The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-11-08
DRIFTWooD

Jack Frost has made his appearance In Montgomery.
 A smile and a wink from that con- 'ductor on the Birmingham street rail- way has laid the company liable for $500. There are times to smile and wink and there are times to not. Since poor Morse Is to get fifteen years in the pen he now feels like sign ing his name R-E-MoRSE.
 
 Do you think poetry will ever die?' asked the Sweet Young Thing of the "i don't know as to that" replied the O.. E. facetiously, but I know of some I will have to kill"
 Then his conscience almost smote him as he pitifully eyed the perfumed paper neatly rolled and tied with a blue rib- bon that the Sweet Young Thing had left upon his desk. !. Miss New Yorlx-Can You remember the tn. -.' naEpes of all the men you have Miss 1cchicaso-weil. er-there's the city directory, you know. - . Jack-Every rose has it's thorn. Mack--Right you are-Ive- frequent ly been stuck on the price of ono. E A girl has to quit hanging up her stocking at the very age when 1t would hold the most. :,r ... Before marriage 8 man thinks only of his burning love. afterward it's the burning biscuits that more frequently engage his thoughts.
 The toad had a diamond in his head according to the old fable, but 1t dossnt ,go thess sdtaygssmapgearanSes put on good front nowadays.
 
 The reason girls are selected for telephone operators Is because there is an afinity between woman and People are all right. so long as they do that for which they are 2 pretty bird but his voice is uncul- The principal thing that keeps these balioonists up seems to be hot air. Now that the election is over. turn your attention to your own grand old State of Alabama and her many re- sources, that make 1t the garden spot of the world.
 The esteemed Times of that city is kicking because Shakespeare doesn't go if that kind of art is on the bum ? Judging from the slang used there we fear that George Ade has poor Bill backed clean out oS the lime light" The new woman of today doesn't pad de her own canoe-she demands a gas oline engine and a gaudy canopy to say nothing of nice upholstered seats. Every time woman gets a chance to emphasize her superior knowledge over . man did you ever notice witt what fiendish delight she does it?
 
 Now look out--Nansen. the arctic ex- plorer says that the world will end an arctic explorer to talk that way the world has been giving poor Nansen the 'coid" shoulder of late years. Said the pup unto the auto,
 "I'il a bargain make with tnee I'll not run over you if you
 Will not run over me- Love when see the roses come and go There on your cheeks in youths all ra-
 diant glow,
 Meanwhile a tender smile enhances so The pleasing aspect of your face. And when those eyes like twinkling
 stars that beam After the golden sunsets lingering Departs and leaves tho somber twilight Look into mlne-Time slows his pace. my breast,
 As though my lone heart yearncd and
 yearned for rest
 But finds 1t not. for you have long
 since guessed
 The one desire-aye long ago That makes me see the world with diff
 ferent eyes.
 That make sthe birds sing sweeter and
 the skies
 Take on a deeper hue. Can't you sur
 mise?
 Oh, well-'tis this:
 love you so!