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Show r- PE R I S C O P I i THE WORLDj I with Our Office Boy. v ' IT'S WORTH IT! A haggard face Two straining ear? A wee snia cry He finally hears. Joyous smile Lights up his face One. anyway, had Won Death B race. Hours of wailing Fraught with worry Wrenched his soul-It soul-It cried out: "Hurry," A doorknob turns. The panel s open Down in his throat A lump is chokln'. A white garbed nurse Smiles him assurance. He s reached his last Ditch of endurance. A tip-toe step. A gaze of wonder Two wobbly knees Go "out from under." ru bedside White and spotless Ah -there's a sight To move the heartless. Its a BOY! His Wife's a mother With God s halo Right above her- I The fellow who ran laugh at tho Bolsheviki is the one who makes one day count for two The Herman government has olTr-red amnesty to UhO.OflO soldiers who deserted. de-serted. Will that figure cover them' Riug Lardher is anxious to n.eet Kins Albert so he can say: "Vou know me, AT ' Whoever said "ascent is hard and descent is easy" had no reference to ihe price of commodities of today. As long as we had two league lead ers in baseball, why should Uncle Sam want to cop the honor in the League of Nations? We have authoritative information that Cincinnati will bo satisfied now to remain theoretically dry. Wonder what Income tax President Wilson will pay on those numerous presents he received in Europe? There's no anti toxin for Red fever When Bryan says he hopes it won's be necessary for him to make a tour similar to that of the president, he speaks for all of us. They say that Italy and Fiume are cetiin lired of D'Annunzio's coup. Hracious! Italy has a tremendous amount of endurance. Landlords consider it criminal to have children, judging from the number num-ber of flats for rent with the stipulation stipula-tion -No Children Every country in the league of nations na-tions has learned that while it is nice to ask assistance, it is far more ef fective to help themselves. The best we've been able to do is Yap? The sale of army bacon has given the people their first chance to get in on governmental pork. The Whito Sox W( re great bul they weren't holeproof. Norway has voted national prohibition prohibi-tion Better say she has frozen prohibition pro-hibition There's a lot of opportunities for a man to advance in his profession of being a Good American. i The golfer who has the honor is the fellow who asks the other fellow's score first. oo |