South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-09-23
MAN IN THE STREET

We see they have made Johnny
SCHNEIDER temporary judge OF th'
superior court. Good. When Gov
Goodrich gets well we trust he vii
see that Isaac Kane Parks be giver
the job permanently even though ne
be "a Wilson democrat. He should
have had the woolsack long ago, anC
Mishawaka is deserving Of the
honor.
There is more war poetry on the
market at present than will ever
find itself in print, but we are de
termined that some of our owl
should become famed or otherwise
The following lines were writer
between 2 and 8 o'clock in the
morning, which may account for the
traces Of ennui that assert them
selves at times. We had selected
the tune Of John Browns Body
for the position, but our mu-
steal publisher has promised 10 set j.
10 something new and different II
the meantime we have applied for q
copyright which, we suppose, is al
right. Now, here we are:
We're back of General Pershing,
The man behind the gun;
We're back Of General Pershing,
Until ne ticks the Hun.
We're back of General Pershing,
E,Vort- mothers son
Until the wa is won.
Chorus.
Glory glory TO the Sammies,
Glory glory 70 the Sammies.
Glory, glory 10 the Sammies.
When they come sailing home.
The kaiser and his puppets
No more will rule the moon.
The kaiser and his puppets
Will plead for mercy soon,
The kaiser and his puppets
Even now foresee their doom.
And there is naught but gloom.
Chorus
We've got the men and money,
And we've got dry powder, too,
We've got the men and money,
Without very much ado,
That righteous stuff the kaiser pulls
Won't fool us worth a cent.
Wen send him TO hell bent.
Chorus
And when the war is over,
Wen do gay Paris town,
And thence TO Picadilly.
To paint a dark red brown.
And next across the ocean.
To greet our kin at home.
No further need TO roam.
They say diamonds are still golnl
up, but for the life of us we can
get up the same interest in diamond
quotations as we manifest daily il
the grocery market.
When we see a woman rolling z
baby carriage so wide that il take;
up all the sidewalk, and find GU
that it's twins, we yield the right o.
way as her good friend, whether W,
have been introduced or not.
And these arrests in Mishawak'
the past week may have a salutary
effect on some Of those prO-German'
who are actually getting bold in th'
game they are playing.
John Barleycorn is getting kicked
bumped and jostled every time We
look in his direction, but there il
somebody chuckling him under th'
chin on the sly.
We are interested in the sugges
tons of donations of old jewelry and
trinkets for war purposes. Ar,
krementz collar buttons acceptable
a southern town had a woman
rless wedding" entertainment which
netted 500 for the Red Cross. Al
a rule, however. the womanles
weddings and the manless marriage
IN real life are not worth a cent u
anybody.
Sweden wears a sheep-killing dos
COuntenanCe which is a 'caught-in
the-act physiognomy.
These strangers who are calling a
farm houses and begging for food
in the meantime watching -,r al
opportunity TO put poison in tn
Kettle. ought To be caught and Nand
ed over TO our Nishawaka gu1rd
for target purposes.
The shortage Of food is not due I,
any lack Of agricultural capacity
but 10 an excess of Incidence anC
too much abdominal capacity.
Let there he as many weddings o.
the right kind as possible during tn,
fall and winter, and let them be cele