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Show I Walt Mason ; 1 4. 4 TIME PASSER Full soon the bltnardS will be pepping pep-ping and hanging snow wreaths on our brows, and we'll be asked to dr our shopping as earl a the law allow.. al-low.. It seems no time aince bells were ringing proclaiming Christmas peace once more, thai happy time nl,An 11,. I tvi.M liilnclny lull ft lllll- I cracks from the store, it seems no I time since old Kris ECringle propelled hl. flivver through 'he night; tiie ech-i of his slelghbells' jingle sen;s all around me as 1 write. And now we're ' facing Winter burly, and soon each aheet at which I glance will say, "Pica ; do your Shopping eailv, and give the 'weary clerks a chance" No doubt the children think the aeaeona have I much like snails or turtles raced: but we old lads hae auudry reasons for usslng Time's Indecent haste, a summer's sum-mer's gone before we knrtw It. an autumn au-tumn smiles and then Its through, and een a highly moral poet Is moved 'o language warm and blue. The sexton io his rope Is clinging- to ring In 1 Christmas Joy and cheer, and soon j the old hoy will be ringing some other bells and w e won't hear. The sky is ( gray, the wind is surly, more desolate, the landscape grows, uh. let us do ourj shopping early, and give the sway-backed sway-backed clerks repose. oo Married women an going Into business busi-ness In Japan In vast numbers. |