The Topeka state journal., 1914-02-27

The Good old Days.
By ROY Il. MOULTON

1Do N1OQ0 OlQ 1S8ySs
How dear to my heart are the scenes Of
When fond recollection presents them
to view.
The old attic bedroom. tho frozen wash
The snow which through all of the
OF all OF these things I remember most
As down through the years am hitting
the Grade.
The one which doth cling to my memory
The old flannel nightsown that my
mother made.
The fuxx-covered nightgown,
The warm comfy nightgown,
The old flannel nightgown that my
mother made.
Now as I'm encased in the blue silk pa
shiver and shake in the cold winter
long for the wool Of the sheep and tho
llamas.
To cover my frame which is wobbly and
Go on: gentle reader. and call me q
| A moss-back. = relic. ana be not afraid.
aomt 5n., All OF that. but cannot help
For the old flannel nightsown that my
mother made.
The large, roomy nightgown,.
The soft, easy nightgown,
| Inc oid flannel nightgown that my
motner made.
Some Waitress.
The following story il told of n we'll
SHOWN New York travelling man. He went
INTO the dining room of q small country
nGte,; glanced M at the menu and then look
| Gu at the pretty young waitress. Mice
day. Little One.'' he began. .'Yes, it is, .
sne answered. land so was yesterday, and
my my name Is Eua. and I know I am a
peach and have pretty blue eyes. and I've
Deen mere quite while. and like the
place. and don't think I'm too nice q
girl to be working here. II I did. I'd
ana don't think there's . show or dance
! IN town tonight. and II there is I shall
NOT go with You. and I'm from the coun-
try. and I'm q respectable girl and my
brother Is cook in this hotel and he
| weighs NO pounds. and last week he wiped
up this floor with a hundred-dollar-a-
| a date with me. Now. what'u you haveY,
The Old Hoes.
The motor car was stalled In snow;
with all its power it couldn't go.
The blizzard had Il in ns'1 q pinch. %
The car was weak and helpless, too.
But the old hoss. he pulled through
The railroad train. mighty thing,
Was stalled. It wasn't worth a ding.
Inc Inc engineer did all he could.
To wait was all 1t could do.
But the old hoes, he pulled through.
The street car. crowded. jammed and
packed,
Tried going ahead and then It backed.
The Snow King held It in his grip: PR
They tried and then gave up the trim
One method Of transit still held true. -
The old hoss he pulled through.
According to Uncle Abner.
This is certainly an ungratefuI world Al
soon as feller dies, the relatives all rush
to the newspaper and put in q card OF
There are only twos1kinds of wimnaen IL
TINS world that ar4 hard to understaHd-
the married ones and the single ones
Lem Higgins says IL them American
neiresses are SO crazy after furrin' coro-
nets. he has got good B flat, that wa
L "A La carte is one Of the greatest causee
OF dyspepsia in this country and ola.
fasn1oned cooking Is tho best cure
The tango war seems to have petered
out OF its own accord.
Signs of the Times.
China IL rapidly becominx civilized. sh,
ships.
Thugs get - apiece for killing China
men in New York, which sounds q,
though pauper labor has struck this coun
try, too.
} New York society leader says an 500,
as she IL divorced she win confine he
time to her lap dog Lucky husband. :