The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-20
DRIFTWooD
chilaren count the days thu Christ

Children count the days till Christ mas. old folks try to forget them. limitation is the sineerest flattsry. thinking t viii fiatter her. It Is reported that the Kaiser made Thts flR iRsn the GSa rss tSS SPs ionasen saf his their usual condition: ,rosDs wSsEs ss,SiSs sEs you going to spend your Up to the hour of going to press it banna Thanksgiving Turkey and the Alabama Pumpkin Pie.
 TO .hear'' is human. especially if. you live on party line. 7. =. Miss Elizabeth Cotton. of Massachu-a setts, speaks fifty-four languages. asnt ltfa talf basS .tslf. or baaSeSaaL '"' when q man fnarries an old flame she sometimes makes it hot for hinn,'s% l,,l z. We know a certain Montgomery girl who certainly goes in for local color .7-,that is she buys all her rouge in thfs ety. ~ The rolling auto gathers the moss A bird in the hat is worth two hum dred in the bush in these days of high priced millinery.
 The stage carpenter can not be called shiftless as he shifts the scenes right along at every performance. In contest at a theatre recently :, in south .SarolIns, I,s,n ynngsnt y0ung map nf stua a public contest. We'll that isn't at all surprising coRSidsFing
 "suelpaardeaIoonsrypoorwegtetrooly- ting" is the Dutch word for motor car. s a could could easily tsa sS rsa Sys5 SSe5re iala ba could get haf through pronouncing the word
 Raymond Hitchcock is now through soon to te married. which will doubt less prove the biggest trial Of all A Pennsylvania teacher says no wo- man ought to marry until she is fui- ly competent to support husband. It's just such theories as this that make moilycoddles.
 Poisonous. ribbopa are the latest. foes to the health of the occupants of the nnTseTy %rF Gnsean in the SS SSety Soxs that tiacorate baby's bonnet. However, this isn't worrying the bachelor con tingent any
 It is now "All Aboard for Guate- rnala'' from any railway station in the United States. All railway communi- cation with Progressive City iS now open.
 Says John q love you madiy; my @Thank goodness" Sal says glMdIy Love ain't in the trust"
 "A little of the breast please" "Ax de parson' home to dinnah wid you" says Uncle Snowball. heap his plate high wid turkey an dresPin' an'i force a little ob de cranberry sauce on necessarily follow dat you mus ax him toe suppah, cole tukey ain't good fo' preachers, an dat good stun to wash hit down Wid Is an abominatlon in dc sight ob de Lawd."
 The OIden Dreams. Q the olden dreams and the golden We see in the hrelishts gloy.
 And faces O long ago. While the pop corn pops and leaps aR1 As the children pop t there; what VISIONS come DL tu6 When the world was more than
 fair.
 0 the oiden dreams. the golden
 dreams. d.
 Tha sweetheart's face a-smile. The eyes O blue, the heart so true.
 You'll meet in the afterwhllS While the children laugh your old
 heart aches,
 AS you long for days of yore: The smile so bland or clasp of hand
 From an old friend just once more 0 the olden dreams. the goldeH
 dreams,
 Let's dream 'em while we may, For a man is better for his dreams
 That die in the ashes grey. Let the huge black throat of the chim
 ney laugh
 As the bright flame leaps and turns, The children gay as they laugh an Can't guess how the old man ysarns.
 PHIL IT. ARMSTRONG.
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 Remember, Mir Taft, if you need any advice in running this government, you can get all you need from the critics who are playing chess behind the stove in the country store while their over worked wives are at home cooking