The San Francisco call., 1910-05-01

in Indiana waiting for local train -
Along came the Twentieth Century limited. and
as it passed the water tank dog rushed out and.
barking furiousy. chased it few rods down the
platform The stranger turned to the station
agent and said: Does that dog do that of4en?"
Yes answered the agent, most every day"
Well, said the stranger. Il wonder if he expects
ever to catch it? 81 don't know" replied the
agent but don't wonder much about that as
what in thunder he thinks he would do with it If
he did catch it"
Tis grave question, God wot and don't know
what might be the answer for San Francisco, but IN
Pasadena they overcome the difficulty by counting
the hogs twice
DUNK'S Def
Dunk McKinlay has been telling congress how
he reckessly dehed Missouri reporter Is consecu-
tive times in this WISE
Il made eighteen speeches and in every speech
said that that the Kansas City Star !
was opposing the presidents administration
because the proprietor of that newspaper
Influenced by large department store in Kansas
City. At each of these eighteen meetings re-
porter for the Kansas City Star the plat
form l made the statement directly to him each
night, and dared him to print it deny it in his
newspaper, but not word printed.
Dunk did not tell congress that the most impor-
tant result of his 18>speeches that the demo-
cratic majority in the district was nearly doubled
If he had defed that reporter some more they might
have made it unanimous. -. a ..-
A BUSINESS POET -7zTRET'r~7sT-rJ
San Francisco is happy in the possession OF a
poet, not of the common. useless and improbable
kind, but business poet from the word go and his
name is James Henry MacLaferty, the man who
wrote:
The Pride of the Westi
The Gem of the Sea!
The City that isl
The City Be!
Where the ship Content" her sail has furled;
The City loved around the world!
San Francisco!
OF him and his work Guy Buell. writes an appreci-
alton for the Stockton Record 1t appears that Mr..
MacLafferty in previous condition of servi-
ture drummer expounding in a business way the
virtues of vaseliSe. OF his work in that capacity
Mr.. Buell. writes:
His entire vocabulary was fluid Of
combativeness, plus inclination to set his y
word machine in operation, either with or without
valid excuse.
This did not surprise me in the least as several
years prior dividing Office rent with him he had
visited my home in interior city for day.
this occasion he exploiting the merits of
vaseline, and if there any project under
taking in the field of private public activity that
could struggle along without vasene, after its
virtues had been mentioned the promoters he
had heard of it.
He assured with the profound
carnestness that the medicinal virtues of vaseline
proved it to be universal panacea; that it could
be utilized a remedial agent for any physical
disability from Group to premature old age;
furthermore, it so harmless and palatable that
it would only require treatise the subject for
it to be used substitute for that time honored
golden yellow extract of lactea1 fluid, thereby
creating of peace for the red cow, like
wise the honest plowboy whose duty it rob
her offspring of its rightfu nourishment
ONE OF HIS SAMPLES
Whether Mr.. N1acLafferty is merely a good
drummer gone wrong a real poet breaking loose
from restraint unable to say. but here is one of
his samples from yard wide piece about the
meadow lark of California:
Perhaps love thee more, thou feathered voice.
Because thy body, earthbound like my own.
Must yet become mine, which hath choice,
But find its place in mother earth alone
But, oh, my dearest, cherished wish shall be,
My song may bless some soul, as thy song
besses
This is at least good enough to get man out of
Jail, but would not like TO venture deeper into the
mysteries of poetic appraisement. Without bother
ing over that, let US acknowledge the popular obi
CATION to MacLaherty who has found use for
poetry. hitherto regarded as waste, which he con-
verts into useful and profitable by-product 1t is
the boast of the pork packers that they utilize every
part of the hog except the squeal. MacLafferty
beats that.