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Show i MOW AN EDITOR KEEPS j HIMSELF OCCUPIED j In newspaper life, whenever there isn't anything rise to ilo, lie run get Imsy with: Politics, society; Print with proriety; Police court mul news. Note t lie cases of booze; Weed out the scandal, Hop onto the vandal, Take up education, And aerial inflation; Note bonds and stock, Ami take all the knocks; Read rhyme and rot, Pun "news" when it's not; Talk horses and cattle, And card party prattle; Quash divorces and rows, Wink at, fractured cows; Smile at preacher and devil, Still play on the level; Argue capital and labor, Compete with a neighbor; Treat of law and lore; Stand for kick and roar; Speak of dances and shows, Nifty gowns and new hose; Street paving and grading, Foreign armies invading; Science, topics and verses, Pink teas and sad hearses; Railroad chatter or strikes, A.u:o races or hikes; Bast-ball and boy scouts, Football and knockouts; l.oilees and clubs, Tarty leaders and dubs; Business and pleasure, J.iusie by measure; Art and religions, And how to shoot pigeons; Where to catch fish, How to make a swell dish; Interpreting laws, Or straightening flaws; Talking morals and right, Or the doings each night; Sermons and songs, Common rights, great wrongs; Press troubles and hurry, Usual pay-day worry; Kid parties, bazaars, Souse events, family jars; New arrivals, new babies, Stock diseases and rabies; Wrecks, storms and fires, Boosting human desires; Building churches and houses, Talking new skirts and blouses, And erring spouses; New songs from old masters, And other disasters; Weddings and troubles, And financial bubbles; Poetry, literature, art, And things of the heart; Picnics and dances, Affairs and romances; Movies and speeches, 'A singer who screetches; Runaways, gadaways, Touraways, autoways; Smash-ups, collisions, Bad court decisions; Advertising, town mention, All kinds of dissention; Everything in its place, All things to face Tears with laughter, But the next day after IF someone's forgotten, "The Paper is Rotten." Exchange. |