Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-11-02
CIrARNCrEK IN PoErRY.

owe promised some time ago %
read characters Of persons contribut-
ing poetry. Thousands Of contribu-
tcns come by mail. freight and wire
less. SO wa have 20 leave out big
batch of offerings on account of lime
tied space. We chose the following
bits because of their wonderful depth.
beauty and feeling. With this brief
explanation, We will prOceed.-Ed)
People have had their character
read by he bumps on their heads,
The humps on the feet and the wrink-
les In the hand. not 10 mention the
leaves IN their tea cups and by the
countless other methods employed by
phrcnoloFists. palmists, astrologists,
sciocologlsts. fakists and tea-cupists.
But there IS more character ia ones
poetry than there is In whole tea
pot Reading character by poetry As
the easiest best and most reliable
method We arr the discoveries.
Send IN your contributions. accom-
panied by 90 cents ana have your
character re(a)d. Black need not
apply
Unknown sends IN this beautiful
little dinklet
When the swallows homeward fly.
To their mudcake nests they HE.
How the feathered ledgelings hop
As they hear the old birds hop.
And the mother fondly drops
Food into the yawning crops.
Unknown. you are either baker
or confecu1ner, Y, mention mud
pies and drops Still as you
mention hop" you NAV be "A brewer
or, again, a dancing teacher, or
newspaper reporter Then again.
there Is strong indication that you
are farmer. or why the crops
You are Of serious turn-or YOU
would have worked In a pun about
swallows" at a bit o swallow at an
unioR bars. You have red halr-or
at lease YOU have read something be-
cause your grammar IS passable.
Lastly Unknown and most certain
Of all--y1u are not a poet Explain
alton is unnecessary.
Blatherskite wants his character
red from the following verse. evil
IDENTIFY a bit Of a drinking song
Minnehaha, laughing water.
Like the "Redeye" OF the pale face:
Greets the moon with eyeballs roll
ing,
A she tips the Jug consoling.
smacks her lips. says. ITS bully,
Is this 'Redeye' Of the paleface."
AtAANuNi rhAA's YOU named NNuIs0lE
well. You are a sport because You
make your heroine . good speuder be-
cause she tips the Jug. You are
evidently English: YOU say "eyeballs"
meaning undoubtedly. "high-balls"
Again, you speak of laughing water"
Q very good name for champagne.
Blatherskite, We are afraid you are
not driver on a water-wagon.
The contributor Of the following
couplet is an engineer OF fireman
He could not write four lines without
bringing IN "a right OF way" He Is
ever p years old. he admits know
ing when II is night" and that's
something few young salt Laker's
know When we received the rhym-
let below, We expected something
about What II the Curfew Rings
Tonight by the next mail We
would have branded you as "a villain
had our @'rs proved true Contrib
utor's punolitinO follows:
softly now the light OF day"
Gints along the right OF way.
soon tho sun will sink from sight,
Then we'u know that IL Is night
Agricola sends as the following
Agricola, YOU are a tillcr Of the soil.
you thought 10 fool us little dream
ing we are graduates Of Latin schools.
But no matter what You had signed
we would have had no trouble guess
ing. Here's Agricola's glveaway:
said a TAT old squash.
I'm make a mash
on youder sweet potatoe"
The carrot spoke
You "cantcloupe"
She's engaged % Red Tomat0e
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