New-York tribune., 1918-10-03
Shoes and Ships
And Sealing Wax
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"Her eyes are like twin stars" said he.
CThey never looked like that to me-
"1Ier skin like peaches" (Yct, think,
I've always heard peach was pink.
"Her form, the fairest ever seen."
(Reminds me of lima beam.
4Her tiny fcetl" (My eyes grew dim.
My thoughtn I did not tell to him).
Strange are the things that men be-
licye
Since Adam first was fooled by Eve
This, too, is. strange: My lady is
All Of those things he says OF his.
II. V. r. LEE.
Yesterday was General FocAts sir
ty-seuenth anniversary, and Wc hope
that DR.. Oelcr feels sufficiently
choyrlncd.
Good Man and True
(From The Pompton Lakes. y. j., Bullctin)
GEORGE w. MICKENS. candidate for
.'-'htN'hN'
@as born in Pompton New Jersey, in 1861.
in the house where the Klein BottlinY Agency
now stands was educated In the Riverdalc
public school. graduating in 1873. While
attending school 'Ne worked In the Riycrdale
railroad station fsrning $500 month on
which mcaRrc wages by industry. abstcnlous
habits and the rnfraining from vices and
temptations that besct many young men OF
tender years and lest heroic mould. he
enabled to save enough to purchase a house
and lot in Riverdale in which his parents
spent their declining years. Learning tclcg-
raphy In his too few leisure hours, he was
sdvanccd to $40 month and finally became
station agent at the Ponpton Junction sta
''on, beginning at the princely salary of $50
r month, and being gradually advanced As
the Erie Railroad recognized his ability.
Alter twenty years of ralroading he en-
gagged in the grocery business in Pompton
Lakes. and was appointed Borough Post
master, serving as such for thirteen years.
Is Mason, Odd Fellow Mechanic.
Shrincr Knight Tcmplar and also member
of the Daughters Of Liberty.
For the past four years he has been Bor-
ough Recorder and his decisions have made
this Borough terror among evil doors. His
life and achievements should be an inspira-
ton to the youth of this commu ~, and
must must concusively prove that poverty IN carly
life ls no unsurrnountaplc handicap when
accompanied hand in hand by nigh ideals
and proper companions.
BUSINESS NOTE
BERLIN, Oct. 2.-Tho Kaiser has
applied for dissolution Of the part
ncrship Of Me e. Gott.
Chemically she was perfect. The
kalsomne was the proper thickness
and the carmine carefully splotched.
The generous spreading of ashen blue
under the eyes completed the picture.
She was last years lady in a proper
setting, and tor a background she had
one OF those rollicking old dogs with
the proper putfs under squirting optics
and the cver-prescnt avuncular paunch.
His spats were new and so were her
furs, and down the avenue they came
in tho early sunshine of the after
noon, causing many heads TO turn.
High up on little booth a young
man was displaying the salcsmanship
that ought to make lin junior part
ner some day downtown.
He gave tear-jcrking address CON
corning twilight over No Mans Land
with the crescendo wind-up of "Will
you help him across
The young lady sniffcd "Wait a
minute, Jim,' she said to her COM
pS~lon, and she stepped into the booth
and from that bank made famous on
every cheap vaudeville circuit, she ex-
tracted four golden bills.
She handed them to the young man
and he gave her receipt. "Now the
old Jools have got to go in hook again,
she said as they walked away.
What is the use OF all these posters
and mass meetings and fuss, folks :
II the news that the black strcsmlines
arc telling can't make you buy bonds
nothing can.
BUY BONDS and see how Berlin
rails" looks in headline type.
F. f. V.