The Lamar register., 1915-05-05

And Maude will wear a cheesebox hat
Hung raking over one pink ear.
One can't restrain the joy of spring
because the Kings have fallen out.
The CHEEKY meadowlark will sing, and
all the buds will blossom out. A host
.of hcalthful garden truck will storm
1.-THE human Dardanelles. The sitting
hen will softly cluck and warm the
chickens in the shell. The mocking-
bird will fill the night with fervid
pledges of its love, a brighter beauty
will bedight the irridescence of the
dove, the circus will resume its sway,
with posters going on before, the gen
tie Establishments of May will beckon
through the school room door, the
wind will blow in playful spurts, the
bullfrog in the glade will grunt, and
Susie will sew lighter shirts for sum-
mer service at the front.
A fig for who is winning now on
Europe's battlefields and red, the hir-
ed man behind the pillow will see that
all of them are fed. Or bloody work
Ialong the Aisne, or naval battles at
The Horn, he'll tool the undulating
plain and stuff the combatants with
corn. He little wots about the right,
or little cares which side is wrong; he
only hopes to give his mite to keeping
people well and strong. There is no
medal on his chest, nor has he Carne-
gle to thank for something feathering
his nest and lying in the village bank.
He tolls for love, for all mems good,
for what to him is doubly dear, and
when he has done what he could, he
sleeps the balance of the year.
At any rate, the whippoorwill
Will bare the secrets of his heart,
And Cupid, lying very still,
Will shoot US with his fiery dart.
The bride will thrill for thought of
June,
When dads well wishes will be cash,
The tender glamour Of the moon
Will make the bachelors all rash,
The widow will begin to set
/
The tourist will begin to fret,
And nibble at the summer rate,
The icecream suit will tempt the rain,
The garden peas will race the beans,
And we shall be ourselves again,
For having sassafras and greens.
The United States will be so busy
getting in crops with which to feed
Europe next winter that not much else
will happen here in May. The Presi-
dent will continue, however, to keep
as neutral as may be, considering that
almost all of us sprung from one of
the countries engaged in the war. He
will not do much at golf or at living
around at pleasant country places this
summer, but will stick to the White
House pretty closely. This is not an
easy time to be president. In former
times one could put in good deal of
ones time bear hunting, as Mr.. Roose-
welt did, or summing ones self on the
grass somewhere along Long Island
Sound, as Mr. Taft did. 1t is nothing
like that now. The President must
stick to his knitting, and if there is
any bear hunting and sun-dozing to
be done the vice president will have
to do it.
The war in Mexico will continue
northward through the month in
search of cooler weather, and will
probably summer on the south bank
of the Rio Grande. The war is a
little worn and fatigued after an un-
usually warm season in Mexico, and
a few months at the proper resort
will put it on its feet. Gen. Huerta
who may be said to have been one of
its godfathers, is in this country again
and will probably pay the war a visit
some time during the month. He has
consulted some excellent specialists
abroad on the peculiar nature of the
wars ailment, and something may
come of it. What does come of it may
be to the Generals liking, but when
one has the war at heart, as Huerta' S
has, one feels like doing something,
at any rate.
The first twenty days of May will
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