjust and quite beside the point at hand, . But Geoie, I learn, was anything but rude And yet he spoke, sincere, that truth might stand; his like, may seem a trifle lax Though In listing my estate for income tax. i rise Throughout his life, his words would never clean. was his same To diplomacy him; Of course I've flattered widows that their eyes And I hav cut a dozen strokes or more From my "off Jay" reports on golfing score. I'' f--H- is In fishing, though, sometimes I have to "guess At weights of salmon caught, I still regard The truth essential, and m spite of stress men by rigid card. To speak of fish should not extol, reach a man radio's Southern Pole. the have I "got" Though really Yes, George and I are quiu alikes In all particulars except for these. pe- v. V S1 |