The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-23

DRIFTWOOD
 Speaking of Knox. he gets plenty of 'em all right.
 Every time a hen lays an egg these days she cackles as triumphantly as though she knew the market value of 'em.
 When King Ed and the Kaiser met they kissed each other q sound smack on the cheek. When men indulge fin talent that's all.
 There Is q great run of immoral plays in New York just at this time. The theatrical managers however. say they will continue to dish dp that kind of slush just so long as the public palate crayes 1t.
 Report comes out of New Orleans that MT, Taft tipped the beam at ase S25-a-plate spread. He Is surely good Tor 300 pounds by inauguration time!
 Soon be time for the enthusiasts on the bleachers to tell the umpire how to call the decisions.
 The love germ is said to be "pesti- ferrous insect" In spite of even that Cupid was still doing business in the same old way in most of the ,parlors to the hour of galloping off to press on the first edition.
 The Jacksonville Times-Union says flAr l. pulling a woman's hair these days; it Is too easy to come off," But just to think, if you pull 1t off when some body is looking. think how sweet the 7fvense.
 Who has the key to the Panama lock?
 MT. Taft seems to have eaten every thing but crow.
 This secret service seems to be no longer secret. Teddy has given 1t much publicity.
 Now that Roosevelt has made Taft president, the latter says. "Skidoo; I'll make my own cabinet to suit my self!'
 The women of Illinois want the legislature to require married men to WtdI 5olit Ol llbiC UT oc oS8i gated so they may be distinguished from single men. Suffering Moses! Isn't that henpecked look and the way they are dressed enough to distinguish them from the prosperous. stylish and happy bachelor?
 Hitchcock. the actor. Is flat broke. He has filed a notice in bankruptcy. He Is a good comedian, however. but this fact recalls so wildly to our mind that al VI heard him sing in New York once Life is Suoh Funny Proposition After All"
 "Vice President Fairbanks to Girdle Fairbanks would make a pretty good imitation of a girdle all right.
 The fellow who is always borrowing trouble, quite frequently starts 1t all by borrowing money.
 In this age of pure food inspection, do not worry because you have to wait an hour or two for your oysters when you've ordered em: perhaps the thought alone ought to instill in you the great lesson of patience.
 It means a dark hour for you when your partners baby boy makes bright remark for you will have to listen to it at the office next day.
 The average man in a prohibition town had rather stay at home and hunt blind tigers than go chasing off to Africa to hunt Hons. / The St. Louis Times publishes a verse of scripture every day. The people down this way would not call it news, but 1t certainly is news to St. Louis.
 
 We heard one man talking over the back fence to his neighbor yesterday about garden seed and by this we know that gentle Spring has almost 
 Some of those London suffragettes are going up in airships. They will not even leave the air to man.
 Speaking of Marathon runners. they are simply not in 1t with a certain young Wetumpka sport who made a dash for the owl car Sunday night.
 When Omaha meets Greek then comes the tug of war
 The fleet is anchored off the Vir- gina capes and the world-famous cruise Is at an end If you aren't proud of your fleet you ought to have the smallest man in the world spit on you and drown you!
 
 Longing. oh sunny days and blossomed ways
 an birds singin' sweet An folks a sayin' "Howdy do" along
 the village street. Oh miles a daisies noddin in a meadow
 full O dreams Where the lazy bees are buzzin' to the
 laughter O the streams. Amt you lonesome fer the sunshine
 an the skies O cobalt blue An the fragrant lanes where sweet
 hearts go a-roamin' on with you! oh. my heart Is nearly bustin' fer to
 grab a fishtn' pole An somewhar on a messy bank let joy