Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-07-26

4 POetical POsey.
OMAHA, July 24-To the Editor OF The
Bee: As there IL no longer a five-day
drug treatment in Omaha, or In our
state. you will probably allow me TO
give my friend, DR.. Horace p. Holmes, a
dose OF his own medicine in the following
verses. He deserves IL, I assure you, for
In both the letter regarding palmistry.
and his communication under the caption,
Those Non. de Plumes," he has simply
used your columns to satisfy o private
srudge. letter to me, dated June 10.
was so deliberately discourteous that I
considered the correspondence closed
thereby; but. two days later, he sent me
boquet OF Mariposa lilies by parcel post,
with very pleasant letter. asking the
privilege of being my friend and teacher.
1 declined the honor. and asked that the
correspondence be ended. You can Judge
for yourself from this fact what is his
object in attacking me again through
The Bee. He thought the letter about
"Bryan's Palm had failed to draw me
out so sent a stronger appeal The in
formation Incorporated in my verses
herewith enclosed. has been CLEANED from
Dr. Holmes letters to me. These arc
Just a few of the things worth while
he has been trying to teach me. II YOU
need further proof, phone me. and I'll
mail you bunch OF the letters.
ELSIE ROBERTSON,
This is not intended for publication.
stin. I've no objections, IL you publish
the verses also.
ECCE CIrRA,
weep for Greater Omahal NV hand
kerchief Is soaked!
disease and blight hold carnival; by doc
tors we are ''croaked:
"iit' :"
When measles, mumps and chicken-pox
"a, across our thresholds fit.
our k NerIni nc d,t appendices we dread to
to shuttle off,
While II we're seized with NAL de mer on
~, Sarters stormy wave.
No allopathic dose on earth can save ne
from the grave.
Yet hope filings out a lifeline staunch
r 70 those who have the dough-
There's an Indicated Remedy In SHEER.
idan, Wyo.!
inc , IsdssSi law I'VE we view with pain as
me fatal 9Pletes slip beneath in many
ana as for all these so-called "cures'
Tor excess booze and dope
Carboiic acids cheaper-or a good stout
hempen rope.
All treatments" I denounce as fakes.
much as l hate to squeal
On well-known institutions like thu
Neeley and the Keal
tNe-day treatments much too quick;
tTee months too long. perhaps;
painless cures too easy-they must
surfer nd"relapse:"
Unless they seek the fountain-head from
That w nfTS.os al blessings flow
Wyo.!
The form OF government we boast is rot
ten to the core!
Inc way they run their gratis on us
r. would make an angel sore!
Inc equal suffragists are bound to nut
things on the blink
BY passing that eugenics law. from which
All sane men shrink,
ana making our old town go dry in
spite or Mayor Jim
And the commissioner who wabble a,
lock-step with him.
fes' things look very dark for Greater
But lol rainbow spans the dim hori-
1on Tar away
And We should worry There's one cure
Tor every earthly woe
That indicated Remedy In Sheridan,
Wyo.i
Relisions oonsolstions are menace and
| The churches cannot teach Us how 10
climb the golden stair;
The Bibles NOT an inspired BOOKLETS
tenets make US quail
There's not a shade OF proof that Jonah
~, swallowed that big whale.
| No matter how we shape our nves-With
with aud or m intent
No vague hereafter promises reward or
punishment;
Tue soul q not immortal; Life is but a
vale of tears;
Only one hope 8 left to sOothe our
crushing doubts and fears:
oblivion 10 our Eoal-and this the quick
est way TO go
BY that Indicated Remedy" in Sheridan.
2sl7 N 18th ST. ELSIE ROBERTSON.