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Show u0 4 P ! JUST FOLKS l!y BDCJ K . ODER, e DRESS Sometimes I wear iny dinner clothes. sometimes I don the evening coat. Again I'll wear my very best to meet and talk with mii of notcy. Then when ti e Spring returns once more and for my care the garden gar-den calls, i don my oldest pair of shoes and robe myself In overalls; But whether I be richly dressed or shabby garb adorns my frame rhe man 1 am is altered nut - that which is I remains the same. Last night my friend wore evening dress, this morning should we chance to meet And were he girbed in dirty rags v.'ith shabby shoes upon his feet. I still should hall him as my friend, should stop and talk with hlni awhile And thrill to hear his cheery voice and glory in his merry smile For this is true, that clothes arc worn according to convention's plan, But friends are friends, however garbed, and all that matters is the man. I'veeen some men In ecnlng dross who did not grace their raiment rai-ment fine. And 1 have heard philosophy from men who stood and herded swine. So little thought I give to clothes, t care not how a man be dressed The only thing thut counts with mo is what Is underneath his vest; If he be honest, kind and true, then he may dross the way he will In broadcloth or In overalls, a kindly ninn is kindly still. |