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Show t HAIL THE JITNEY POET Hero is the up to dnto effusion .it tho now Jitney poet of tho clnssy tit-turlst tit-turlst school. Ho hnB clover'v In troduccd n number of tnnp.j adornments adorn-ments nnd war zono mnzourkn-j Into I tho stlmulut'.ug art dowered by Horn ! or, rendorod elegant by buppho nnd I handed a niche in tho hnll of Panic I of tho business world by tho tlrultiss efforts of n brnssy rhyme Mgic? of r. fniuoUB breakfast food. Perhaps the I most roninrkablo rovolutlon Introduced Introduc-ed by this classy Jitney poet Into tho sweet rcnlm of really true puetiy u tho accompanying, tnuin. -mi ml spnum Is his original Idea of ,ilacln; his mclllllous rhymes at the beginning begin-ning of tho lines Instead of nt tho old frayed ends. This shift-will uti questionably raise tho pooti-y p r i no In ovory commercial city jf tho wotd and carry Its laureates Into congress. The happy capital Idea of Jitneying tho rhyme to its natural position nt tbd head of the lino will creato a bigger upset In tho poetic realm than did Nowton'B famous discovery of gravity In tho physical world, and Indicates In-dicates incontrovertibly that tho Jitney Jit-ney poot will stick If amendments to tho bank net do not tax him off tho earth. Here is whnt ho did: Love'i Pleadings O, como, my lovti", tho Jitney Wn'lts;- tho nickel's In My purso. My sparker snaps at all 'Fntcs, for 'better or For worso. Let's Jit in Joy while llfo Id Juno; flvo coppers pnys The bill. So como nnd Jltnoy.'noath Tho moon along tho lowgrado Hill. While all tho world Is smooth Ab glass, whllo all our tires aro Spry, thero's bliss in ovory quart Of gas; let's hit llfo ono Tho high. So como nnd be my Jitney Queen; a nick Is all my Hoard. Who cares for grief or Gasoline? Como mount My trusty Ford. Emporia Weekly Gazette. |