New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-05
THE TALK or THE DAY.

Sometimes a thing is bad that 1t Is good. as, Tor
example. a poem (7) published by "The Toronto
woridn in which Miss Canada is supposed to be re-
polling the advances OF Uncle Sam. After remarklng.
1t really makes vexed to think you'd dream one
moment that I'd come and be annexed she IN
dulges IN the following flight:
II you naunt your little flag
Across my broad old tank
But stand with my hand on the Lions mnne
Ana smile from farther bank
see you grow fainter and fainter,
TIL you fade dir-stripped rag.
And you gently drop from my sight, dear.
You and your little red flag"
It was really cruel In Uncle Sam to Haunt DIS htue
flag the young woman's " broad OLD tank' nu''
doubtless. when he saw her smile from the farther
bank. be promptly drew of with the remark: Great
scott Where am at anyway''
quarters OF mile and square dance makes you
cover a half mile. and gallop e9uaIs good na a.;
with a well-fed programme traverses In an evening
Twenty dances is the average you know s vi ors nns
miles Three galops. and she has done twelve miles
Five other dances at half mile apiece, whicn is
fifteen miles to say nothing Of the ntermission stroll
I'm the garden and the trips to the dressngroom I'd
renovate ones gown and compiexioh'-tsah fran
cisco Mgonaut.
Query: WHY IS the word " bald headed MADE 10 90
so much service when the shorter and simpler bald
expresses the full idea and fills the bill completely
Let us hear less about bad-headed men and moro
about bald men, II 1t is necessary to make frequent
mention OF this class. BY the way, bald woman u
p rarity circumstance which must be attributed 10
the feminine habit of wearing hats that allow free
access of air to the hair. If the masculine half OF
the race become ultimately bald, the stiff and poorly
ventilated hats which they wear will be largely, u
not principally. responsible for 1t.
THE MAN WITHOUT FRIEND.
Acquainted with some ten-score men,
No intimates have L
Not one that, meeting now ana tnens
may not well pass by.
No man Is there on whom call,
Or ever an evening spend
Yet am best above them all
The man without a friend.
When sit down at eve 70 dine
None troubles M 10 talk.
In lonely luxury recline
Alone so TO walk.
And CHEEKY without end.
Oh life Is most tremendous run
For a man without a frendi
Perhaps. you say, none cares for mel
As though that fact were -im
None cares for me, you trui' SEE,
Butt none for him.
have my way In what VIII,
TITS / who order-pay the bill
The man without a friend.
Life IS a varcgated bore
To gregnrious men-not 10 me;
No husband drags me thro' his door.
No matron feeds me tea
dwell a sultan all the year,
No N homes" extend
But all alone roll in good cheer
The without friend.
When ugly sickness grabs my throat
The hospital takes me in,
I'm watched as close as a two-month note
When security seems too thin.
Ten dollars buys me more real care
Than sympathy" can send.
A man Is lucky who * there.
without n friend.
I'm misanhropic, selfish vainf
Not much ] wish indeed
That men may all have cease OF pain
BY following my lead,
For when | suffer none but
Have any hurts to mend;
Ny feastings wake no envy high
For the man without friend.
-(Chlcago News Record.