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Show 1 A UNE OF CHEER J By John Kendrlck Bangs. I A WORD FROM 8PRINQ J A GENTLE brecia came whla- j X X paring; by today, I And paused a moment on its J laughing- way. "I'm just In from tha South," It t I aald, "and I ? I Hava stopped to tell you that the aprlna la nigh. T And all her atylea Are baaed on amllee; , J I And when aha comes her pan- S X nlers will be full I Of blossoms fragrant and detect- X I able; T And In her train a gay and J choral throng I X Of happy birds will wing their ik way along; And brand new leavea to clothe T the naked trees X 3b'11 bring and spread as lavish $ X you please; I And all the country o'er Her flowers will dance aa on a j ballroom floor, I That all may fcnow In these dark S X days of dread I X That Youth, and Grace, and !i ijt Beauty are not dead, jjj But with us still, T For man ta make such use of ? J as ha will." T ( by McCltira Newspaper Syndicate.) j |