The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-12-11

When careless comDositor pied
Gelett Burgess immortal lines
I never saw a purple COW.
never hope 10 see one
But can ten you anyhow
I'd rather see than be one.
so that they read.
"reney a was. 1 plpure voc
reven OF hoep ees. neo
tub nae llet yuo I hownay,
therar ees than dI eb nee"
instead OF having it reset he entitled
It Dusk and printed it as an exer-
else In Esperanto, and offered prize
Of ten dollars for the best English YER
sion Of IT.
We must keep up with the restless
march Of progress and offer prizes for
the best completion Of an unfinished
Limerick. This is being done by some
Of the most advanced publications Of
the day, and who are we that we
should not remain in the front rank?
This weeks unfinished Limerick is
as follows:
There was an old fellow named Root
To Mexico went on a toot.
Old Prexy DiaE
Gave him the pazaz,
And he punched the old man on the
n
A prize Of 15 cents will be given
to those who send in the best finish
ing words to the above Limerick be-
fore supper time tonight, five cents
to be divided among the first 10000
best answers received, six cents to 90
to the 10000 second best answers,
and four cents to the sinking fund to
be devoted to the endowment Of a Linn
erick asylum for the benefit Of those
who lose their minds looking for
trouble In the Limerick line. Address,
The Limerick Editor, Padded Cell
Thirty-six, the New Jersey State Col
lege for the Insane.
RECENT NEWS FROM NEWPORT.
BY general agreement among the
various leaders Of Newport society
card-playing for more than $25, 900 a
point is hereafter to be regarded as
bad form, and any lady who puts up
her diamond necklace in lieu Of real
money win be excluded from the tables
for the rest Of the season. This has
been rendered necessary by the ex-
traordinary discovery that 81 per cent.
Of the Newport necklaces are made or
paste.
His friends and admirers In all parts
Of the country viii be glad to hear
that Mr.. Tommy Dare, the ever popu-
lar cotillIon leader, has quite recov-
cred from his severe attack Of brain
fever induced by his having read a
book recently. He promises not to re-
peat his outrageous but rash act again,
knowing as he does the consequences
which such a strain upon the intellect
invariably entails.
Il
Mr.. Gutzon Borglum. the sculptor,
Is going to make a, heroic bronze
statue Of Hon. Bob Fitzsimmons.
Well, why not? What better sub
jects have the sculptors Of classic
times found for the exercise OF their
genius than the gladlators and strong
men of their day? Surely our men
Of Drawn are as much entitled to the
Immortality Of brass as are our men
Of brains, and whenever our American
nation produces something that ID
worthy Of perpetuation in enduring
form II should most assuredly wei
come the hand that undertakes the
task. One Of the great troubles with
our national walhallas and halls oi
fame Is that they confine themselves
wholly to the memorializing Of mer
who we're specialists along certain
narrow lines, mostly Of the intellect
The affair which expects some day tC
become one OF the glories Of New
York, the Hall Of Fame, Is gradually
filing Up with tablets to the memory
Of literary fellers, scientists, statesmen
and what not, but such things as cap
tains OF industry. cooks. steel and OF
kings and pugilists are entirely over
looked. although It Is highly probable
that the last-named group have dons
more for and to the people Sfsr thos,
who are more highly favored 2 truly
representative pantheon should con
tain a niche for every man or woman
who has stood preeminent in his Of
her day and generation for the thinl
he or she essayed 10 do. It may b,
better to write great poem than L
invent face powder that brings smil
ing youth to a thousand wrinkleC
cheeks; It may be better to pen a stir
ring romance than to put up q paten
medicine like that Of Dr. Gunyon's fo
instance, which will cure anything
from a pane Of glass to a sudden at
tack Of gyascutas; and to bo a grea
orator may be better than to be abb,
to strike a solar plexus blow straigh
from the shoulder that shall send you
adversary clattering down the corri
doris Of oblivion like a bean from tn.
qtannnr of the youfhfuI rufian NH