The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-09-01

sBbt TAFT waved his hand
With a show of suspicion.
And said Il am not
a machine politician
Intermssion.
In the old Roman calendar Sepiem-
Der was the seventh month OF the
year. This brought Labor Day around
in the beat of the sumner All me
unions said IT was too hot 10 march
far enough 10 make any impression
on capital Like every other pohti-
clan. Numa was afraid Of the labor
vote. so he pushed September along
10 the ninth place in the calendar and
had Labor Day fall on the frst day
Of Autumn The unions were tvs en-
abled to march twice as far and Nu-
ma had to refuse a third term.
The old school bell win toll the
knel of youthful summer joys, and
the girls will mcekly get in line TO-
gether with some boys; but the gapi-
er youngsters viii hide out a few
days in dissent. and later on the last
one in viii ran for president
The summer girl will get her coat
and Merry Widow hat. and journey
homeward from the sea uncertain
where she's at; but the widow easily
carcsscd because she Stuck 70 ioqaes,
will bring moliycoddle home and
show it to the folks.
The tourists who have been abroad
on fashionable trips, viii homewarl
wcnd with hotel tags stuck al arouad
their grips; and thronEing in their
wake will cenio never ending How
of busted immigrants to see where
thcy got all The dough.
September is whom the ;miumual
equinox the niusqnto out This oc-
ours on the 22nd when the sun goe3
osersihc equation sf0F, a touehdus-p eil
! tho ice cream gigglery and sununer
underwear The coal man VIII Kick
! goal and Mr. Rnotcych. leaving SaEa-
moro llili viii turn 70 WHslington
and the serious business OF loading
some more Shells for lions.
The cooler air wiz stimulate
I The presidential race.
! And everybody will hit up
A llttlo faster pace.
The smiling entry from the Platte
( WIN put up clouds Of dust,
Ard The roly-poly man will run
III ne lA IKE 10 DuHt.
And Teddy meanwhile win observe
/ the contest through his glass ard
stick aroUnd The haif-miic post until
lac runners pass: and ii he fears the
I platte viii win the highest prized OF
4 boons. he'll laugh and whistle up a
few old reassuring tunes. and toss a
( big fat bumbebee In Taft's back pan
falcons.
And then there viii he doings on
! this none too stable earth. and every
! Democrat will gel his candidate dol
lars worth the Ilisgens. Dehs, and
all Of that inconseqGential fry. VIII
dnck into the weeds ard watch the
big event go by; ard the Tstt men,
looking on the while the fireworks
: Don and si2z. viii hold on tightly
ard enquire. (which cloud OF dust +
his?"
The touch Of Fall will make the ripe
sd falling acorn thud,
And tbs crawfish viii throw up his
tail
And burrow in the mud;
The dread mosquito win depart
From This terrestial scene.
But he'll die as well becomes the
brave
With his face against the screea
( And then the fallenllvened coll
win frulic on the hill. and the rail
roads will return the folks they found
TOO tough to kill: the fat and idls
pIutocrat win close his summer place
and the candidate viii mount the
stump and lqin of at the face.
After The 23rd SeDtemher viii hc
under the influence of Libra. the sew
enth sign OF the zodiac. The sign =
Libra represents a pair of scales held
in the claws of a scorpion. II is d
Chaldean origin.