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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-10-09
EDWARD c. ALLWORTH.
Captain, Goth Infantry.

Capt. AllWOrth won the Distin-
guished Service Cross for bravery in
action at Clery-le-Petit, France, No
vember 5, 1918. While his company
was crossing the Meuse river and canal
at bridgehead opposite Clery-le-Pe-
tit, the bridge over the canal was de-
stroyed by shell fire and Capt. ALL
Worth's command became separated,
part Of it being on the east bank of the
canal and the remainder on the west
bank. Seeing his advance units max
ing slow Roadway up the steep slope
ahead, this officer mounted the canal
bank and called for his men to follow.
Plunging in he swan across the canal
under fire from the enemy, followed by
his men. Inspiring his men by his ex-
ample of gallantry, he led them I'D the
slope, joining the hard-pressed pla-
toOnS in front. By his personal leader
ship he forced the enemy back for
more than kilOmeter, overcoming ma
chine gun nests and capturing a hun
dred prisoners, whose number exceed
ed that of the men in his command.
The exceptional courage and leader
ship displayed by Capt Allworth made
possible the re-establishment of
bridgehead over the canal and the sue
cessful advance of other troops. Capt.
Allworth's home is at Crawford, Wash
ington.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-10-09
CHARLES r. HOFFMAN.
Gunnery Sergeant, 4eth Company, 5th
Regiment U. S. M. C.

Sergt. Hoffman received the Dis
tnguished Service Cross for al act of
conspicuous gallantry in action with
the enemy near Chateau hierry,
France, julie 6, 1913 Immediately
after the company in which Sergt.
Hoffman belonged had reached it's OBJ
Jective on Hill 142, several counter-at-
tacks were launched against the line
before the new position had been con-
solidated. Sergt. Hoffman was at
tempting to organize a position on the
north slope of the hill when he saw
twelye.of the enemy, armed with five
light machine guns, crawling toward
his group. Giving the alarm, he rushed
at the hostile detachment, bayonetted
the two leaders, and forced the others
to fee, abandoning their guns. His
quick initiative and courage routed the
enemy from position from which they
could have swept the hill with machine
gun fire and forced the withdrawal of
our forces. His home is in Brooklyn,
ny
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-10-09
THEODORE PETERSEN,
Sergeant, Med. Oct. 151st Field Artil-

Sergeant Petersen (deceased) was
decorated for conspicuous gallantry in
action at Peronne, France, March 5,
1918. Mortally wounded during an
enemy bombardment, Sergeant Peter
sen, though himself too weak to min
lister to other wounded soldiers, direct
ed his associates in treating the
wounded and refused to receive assis-
lance himself until all the others were
cared for. When gas shells began to
fall in the vicinity he directed the men
in adjusting their masks and was the
first to test for gas. He continued
to supervise the treatment Of the
wounded despite the fact that he was
suffering great pain, until the arrival
Of the surgeon, who sent him to the
rear. He died on reaching the hos
pital. His mother, Mrs. n. J. Peter
sen. lives at 80 Central avenue, Osh-
kosh, Wis.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-10-09

The mother who allows the blues
and sulks to overshadow the home,
who allows herself to be moody and
disconnected, fails in a chief duty and
places a handicap on her husband and
children in the race of life.
To spoil breakfast-grumble all
the time you are eating.
Beautify your own property all you
can, then do all you can to beautify
your streets. Be friendly with every
body and corteous to strangers. Your
own civility will help make good i'm
pressions and will be carried away
and cherished
Keep your children off the streets.
In town of our size, with our large
lawns and safe backyards, there is no
excuse for children playing on the
streets, where danger is ever present.
A great many posters in Chicago
Nh1SiI CIIC eye VII UGIlS SIOSdIl UldLOIGu
in large letters: Throw away your
hammer and get a horn" This is
mighty good booster slogan and it
might be good thing if all our citi-
zens would adopt it. Nearly every
day we hear lot of hammers knock
ing the paint off our little town.
One thing, however, should be avoid
ed. Unfair, indiscriminate criticism,
will harm school more than anything
else. Conscientious teachers and mem
bers of the school board have a right
to claim the hearty cooperation of
all parties, and the interest taken by
the citizens of the town should not
be destructive, but constructive, tend
ing to aid to the utmost those engage
ed to teach our children to become
wise and good citizens.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-10-09

On the Car departments records
there IS = roll Of "America's Tmmor-
tall" It is the roll of officers and
men TO Wbon1 there has been Qward-
ed the Distinguished Service Cross
in recognition Of acts of unusual
gaz7Gntry IN action. Behind each of
these aWards is q story of surpass-
ing bravery that deserves the mid
est publicity, but pages of newspa-
per space acould be required to print
them al. Offers attached to Gen.
ercJ Persbings staff hare selected
from the hundreds of official reports
a number that typify most strik-
jng5y the goJIontry and spirit of
sezf-s0crj1fce that made America's
or01y i'1UjncjbIe. Here are a fen of
Them:
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-10-09
WASH DAY IN CITIES

If the housewife in the small town
ever feels discontinued with her lot,
she should by all means go to the
city on wash day and see all the trials
her sisters living there must go thru.
And even after all the trouble and
eXertion, city clothes are not as clean
as country clothes. They can't be,
for there they hang on the roofs eX-
posed to the SCOT from neighboring
chimneys and the dust and smoke of
passing trains and street cars. Or
they hang in back yards so small
that in the country we would call
them grass plots, and the clothes
lines are woven back and forth so
close together that the clothes have
only about an inch to blow in the
breeze. Let the country housewife
think of these things and be content
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-10-09
GEORGE G. M'MURTRY,
Captain, 303th Infantry.

Captain McMurtry received the Dis
tinguished Service Cross for conspicu-
Gus gallantry in action at Charlevans,
in the Forest d'Argonne, France, Oc-
tOber 2 to 8, 1918. Captain McMurtry
commanded a battalion which was cut
off and surrounded by the enemy and,
although wounded In the knee by
shrapnel on October 4, and suffering
great pain, continued throughout the
entire period to encourage his officers
and men with a resistless optimism
that contributed largely toward pre-
venting panic and disorder among the
troops who were without food cut off
from communication with our lines.
October 4, during heavy barrage, he
personally directed and supervised the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-10-09
WHAT DO WE LIVE FOR?

Don't allow yourself to DE bored.
It makes you uninteresting and old in
spirit-if not in years If it is not
natural for you to be interested in
things about you, force yourself to
be for a while and soon it will become
natural and enjoyable to listen to 9TH
ers. Their varied interests are every
bit as worthwhile as yours, and if
you have a friendly feeling toward
your fellow men and show yourself in
terested in their comings and goings,
you will find your own life many
times as interesting.
What do we live for? Is It to find
fault with everyone about US, or cheer
fully lend a hand when needed and
do our best toward making this a
happy world?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-10-09

There is an aesthetic side to the
good roads movement that is of no
little Importance What is drearier,
what is more depressing than to drive
along a country road deep with mud
and furrowed by ruts, the water stand
ing in pools in the road and not in
the bitches as it would be if the roads
were properly built.
The man who is always seeking per-
sonal gain will never be rich in
friends or respect.
The husband, who honestly tries to
be kind and gentle to his wife and
seeks to please and cheer her up,
does not come into the house with
muddy shoes and does not lean his
head back against the wall; and his
wife wouldn't stand such conduct, I'M
less she was as untidy as her hus-
band.
Affairs at present are a long way
from being perfect, but when we think
of the anxiety and worry with which,
a year ago, we watched the daily
casualty list, we realize that we have
much for which to be thankful.
We have read somewhere that the
cost of stopping a railroad train had
been closely figured out, and that it
was much greater than the expense of
running a train several miles We
do not know which is the harder to
stop, a train or habit, but are in
clined to think the latter. We have
never tried stopping a train. II
trains are as hard to stop as some
habits, few would ever be started. No
one would dare ride on them. Boys,
never start thing you are not sure to
stop. Never start a habit you think
you may want to stop. 1t saves q
great deal of trouble not to start it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-10-09
MICHAEL ]. PERKINS,
Private, First Glass, Company ., 1o1st
Infantry.

Private Perkins (deceased) was dec
Grated for conspicuous gallantry in &C.
ton with the enemy at Belleu Bots,
France, October 27, 1918. He volun-
tarily crawled alone to a German "pill
box machine gun emplacement, from
which grenades were being thrown at
his platoon. Awaiting his opportu-
nifty, when the door was again opened
and another grenade thrown over him,
he threw bomb inside, bursting the
door open, and then, drawing his
trench knife, rushed into the emplace-
ment. In a hand-to-hand struggle he
killed and wounded several of the oc-
cupants and captured twenty-five pris-
Oners, at the same time silencing seven
machine guns. Michael Perkins, his
father, lives at 247 E street, South
Boston, Mass.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-10-09
WOOD COUNTY AGRICULTURAL
SCHOOL, GRAND RAPIDS,
OPENING

The Wood County Agricultural
School and School of Domestic Econo-
my will open next Tuesday, October
14th. All boys of Wood County or
other counties who are anxious to ex-
tend their knowledge along the line of
agriculture and girls who wish to
learn the art of home making are urg-
ed to enter on the opening day. If it is
necessary to wait few weeks because
of home work, come as soon as you
car and we will do all we can to help
you complete the years work. 1t.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-10-09

moving of the wounded TO shelter be-
fore he himself sought shelter Oc-
tober 6 he was wounded In the Shout
der by German grenade, but con-
tinued personally to organize and direct
the defense against the German attack
on the position until the attack was
defeated. He continued to direct and
command his troops, refusing relief,
and personally led his men out Of the
position after assistance arrived, be-
fore permitting himself to be taken to
the hospital October 8. During this
period the successful defense OF the
position was due largely to his efforts.
His wife is at % East 10th street,
New York.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-10-09
DONALD M. CALL,
Second Lieutenant, Company 3, Tank
Corps.

Lieut.. Call was decorated for con-
spicuous bravery In action near Warren
mes, France, September e, 1918. Dur
ing an operation against enemy ma
chine gun nests west Of Varennes,
Lieut.. Call, then corporal, was in
tank with an officer, when half of the
turret was knocked off by direct ar
tillery hit. Choked by gas from the high
explosive shell, he left the tank and
took cover il Z shell hole thirty yards
away. Seeing that the officer did not
follow, and thinking that he might be
alive, Corp. Call returned to the tank
under intense machine gun and shell
fire and carried the officer over a mile
under machine gun and sniper fire to
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-10-09
BOOST YOUR HOME CITY

Our town is exactly what you make
it. It's not what other people in other
towsn say or think about it; its what
towns say or think that is going to af-
feet its future. Nothing reflects the
character of its citizens so clearly to
a stranger as the atmosphere ard ap-
pearance of their town. If he sees
streets Uttered with paper, and lawns
that are unkept, he Immediately sets
the inhabitants down for a slovenly
lot, and he isn't far wrong. SO let
us watch our step"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-10-09
HAROLD a. FURLoNG,
First Lieutenant, Company M, 353rd
infantry.

Lieut.. Furlong won the Distin-
guished Service Cross for bravery in
action near Bantheville, France, No
.vember L, 1918. Immediately after the
opening Of the attack in the Boise de
Bantheville, when his company was
held up by severe machine gun fire
from the front, which killed his COM
pany commander and several soldiers,
Lieut.. Furlong moved out in advance
Of the line with great courage and cool
ness, crossing an open space several
hundred yards wide. Taking up a
position behind the line of machine
guns, he closed in on them, one at a
time, killing a number of the enemy
with his rifle, putting four machine
gun nests out of action, and driving
twenty German prisoners into our
lines. Lieut.. Furlong's home is at
1850 West Grand boulevard, Detroit,
Mich.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-10-09
GARY EVANS FOSTER.
Sergeant, Company r, 11sth Infant

Sergeant, Company r, 18th Infantry.
Sergt. Foster, whose home is at
1nman, S. c., was decorated for con-
Spicuous bravery displayed near Mont
brehain, France, October s, 1918 When
his company was held up by violent
Sergt. Foster, with an officer, went
forward to attack the hostile machine
gun nests. The officer was wounded,
but Sergt. Foster continued on alone
in the face OF the heavy fire and by
effective use Of hand grenades and his
pistol killed several of the enemy and
captured eighteen.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-10-09
AGRICULTURAL SCHOOL
BOYS WANT WORK

The County Agricultural School
opens next Tuesday, October 14th. We
will have boys wanting the following
opportunities:
l. Work about a home for room
and board.
2. Work for room or board only.
8. Odd job work at 25c per hour
before and after schooD.
4. Rooms for light housekeeping.
S. All days jobs on Saturday.
6. Rooms at regular rates
z. Room and board at regular rates.
If you have opportunities for these
boys call 266. 1tc.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-10-09
CHARLES DlSALVo,
Private, Company 3, a54th Infantr

Private, Company 3, 3o4th Infantry.
Private Disalvo (deceased) was dec.
Grated for conspicuous gaiiantry in
action near Remonyille, France, No
vember L. 1918. When the combat
group, of which he was a member, had
been halted by enemy machine guns.
Private Disalvo alone charged for
ward. Attacking the nest, he killed
one gunner and forced the rest to
surrender. His act enabled the group
to continue their advance. During
the charge on the nest he was so seri-
ously wounded that he died on the
field. His widow lives at 1906 Airing
ton avenue. st. Louis Mo.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-10-09
JOHN ]. KELLY
Private 18th Company, 9th Regiment.
u. S. M. G.

Private Kelly was decorated for gal.
lantry in action at Blanc Mont Ridge
France, October 3, 1918. Private Kelly
ran through our own barrage 100 yards
In advance of the front line and at-
tackled an enemy machine gun nest
killing the gunner with a grenade.
shooting another member of the crew
with his pistol and returned through
the barrage with eight prisoners. Pri-
vate Kelly's home is at 6149 Kimbark
avenue Chicago, III.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-10-09
SYDNEY G. GuMPERTz,
First Sergeant, Company 6, 1s2nd
Infantry.

Sergt. Gumpertz was decorated for
gallantry beyond the call Of duty in
action in the Boise de FORCES, France.
September 26, 1918. When the ad-
yancing line was held up by machine
gun fire, Sergt. Gumpertz left the pla-
t0on of which he was in command and
started through heavy barrage to-
ward the machine gun nest. His two
companions soon became casualties
from bursting shells, but Sergt. Gum
pertz continued on alone in the face
of direct fire from the machine gun.
jumped into the nest and Silenced the
gun, capturing nine of the crew. Sergt.
Gumpertz' home is at 701 West 17Sth
street, New York city.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-10-09
CUT THIS QUIT is WORTH
MONEY

DON'T MISS THIS. Cut out this
slip enclose with Sc to Foley & Co.,
1885 Sheffield Ave, Chicago, Ill, writ
ing your name and address clearly.
You will receive in return a trial pack
age containing Foley's Honey and Tar
Compound for coughs, colds and Group
Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Cathar-
tic Tablets. Sold Everywhere.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-10-09
CARL r, PAYSON,
Sergeant, Company c, 125th Infant

oeFgedHt' CUH1PaHy y TOUT InfantTy.
Sergt. Payson (deceased) received
the Distinguished Service Cross for
conspicuous gallantry in action with
the enemy at Cierges, northeast of
Chateau-Thierry, France, August 1,
1913. L.'ing the attack made by his
company on the village of Cierges,
Sergt. Payson was MORALLY wounded
in the head by machine gun bullet.
He succeed I'd in keeping his feet,
however and with the attacking wave,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-10-09
LOUIS CUkELA,
Lieutenant, 5th Regiment, U. S. M. C

Lieutenant, oIn regiment, u. >. M. C..
Lieutenant Cukela was decorated
for conspicuous gallantry near Villers-
Cotterets, France, July Is, 1918. When
his company, advancing through a
wood, met with strong resistance from
an enemy strong point Lieutenant Gu
kela, then a sergeant, crawled out from
the flank and made his way toward the
German line in the face of heavy fire,
disregarding the warnings of his COM
rades. He succeeded in getting behind
the enemy position. Rushing a machine
gun emplacement, he killed the crew
with his bayonet. With German hand
grenades he then bombed out the re-
naming portion of the strong point.
His home is in Minneapolis, MINI.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-10-09

This may be Large Time, but it
Doesn't Look it. Since Four O'clock
this morning the Fisherman has been
Out in the Rain and all he has Caught
is a Bad Cold. Fortunately he has
brought Something for it. If he had
to Sit out in the Back Yard this way
he would Think it Pretty Rough.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-10-09
WILLIAM Nj. FEiGLE,
Sergeant, 9Th Regiment, u. S. Marine
Corps

Sergt. Feigel upheld the traditions Of
the marines and was decorated for
conspicuous intrepidity at Beaumont,
France, November 10, 1918. While an
ammunition train was passing through
the town one of the trucks was struck
by shell and set on fire. Knowing
that it would soon explode and kill
all those in the vicinity, Sergt. Feigle
jumped on the truck and drove it TO
the outskirts of the town, thereby saw
ing the lives Of at least thirty-five peo-
pie.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-10-09
WANTED!

Good steady man for night porter.
Wages $4,000 room and board, also
one Bell Boy, steady job, good pay.
Apply Foeste Hotel, Sheboygan, Wis.
3tc.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-10-09

WANTED:-First class Sharper man
two Cabinet makers. Highest wages
for this kind of work. Wisconsin Cab
met & Panel Co, New London. Wis.
5tc-9-25.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-10-09

power he instilled In them all the spirit
of fearlessness. Mrs Minnie Timber
man, his mother. lives in Monroe.
Mich.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-10-09

When in need of Job Work let the
Reporter Job Printing man figure with
you. Prompt service and good work
manship.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-10-09

safety. Lieut.. Calls home is at Larch-
mont Manor, q. Z.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-10-09

Love laughs at locksmiths, but keeps
its weather eye on the dollar.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-10-09

Soft drinks are going up, they say.
Of course-before they go down.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-10-09
CHURCH NOTES
Christian Science Church

Sunday Service-10:45 A. M.
Wednesday evening, Testimonial
meeting 7:45 o'clock.
Lesson Subject-Are Sin, Disease
and Death Real?
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-10-09
B. NJ. VAUGHAN
J. r. Raglan

]. r. RAGAN-
Licensed Embalm and Undertaken
Phones: House So; Store 313; John
Ernser, residence phone ABS.
Grand Rapids, Wisconsin
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-10-09
PHYSICIANS

w. MELVIN RUCKLE, NJ. D.
Practice limited to Eye, Ear, Nose
and Throat. Glasses fitted correctly.
Eye and Ear Surgeon in Riverview
Hospital. Office in Wood County Ma
tional Bank Block.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-10-09
ATTORNEYS

GOGGINS, BRAZEAU & GOGGINS
Attorneys-at-Law
Office in MacKinnon block, west side,
Grand Rapids, Wisconsin.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1919-10-09
ORSON p. COCHRAN
Piano Tuner

Best work guaranteed Call tele-
phone 233, or at the house, Kruger &
Wheelan Flate, 1st Street North.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-08
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TOWNE
~NRA.NANGE.eEN
BY K.c:R

AND CRY In your pillow.
JUST LOUD enough.
FOR YOUR husband to hear 1t.
AND HE'D listen a while.
AND YOU'D hold your breath
so AS TO make him think.
YoU DIDN'T want him to know.
THAT !ov we're crying.
AND THEN you'd sob,
A LITTLE wee sob.
AND HE'D raise UP.
AND SAY 70 you,
WHATS THE matter with you,
"wHATTA Y. crying aboutg"
AND THEN you'd cry.
A LITTLE bit louder.
AND ANSWER his question,
WITH THE one word; "NothIngl"
THAT AWFUL answer.
THAT IN years gone by,
HAS DRIVEN men mad.
AND HE'D keep on asking,
AND YOU'D keep on answering.
AND Always and always.
WITH THE one word' "NOthlng''
AND ALONG about daylight,
YOU'D rise from YOU couch.
AND WITH some soap,
YOU'D WRITE on the mirror.
"cIITEKs THAT have whiskers.
SHALL MEYER touch mine"
AND THEN he'd know,
WHAT YOU'D been crying about.
AND If he had a heart
HE'D SHAVE himself.
THE BIG stln,
YOU NEVER should have married
him,