OCR Text |
Show fl PASSING CHIMES. V By James Barton Adams. fl TROUBLE AT OUR HOUSE! B Tlioi'e's trouble now at our house that's gittln' B wuss an' wuss! B The ol' home isn't what it ust to be! B My papa doesn,t do a thing but set around an' B cuss B While mamma talks of wimmen gittin' free.. B Slif says tnat n er marrIe(l 1Ife sne reckons she B nas sned B Pig tears enough to fill a washin' tub, B But she has learnt they're jesta waste o' damp- K ness from the head B Since she has jined the Shriek Fur Freedom B Shf says the day's a-comin' when they'll snap the H gallin' chain B T,iat binds 'em to the tyrants known as men; B Their footsteps is approachin' of . the turnin' of H the lane B An' things is goin' to be quite diff'rent then. B The worms that's bein' trod .upon has got the H nerve to turn B An' battle with the hosts o' Belzybub! B I teM yu we've sot trouble up at our house to H Since mamma jined the Shriek Fur Freedom B i've t a sor- ' skeery feel a stayin- 'round the H house, H Don't romp an play the way I ust to do, H But hang around a feelin' tuff as quiet as a mouse, H An' somehow just can't help a gittin blue. H If ever I git married 'fore the preacher ties the K 0' matermony makln' me her hub, I'll make her double-cross her heart an' say she hopes to die If she ever jines the Shriek Fur Freedom club. It is said that the committee on agriculture "locked itself in its room with the packing house report." It is hoped the room was well ventil- ated. Norfolk, Nebraska, boasts of a female society called "The Shrieking Sisterhood." They probably prob-ably use a mouse instead of the traditional goat in their initiation ceremonies. It is not probable that Dupont, head of the powder trust, recently elected to the United States senate from Delaware, would cast an affirmative af-firmative vote for a bill providing for a safe and sane Fourth of July. "The city is being flooded with home-coming Kentuckians," says a Louisville paper. You have but one guess coming as to what the homecomers are being flooded with. Doubtless a favorite sport with the young folk of Kansas now is the straw ride on the farmers' touring autocars. An English physician declares that absolute silence will cure nervousness in women. It would interest the male element of the great public to learn how he ever made the discovery. Another one of the many hotels at which George Washington "put up" has just been sold. The large number of these ancient hostelrles that are appearing nowadays leads to the suspicion sus-picion that George didn't like Martha's cooking and spent a great deal of his time away from home. |