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Show Passing Chimes By James Barton Adams. iH ' Don't Lay Down. This is rather homely rhymin', it with elegance ain't fraugiil, But the ol' man has an idee it'll hit the proper Fur he's lived on this ol' planet quite a lengthy string o years, H' An' he keeps his ear-valvess open an' remembers what ho hears. 'Tain't no difference what hits you in the way o' rocky luck, You kin win out in the rassle if you've got the proper pluck; You kin beat the tribulation an' kin wear the victor's crown If you'll only keep a-goln', an' don't lay down. . H. There are times when your surroundin's may be iB dark as moonless night, Whon you think the world's agin you an' it ain't no use to fight, When there ain't a glint o' sunshine in the sky land overhead, An' you think life ain't wuth llvin', an' you'd jus' as soon be dead. That's the time to fight the hardest; jus' deter- mine you will win, If your adversary downs you, git your feet a' come agin; B Pay no heedin' to his fierceness, don't be leary of B his frown, B But jus' keep your nerve a-workin' an' don't lay jH Of'ntimes a loomin' trouble that's as hideous as IB death May be jus' a swollen bubble that'll scatter with a breath, An' the clouds that shake their fringes Jiko a angry lion'B mane May be bluflln' an' may never hit you with a splash o' rain. Meet the troubles that confront you with a bolder front than theirs, Lot 'em know you are a fighter 't'isn't skeery at their dares; H. Make 'em think you wear the medal as tho bully H; o' the town, Run the bluff fur all that's in it, an' don't lay down. IH The announcers on "Seeing Washington" curs 'Hi have been ordered to cease pointing out public men on the streets. In future when visitors see B a distinguished looking man in a silk hat and B faultless attire, they will have to guess whether ho is tho head of a department, tho advance r agent of a show or only a congressman. Mr. Harriman purchased a $200 dog collar the other day. He may have looked up the hobo cur that whipped the Roosevelt blooded bulldog and intends to reward it It is said that Washington is the greatest baseball town on earth. The people, you sabe, must amuse themselves in some way when Con-gross Con-gross is not in session. . A female lawyer of New York says uo day is near when women will do the question popping. The blushing youth will then be justified in saying: say-ing: "This is so damsuddon! I will think it over and see you later." It is predicted that the newly-established town of Gary, Ind., will have 50,000 inhabitants one year hence. It may even double that figure if experienced newspaper circulation managers can be secured to look after its population. A Texas editor says Bryan has made two whirlwind campaigns. And, wo may add, blew himself out in a gust of disappointment at two finishes of the same nature. " To prevent appendicitis," says a French specialist, "walk on all fours a half hour every day." The proud father of a gloesome kid who loves to "ride a rock horse to Banbury cross" on daddy's back several times a day may then be considered immune from the dread disease. The price of graves has been advanced in Pittsburg, perhaps to enable the necessities of death to keep financial pace with the necessities of life. A Cleveland court has ruled that spooning in the parks is permissible under the constitution. The oft-heard cry of "back to the constitution should now become popular with the fair spooners and their manly spoonholders. King Edward i going to Ireland for the purpose pur-pose of "stimulating the loyalty of the people." He may in a groat measure succeed if he provides a sufficient quantity of the favorite Irish stimulating stimulat-ing goods. "Does literary work spoil women's- looks?" asks a Boston writer. Wo have seen some literary women (back east) whose looks would seem to give an affirmative answer to the query, but they may have been born that way. The Yale "beauty contest" was won by a Kansas girl Who had never hoard of Mme. Yale and her beauty dope. |
