| Show Down the Street You a most excellent young man so fond of home and books that the world t with all its sports has no attraction for forr f r you Day in m and day out you sit with your friends in the library They seem to step out from between the lids these lids these dusty covers covers and and converse with you in ina a most charming way You certainly deserve praise in the choice of your company but then arent aren't you a little narrow Outside the air rings with the laughter and pleasantry of your living friends and you heed them not Surely you are one of them so bid your friends in the bookcase go goodbye and let us take an evening stroll observing as we walk the sights of a busy street This is particularly the tIle evening of the week young and old are out in mass perhaps for different reasons Here totters an old woman with a basket on her arm Once a week at least the appetite must be whetted and as it is Sunday tomorrow Guess what's in the basket She will not mind if we crowd her a little and it is really excusable in inthis inthis inthis this throng N Now ow what do you see Well your curiosity finds only the leg of a rooster sticking out but then that is quite an item for so she fulfills a kingly wish and may tomorrow satisfy a household with a dainty bit Here trips along an old man dragging dragging dragging drag drag- ging a small express wagon loaded with I i- i 1 j L t c 5 a parcel of clothes He doesn't mind the crowd hut he does mind the parcel for herein lies a whole weeks week's wages the property of his wife and much soap and rubbing this represents A little boy steps up Mister wont won't you jou please give me a dime had nothing to eat since morning and we weare weare weare are reminded that charity seeks a willing hand but then you remember this same little fellow clinging to your arm Saturday Saturday Saturday Satur Satur- day last with the same petition and his rags and tatters find no response in your heart Here is an inviting scene a band of guitars pleasantly call people to stop Tickets for the museum on only y ten cents see the smallest man and woman in the world Just then a policeman steps up and with his rough pass on we again m mingle with the crowd N Now ow we elbow our way through but not too fast j we we are anxious to hear what this crowd of girls just out from the shop can have to say Can you blame them being cooped up all day daj if now their mouths run a little wild in remarks about the people passing Of course it would be out of the question to suppose these crowds are out to be seen but if you still think the ostrich proud of his plumage and enjoys exhibiting exhibiting exhibiting ex ex- his feathers by all means think so but dont don't say it that would be gar These buns do look tempting The window is brightly lighted up Evergreens Evergreens Evergreens Ever Ever- greens and hollies flowers here an and d there giving the whole a most artistic look and to cap it a pyramid is arranged in the center and on the top topa a blushing couple stands waiting for that eventful word Yes that tells the story Orders here taken for Mrs J Jones Jones' ones ones' wedding cakes But we must hasten Here comes a atrain atrain atrain train of torches with fifes and drums It must be the forerunner of some momentous moment momentous mo mo- ment us event Here is the banner i picturing the American eagle and Lin Lm- coln coIn Nw we know the secret II You must vote the Republican ticket while just across the road in the old market marketplace marketplace marketplace place stands a man with a smiling face assuring us that this reception given here tonight is expressly for II the peo peo- He say so but then you may add therefore vote the Democratic ticket And now I am reminded that the cackling of or geese saved Rome Methinks they cackle tonight but here our parallel ends and while the cackling goes on we hie our way home feeling assured that all gall is well that ends well A. A J. J N. N |
