New-York tribune., 1911-01-14
THE TALK or THE DAY.

! ~ N'sh 'f ' ~ = -
The London Globe" attempts an OK
panaton Of the rhyme. sing a Song Of
Sixpence" Here It g.: The four-and-
twenty blackbIrds represent the four-and.
twenty hours The bottom Of the pie Is the
world. The top crust represents the sky.
The opening - the pie X the dawn II the
day when the birds begin 10 sing, and
surely such a sight IL ~ for king The
king In his counting house counting out
hi- money ls the sun The money the king
is counting represents the golden sunshine
The queen. who sits in tho parlor. IS the
moon. Tho honey she n eating il tho
moonlight The industrious maid who is
working in the garden before The sur has
risen Is tho day dawn. and the clothes she
hangs out are clouds The bird who so
tragcaly ends the song by nirpinG oT her
nose is the hour Of sunset
Little Man uhreateningly)-I say. Mr..
Straigutey did you tell Mr.. Walker I was
Il liar
Biz Man (roonv>-No. sir. dd not. It's
my opinion Mr. Walker doesn't want any
telling .-Tit-BIts
TO THE POETRY SOCIETY or AMER
oh, say,
= s \
Thou art tho goods
To yank the Muse out ~ the woods.
The stun
To call the new -Parnassian blum,
And raise the ante Of tho modern styl.
70 heights OIy1npian for awhile,
Thou.
Cf altitudinous brow,
We hail thee, now.
As spirit of ~ immortal shades
Eiysian and also IIadcs
Restored To- earth. II not too late
To swat the cheap poetic skate,
And make old Pegasus wn with cas.
The golden apples of Hosper.des,
or something Ike tnat.
Right of the bat
Hall. i. s. \.
The Muse throws thanks your way
For answering to tho .. g. -.
Of really truly Poesy
selah,
what?
W J. HAMPTON.
"How's yolr daughter getting along with
her music
plain yet"-Detroit Free Press.
For the ncxt two years while New York
State has two such high officials Ms the
Lieutenant Governor and the Attorney
General with Irish surnames and first
names alike there will probably be fine
miS-up OF initials and patronymics In the
newspapers The Albany Argus" already
has twitted The Brooklyn Eagle" on its
slip in speaking of Attorney General
Thomas r. Carmody." The man elected
Attorney General last fall i' Thomas J.
Carmody Ths Lieutenant Governor f.
Thomas Z. Conway.
IIoax-One of the big department stores
serves o'clock tea
JoaI-It's "A wonder they don't mark II
down 20 s.59.--Philadclphi3 Record.
The Philadelphia North American re-
ports a victory for the atomachs and health
OF PENNSYLVANIA children. The manufact-
urers of cheap candy have agreed, after
heart-to-heart talk with the state Food
Commissioner. 10 stop using varnish as an
outside coating for their wares. Says Tho
North American" speaking OF the confer
ence: "It is likely that the sweet-toothed
public will shortly be rid Of the necessity
Of swallowing a dose OF floor yarntsh every
time certain brands Of candy are eaten
At the hearing before the Food Commits
sloncr Professor laval the departments
chemist. asked: How would YOU like TO
label your candles Covered with floor var
nish' Immediately there were remon-
strances that the public would not willing
ly ray It's good money for such an edible
IL IT knew it Commissioner Foust con-
ceded the truth o; this and regarded II as
prime reason why the unsuspecting
should no longer be internally shellacked
every time they INDUCED In confectionery.
Hence the agreement to stop using TIE
coating
Gee. but that man must know all about
Wall Street
What makes YOU think so,'
'IIe never speculates. Toledo BLADE
Philadelphia proudly claims for one oi
!ts citizens the hair cutting championship
OF the world and hopes 10 prove by his
feat that the Quaker City isn't nearly so
slow az has been charged At recent
Italian festival a young barber cut the
hair Of four men, giving each different
style Of "shinsling" in forty minutes, He