OCR Text |
Show mm HOWLAND Mm and mm Oh j. mwm a ' - in. mn The busy professors are always Explaining old notions away; They tell us that people may fatten On less than a quarter a day. One says that an egg or an onion Contains enough strength for a meal, A cupful of rice, says another, Will furnish us muscles of steel. We hear that sea water wtll give us The life everlasting we crave; They tell us that things which taste pleasant All hurry us on to the grave. Whatever appeals to our palates They earnestly warn us to shun; We are told that the pancake Is deadly, That suicide lurks In the bun. We must chew every mouthful a minute, If we drink at our meals we will die; The wise men of science inform us That bombs are less deadly than pie; They say wTe must turn from the oyster And also eliminate flsh; Torpedoes and mines are as nothing Compared with the dread chafing dish. Perhaps they are right, but no matter; Processions still wind to the graves. Therefore let's eat, drink and be merry. Let the appetite have what it craves; For, with flretraps, trolleys, grade crossings, cross-ings, - v The switches mlsnlarprl find the eav. Glad assassins out automobiling. j What show could we have anyway? |