Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-05-14

And to myself will the Ford
Ihat never yet was lent.
All, yes. that trusty lzzy
sweet sweet bnss for which ! crave
want II when I'm buried
| l want II at my grave.
For though II may look sickly
with all its brass and tin.
~ pulled me out of every hole
ever landed in.
That the verses of Jim Pilkington
made Il profound impression in spite
OF soLie errors in tho first two stan
zas Is tViderccd by the following gen
er4us appreciation by cur friend
were Anon Letters have come
from other states. indicating the same
scntinent
Once imagined that I could write.
| scribbled day and | scrbbled night ,
UP In the morning before it was light.
Scrlbbhng on everything in sight
l wrote about things had never seen
wrote about places | never had been.
And every thought that | could CLEAN
put INTO verses and sent il in
some was accepted, some came back,
rhinl ! KEEP, right ON the beaten track"
But now | know | am only a Jack
did Put over some fair stuff,
Iohsidering my way and style was rough
anu zen you. friends, IL sure is tough
but right here's where ''holler' enough
Since big Jim Pilking,on "hit the trail"
anu lne critlc man put crimp in my
ATTEMPT to write meaus but to fail.
all can do is to weep and wall
II from me, Jim, you re some poet.
JOKE Is me-I am pnat.
fact, OF course yon know it;
verses and mine together show Il.
,ot good sense and you've got the
O. lyle is too good to let that pass:
so and i to You without any gas y
Nc 'he i'o"ers-I II go to grass"
Whc could not guess the answer to
the following lines. even If the writer
nad not been Kind enough to give 10
are: ''N
! hear II at the pictufe shows
! hear il on the street;
near II at my rooming house
hear II where 1 eat
Oh mol 'Tis. not the German note.
Or even Mexico
Or who will get the Bull Moose vote
near where er / GO
But that which makes me wonder.
DO they ever cease,
Ihese Tulsa men from talking
Ihat all (oil) absorbing leasei
Efiie ID. Warren Of Oilton. who
nas appearHd in this column before.
'ends in something else too GOOD 70
urn Gown. il has lust a touch OF
eehng in 1t which gives any writing
ldded interest. "'''''s
what's the Good o. Larnin'7
rstson ;s's rs all right, OIL wife-I reckon
we've got the farm and we kin live. I
thank the Lord tonight ''
we, IL does seem kinder hard, that
~, ne can turn us down '
no We had the hardest kind OF toiI .ho,
ne might live in town. '""'
iSw Sis ne re- hates to have me stop in front o.
or when .nv mnn rung the bell terday twas still
'u' Gnsn en-, l turned and driv away, 1 thort
Ind seed the winder curtain oner Ia,
little crack. 0ps"' 'eS
A'r ri,t, see no % good in iarnin'. though only
u' tneh can see much aohow-mv sigbt
am none too good; 's"'
Ut Wheh l holler hey there Joe >, bo,u
mostly alters frown. ''e' ne
no can't help but understand. be aim. !
TO turn me down. "' AIMS
h' what's the good o. larnin' when n
HE op, tne of folks downi
my nm 81 n,a ,arm, heap better'a any stuck
W s,iH US mighty hard, yer know-our
only boy-our Joe,
nese la,ter days has lowed that he mpst
turn the OIL folks down
The limerick contest has not at
acted 80 far the interest expected
robably many of tho contestants are
aiting to see how others will write
e submit three today. without ms.
& the names Of the authors. inst II
stimulate other writers. We wish II
at a hundred limericks might reach II
this week to be turned over 70
g Judges. Remember, a year's free
description to The Tulsa World is not |
be sneczed at. particularly as long
the Sunday poets column con,
lues.
Hint to Wives.
wife was always akickin'-
J, Got an occasional lickin'-
80 he took a pout. II
Went lookin' about.
"a found him nice. pretty chicken.
Whackl Blaml Blouisi
editor sat in his den.
nversin' with different men
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