New-York tribune., 1919-08-27
The Coming 7ower
1t Happens in the b. II. Families

His hair was graying, his hair was long,
And graying and long was he;
And l heard this crouch the shore avouch,
In a singular jazzless key:
ooh, am cook and waitress trim
And the maid Of the second floor,
And strong chauffeur and housekeepes,
And the man who tends the door!'
And he shook mis- fists and he tore his hair,
And he started to frisk and play,
! Till 1 couldn't help thinking the man had
been drinking,
So I said lin the Gilbert way).
"Oh, elderly man, don't know much
Of the ways of societee,
But III eat my friend if ] comprehend
However you can be
"At once q cook and waitress trim
And the maid of the second floor,
And a strong chauffeur and housekeepey,
And the man who tends the door,"
Then he smooths his hair with q nervous air,
And gulp in his throat he swallows,
And that elderly guy he then lets fly
Substantially as follows:
ave had a house down Newport way,
And we led a simple life;
There was only l." said the elderly guy
"And my daughter and my wife
"And of course the cook and the waitress trim
And IN oC k1
And strong chauffeur and housekeepsv.
And the man who tends the door,
zone day the cook she up and left,
She up and left US fiat
She was getting a hundred and ten mon
TIL, but she couldn't work for that,
And the waitress trim was her bosom friend,
And she wouldn't stay no more;
And our strong chauffeur eloped with her
Who maid of the second floor
And we couldn't get other help,
So had to cook and wait.
1t was quite absurd" wept the elderly bird.
81 deserve q better fate.
"And | drove the car and made the beds
Till the housekeeper up and quit;
And the man at the door found that bore
Which is why am, to wit:
AT once a cook and waitress trim
And the maid of the second floor.
And strong chauffeur and a housekecpe9
And the man who tends the door"
Bent the knee and doffed the straw hat
(lncludlng war tax to Prof Haywood
Broun who, that his comments on Harold
Bell Wright might be authentic, has read
The Re-Creation of Brian Kent" For
years it has been our ambition to attain
such authority; once we tried to read
The Winning of Barbara WORTH" but
couldn't swallow it. Surveying the exces-
slNely human race, however, we are not
bowled over by the fact that Mr. Wright's
books sell million copies; the wonder is
that they don't sell 5,00O000.
It's broad land, geographically. 1t is
full Of persons who can't see why Mr..
Wright's books are popular, but who are
not outraged by the wit in the average
musical comedy review. Ii is full OF
persons who don't feel cheated when thew
pay $3.50 for two seats to play that bored
them, but who want to shoot. the author
and the publisher of sl75 book thew
liked only moderately
Speaking of books that sell into the mill
ions, our prodigal publishers, still thinking
that white paper grows on trees, insist
on another collection of Perishless PONIES.
And again we are nonplussed, for no title
suggests itself. To the contrib submitting
the winning title offer copy of any
$3.50 book of verse he may select
Signs of Senescence
Darling, | am growing DID,
Baseball games now leave ME cold;
All this chatter only wearies
Bet the White Sox take the series
A man actually is growing old when he
no longer has a sensation of virtue, lasting
throughout the day, if he arrives at the
office an hour earlier than usual
The uulation of Miss Jeanie L. SAWYER
OF Hammond, Ind, is to the effect that Mr.
Briggs should let the whiskey drinking uues-
ton alone. Cant he think of something
more elevating?' she asks. "Plenty of car ,
toons could be made on the H. c. L."
Once Mr.. Augustus Thomas was CONDUCTING
rehearsal. Fright here" INTERRUPTED tha