New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-09-09
AS | WAS SAYING

leys As old, perhaps, and certainly as coueherh 'e
Bromleys were at least seventeen cuts below the
Denslovs Yet only the Denslows' back fence sepa-
rated the Bromleys from their betters
Now il ha opened certain day that nre broke
out in the house Of Bromley and jumped the back
fence and devoured the Denslow carriage Shed ana
all the ancient, doddering, aristocratic Wehicies
therein.
So Colonel Denslow summoned Uncle 'Rastus after
the nremen had completed the ruin, and said:
",Rastus, why didn't you try to get out the car
riages? II was your duty. You must nave
known It,"
Then did 'Rastus prove himself proud. true SER
want of the house of Denslow and an encieh' ne
spser Of the house Of Bromley.
"Goy, massar said he Who'd thunk they
fire would come in yard!'
There Won are brethren In that echo from the
mast YOU hear the cry Of Canada when the Harry
boy appeared among them. pursued by the courage
GUS Mr. Jerome: Who'd thunk they nre wouio
come in yard"
And when II did there was tumut and excitemen'
and some wrath the invasion was thought
great liberty though it is lovely from our point OF
view Forgetting herself in her delrium, CANADA Is
opening her heart to Quite an acquaintanceshlp
has srtung up across the back fence AT the present
rate Uncle Sam and our Lady ~ the SHOWS VIII
soon be telling each other their right names.
We begin to like Canada. She has spunk' and
itches to show It. youthful nation conscious OF
new greatness and power she chirps. as did the well
known urc hin: "Pleathe. can't kick Willie yutht
ylnth with my new shoes?" She enves our record
for kicking and would like to kick England, as we
did.
But her affectionate loyalty prevents. She has
seen how England Topped Off slice Of her and gave
il to US every time there squabble so Is hlIed
with gratitude. Moreover. she has heard lot OF
British laughter over her brag and youthful buster
This strengthens the tie.
Consequently. IT is toward Uncle sam that she I
turns with her new boots, singing:
II really must kick some one.
And it might as well be YOU"
BESIDES she is a stern morallst and Ike her
for that How boldly she defends Harrys sterling
virtues, How magnihcently she comes down on
Brother Jerome's weakness for cards, even when ne
assures her from bitter experience that poker is not
a game Of chance! Poor soul, he hadn't any!
GENERAL. Observation-Disclosures priest. 81
well educated speaks and writes French. Italian
Latin. Armenian. Turkish and Arabic would like
general homework temporarily; references"
At last the long sought treasure We shall not
hesitate Along with his undoubted excellence Of
character we shall prize his abilities inter
prefer (enablng 10 communicate with fully half
our servantO and especially his nationality This
last is his leading merit. Nothing Ike having an
Armenian in the basement. What air Of pro-
priety his presence will lend to the coming mas
sacre,
There was considerable uproar at The Hague when
the burghers opened their newspapers the other
morning and read Second Day OF the Peace Con-
gress Lions and Tigers, Man Eating Gorlas,
Blood Thirsty Wolves. Hih the Wild Man. and the
original Bosco-Eats En- Aliye." We hear that this
notice produced bad impression" But the printer
has been caught and jailed and the sensation has
blown over.
only to break OUT afresh in a quarter, though.
For what is this we hear? performing Donkeys,
McGoogan and McGugan, Cissy Bumpus. the
Madcap Four William Jennings Bryan and the Pony
Ballet"
No charging it up TO the printer. this time The
show is in tents. and the Jubaton likewise.
And we wonder if the collector OF historic epigrams
has Mr.. Bryan in mind when he unearths NapOleons
observation The heart OF a statesman should be
in his head" Awful, Are not our railway engineers
arguing more convincingly every day that two bodies
cannot occupy the same space at the same time?
Besides we are wondering about Vice-President
Marshall The person who goes along with Mr..
Bryan and lectures An Outworn Constitution is
billed as one Frank Dixon" but refuse to be-
lieve -that is till honored Vice President takes
Blackstones advice (Vol. II, Page $3.50 and proves
a lullaby"
The finger of suspicion has long pointed at him.
Not that we fail to how Vice President can
live his salary. We could do it. ourself But
would we? Guess hardly, with the jokes nyinG so
thick.
These are dreadful days. The public is being hum
plugged. right and left. Even science deceives us.
For instance, here is fu-booded japanese scen-
fist declaring that SHARED the germ OF rabies at
the Rockefeller Institute
Whereas, never! He knows perfectly well that
the capture effected on the shore OF the Pacific
In the great Western State whose name shall be
nameess r. l.. H.
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