The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1916-05-08

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SPRING POEM CONTEST
The following poem was the best
submitted In the great spring poem
contest. II was contributed by
George Bernard shaw or Elinor
Glyn:
SPRING.
10 a beautiful thing.
Hear the wedding bells
RING.
Bang sinsl
The birds on the wing
SING
And the bees as they buzz
STINGl
The Irish. We notice. captured
the postoffice site In Dublin.
They'd have 20 have navy 10 cap
ture the one WIN Humphrey wished
onto Seattle.
roorHsoME
Feund-A gold tooth Tn . pie 81 tho
Owner please get same from IL. h--tsien
Elder Cor, of the fhiliip.bars tksnl
rcss.
Roosevelt got one delegate In the /
Massachusetts primaries, which. up |
on the theory that n chain Is no
stronger than It's weakest link.
promises abundant trouble for the
Bay State standpatters.
ABOUT THE DUCK
A liftls school Eirt has written the fol- /
lowing essay on the duck
The duck 10 low. hsavy-set efrS |
He 10 mighty poor sinxer. having
coarse voice. caused By getting 80 many /
frogs in his neck. and he likes the water /
and carrie. a toy balloon In his stomach |
20 keep him from sinking Tn. duck has
only two iees and they act 80 far
back on his running gears By nature that
they come pretty near missing his body |
Some ducks. when Their 80; big eurls on
their tails. are called brakes. and don't
have to sst or hatch. bat Just loaf and
20 swimming and ca, everything tn sigh;
N we're 20 be duck would rather Be
. drake They have . vide bill Ike they
use q for a spade. They walk Ike
drunk man. they bounce and bump about
from side 20 .ids II yeu scare them
rey viii flap their wings ana try 10
make a pass az singing
OUR TICKET
Harry Thaw for president
c. Allen Dale for vice president
THE PROPOSAL
He was a morbid youth and a
nervous lover. Often had he wish
ed to tell the maiden how he longed
10 make her all his own. Again
and again had his nerve failed him.
But tonight there was "door-die"
box In his eye.
They started for their usual
walk. and rested awhile upon his
favorite seat. a grayestone In the
village church yard A happy In
spiration seized him.
Maria" he said. IN trembling
accents, Maria. when you die
here with my name on the stone
over ou?--London Opinion.
QUITE A CROWD
a mest enJoysbi. sfternoos vas passed. |
81 Joining N playing games. even Mr..
Cunningham. big as he is. making him
se,f one Of the crowd.--rhs MADEIRA tCaiJ
Tribune.
MAKING A pLATiTUoe COR !
RECT
Tommy was undergoing chastise-
ment at the hands OF his outraged
mother for eating the Jam.
Tommy" she said. this hurts me
more than II does you"
And when Tommy was alone he
produced a square piece OF wood
which he had placed where II was
needed. and murmured reflective
": Il thought that board
wouldn't do her hand any good
Ladies Home Journal.
NE OUGHT TO HE NEUTRAL
Two factions Of the Ancient Order Of
Hsbernisns In New York have brought
their differences Into court. The Judge
who heard the osse is named Greenbsum.
Need more be saidf
A MATTER OF TASTE
But you must remember,
Edith" said the young husband aft
err the quarrel, that my taste r.
better than yours"
Undoubtedly" said Edith acid
ly, when we remember that you
married me and | married you
Ladies' Home Journal.
NOT so EUGEyfC
In our last Issue we hsd an article
headed. "a Mother Factory We
beg pardon, II should have read
"Aasther Fsctery.--MfIiviIIe fAis.)
Times
leon T. Crooh..S