Show 0 P 01 WITH UNU A CO copyright aright 1907 by byron williams I 1 regret Z I 1 rhe man m who ho crowds the roses out to let the dollars in will reap but stifling dust and chaff to choke and sully him the soul no more within him hird thrills at god gods s div diviness inest art the masterpieces out of doors that sane iffy the heart no more his eyes will glow with joy at nature natures a purest hues when gold has cluttered up the heart with cobbled avenues the dollar mark upon the eyes ot of him who seeth not are blinds to shut the sunlight out es hutcheons cutche ons that blot the warmth within his heart Is gone Us petrified to stone and mortal man majestic man Is merely flesh and bone Is merely flesh and bone to do the bidding of f his will to c carry a rry up his sad s of gold upon yon golden hift the man that lets the dollars in will have no room tor for love no room for babbling brooks or rills or arching skies above his soul will be a mustard seed a glint of yellow dross his heart Is crucified indeed upon a golden cross A hardened scheming wretch Is he w who ho steeps his soul in gain I 1 that in the end brings only woe and suffering and pain 0 you whose heart Is pure and fresh as june all wet with dew before you sully it with L id I 1 fain would speak with you there Is no life so great as that wl ich loves the truer gems the great beatitudes of peace the nature diadems there is no life so cursed and sad so heartless and so cold As that which sells itself for dross and starves amid its gold stray thoughts when a tailor thinks a customer has done him he duns him when a girl Is without money she may have red hair but when she 1 Is wort a million dollars the red Is al way of a titian tint pew few men could be sold at auction at their own estimate it takes a lot of industrious hens to make a successful city man satisfied with the life of a suburban farmer when you are blue never paint the town red the cop will note that you are off color and the judge will act accordingly there are mighty few as big fish I 1 in in the sea as the one that got away some girls seem to take especial joy in mending a broken heart just to get got a chance to shatter it again ar at optimist la Is a man who takes slovenly care of a furnace and ex pacts the thermometer in his house to stand at 72 all winter fashion note no matter what the season no matter what 3 lour our pile you 11 find 0 gentle reader small checks are quite th style remarks we are all worshipers of idols lucky are we it if ours be uplifting when asked to sing I 1 wonder it if memnon ever insisted he couldn coulden t sing and held out until all present united fn n the request oh do sing 1 9 N one can plan the future by the past because the time table always changes the bill collector seems to forget tome sometimes times that fate is ruled by chance futurity Futi rity is all right for posterity but NOW Is the time to enjoy the bloom of the rose somehow I 1 feel that triumph for me is not far off I 1 almost caught the rat in the basement of my home last night now if I 1 can exterminate those in my belfry all will be well it if at the end there are only two places viz heaven and hell where shall we find the man who drove to church every sunday and left his horse standing outside in the cold without a blanket during services 7 in st peters peter s icebox 9 some men would rather spend a life time snooping around the ruins of a medieval city than assist intelligently in the building up of today it if a man were as full of schooners as the ocean the wild waves and what they say be a whisper to the noise he would make it if I 1 could get a circus tent around the setting sun and keep it there long enoi h to print some dodgers I 1 would hav rockefeller s game beaten hands down |