Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-06-29
ADE, IN SATIRE, JABS
SUFFRAGE, IN PAPER
Nations Flag a Powder Rag"
Is Phrase in a Song He
Contributes.


Contributes.
Lafayette, Ind.-George AIDE. Purdue's
most distinguished alumnus. has come to
bat with q true enough solar plexus blow
for the suffraget movement. Although
recognized as q burlesque, 1t goes a little
against the grain with some of the more
seriously inclined, especially those who
disagree will the playwright on the sub
1ect of women's rights.
On the other and his latest satirical
effusions ara considered by many as the
best ever, and the praises OF AIDE are sung
ever more v~ivaciously. There is also a
touch of pride that he has reserved these
verses for the college paper.
1t all came about IN the co-eds' issues
of the Purdue Exponent. which has just
appeared. John II. McCutcheon. also an
LnmNus, contributed some spicy articles,
but those OF AIDE, in which he says the
nations flag will be a talcum powder rag
when lovely woman has her way. over
shadow the effort OF the former.
Saved From tho Scrap Heap.
The cod-eds' issue Of the Exponent APP
pears under the editorsrip OF Miss Mary
Kennedy. Mr.. AIDES contribution fol-
lows:
IT the Editress: In the preparation
OF uplifting dramas, such as The Fair
Coed The Old Town and The City
Chap the author finds himself surround
ed by by-products. He writes verses and
then discovers that they are too good for
the public. and after the play is launched
he has q lot of odds and ends of bui.d-
ing material to sort out and store away,
He could burn this litter. but he saves
It. hoping that some day he may find use
for 1t.
'For many months 1 nave kept In the
corner Of my desk a stack of unfinished
lyrics. / have told myself that Some
day I will unload them on someone
''Now my chance has arrived. l will
send these fragments to the co-editors Of
Purdue. You will And only one verse of
each. I never got AS far as the second
verse. No. 1 is somewhat frivolous in
character and might be SUM- by a Lafay-
cite bird.
A College Town for Me.
"Hcre 1t Is:
Come girls would be by the sounding sea
Where the rolling breaker beat;
oome girls would stay on a mountain top
In q quiet. safe retreat,
Some vegetate In a rural state
Among the placid yaps,.
While some are ripe for the sporty type
OF the hOOrah city chap;
But IL I had my say
OF some good place to stay.
thinks I'd rather settle down
In 1ndiana'' TMFRA fsyn'
/ want to live in a college town
Where men are thick as bees.
w Ars x tos aSI' Sene g Z IN the e0l srees:
Each night at light
In the parlor bright.
And q song In the key of q,
With q real Dutch lunch
For. the midnight bunch
A college town for me.
Under the Talcum Powder Rag.
.'Tha above IL hardly In harmony with
anreosna fnrnrn0 1lgttO venture hV YO1lnW
women. SO I hasten to add No. 3 as an
A%ntidote: %
The sun energies from its lair
n ore the earth a .splendor throws.
o, va mighty sscl hsra'a Of ao1 the i. d. Sons:
Tho cock-a-doodle Of h men
No longer ives the cackling hen.
For I am quite prepared
TO demonstrate to you.
The little hen now rules. the roost.
n rules the %rooster too.
A. Happy. fast approaching day.
when woman has her own sweet way;
within six Month our country's nag
Will be q talcum powder rag.
March Of The ouf9ragsts.
II nnd on the remnant counter anoth-
Or reference to the great vital issue Of
the moment. 20 i send It along:
wondrous things have come to pass
vn On that th,a, wssn IND tSs. f fs;1 do day;
Lovely woman has her way.
You can scent It In the breeze,
You can feel It In the air.
Suffragines md suffragets
CoUntermarching everywhere.
see the amasonian host
sa sxlnsiss s.t Bse.d oS t SSxn h. II; streets
Hear the shrs1. desant t' cries 49,
H :: shi ss Ssy tsss n Sss. xSo ..t
IA the legislative halls.