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Show It : j th The Good Old Stuff itNi By BERTON BRALEY ! ' By BERTON BRALEY The novel realistic with an outlook pessimistic Has, at present, quite a literary vogue; And thi re'a ai"way an attraction in a novel full of action Where ihe hero gets tho belter of a rogue; Then tin- analytic study of a soul that's rather muddy Gives the hyper-cultured reader quite a whirl But the novelist's endeavor that is popular forever Is the story of a Fellow and a Girl! Tales of .superheated passion are at certain times in fashion And the socialistic novel often scores " Ami the volume where cynic holds a sort of social clinic Is the thing one type of reader luost adores; But the talo that, hits all classes, from Ihe highbrows to the masses. And that sets our sleeping pulses in a whirl Is the book whose glamor hovers "round a pair of youthful lovers, Just Ihe story of a Fellow and a Girl! How we juy to feel the splendor oi a love (hat's sweet and tender, How we ache to make the lovers' pathway smooth; How we agonize to aid them when their troubles have waylaid them. How wed like the chance to counsel them and soothe! Masterpieces grim and tragic lack this blithe eternal magic That makes all our hidden sentiment unfurl; h there's nothing else that fills us with a happy glow and thrills us hike the story of a Fellow and a Girl! (Copyright, 1922, NEA Service) |