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Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1919-12-13
CLASSIFIED ADVS.

DODGE TOURING, just thorough
ly overhauled, new top and paint job,
good tires. BUICK FOUR, in good
shape mechanically good tires and
top. Two MAXWELLS, just worked
over and reprinted, models 1919.
Price $3.50 and $400. You can always
get excellent values in used cars here.
Come take a look. Schilling Auto Co.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1919-12-13

The Sixth Decennial Census, taken
in 1910, was the first n to cover
agricultural statistics, now one of
the most important parts of the en-
tire census.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1919-12-13

WANTED-Some one tx notify me
when they intend moving. A six room
house would be appreciated as an ac-
ceptable Xmas gift. Won't you be my
Santa Claus? Address ME- P. o.
Box At.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1919-12-13

"Health bonds" help bring down the
oss of lives in Mississippi. Buy one
nd be a shareholder in the health of
Mississippi.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1919-12-13

The Daily Commonwealth 10
Printing Department gives promp
and satisfactory service. Send u
your orders.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1919-12-13
Good Health is Depend
ent Upon a Healthy
Liver.

Good health is absolutely dependent
upon a healthy liver. If your liver
lays down. on the job, impurities from
the food that you digest accumulate
rapidly and raise havoc with your ell
iminative organs.
Bonds Liver Pills regulate the hv-
drive the poisons out of the body,
and force the eliminative organs reg
ularly and properly. They open up
the organs of secretion, preventing
colds, pneumonia or influenza. Grip
ing pains, aches and personal discom-
fort common to most ~cathartics, lax
atives and purgatives are not con-
tended with in using this remedy.
Ask your druggist for a 25c bottle
of Bonds Liver Pills. If you are no
satisfied with the results produced by
this remedy, your money will be re-
funded. \Adv.)
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1919-12-13

FOR SALE-65S acres of good land
1kmiles from Greenwood; 300 acres
m cultivation, 155 in deadening, bal
ance we'll timbered; good improve
ments and artesian well. Price RICH
for quick sale. January list delivery
Apply to OR address J.. F. Bobbitt
Greenwood, Miss.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1919-12-13

FOR SALE-40 acres of land, 40
acres in cultivation, two single hous-
es, on hard road three miles from
Greenwood. Price $225.OO per acre,
half cash. w. J. Gayden, Greenwood
Miss.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1919-12-13

GRAVEL AND SAND for sale. L.
S. Hemphill, Jr., Valley Hill, Miss.
Phone Greenwood 1908.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1919-12-13

WANTED-Carrier boys for Com
mercial Appeal. Apply at Southern
Depot at 1920 a. m. or phone Cos.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1919-12-13

WANTED-About 80 acres good
Delta land to work on shares. Ad-
dress E. M. Boykin, General Delivery,
Greenwood, Miss.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1919-12-13

The Daily Commonwealth Job
Printing Department gives prompt
and satisfactory service. Send US
your orders.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1919-12-13

WANTED-Two rooms fer ligh
house keeping furnished or unfurni
shed. Call Bobbitt's Tin Shop.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1919-12-13

A CLIENT OFFERS for sale his
residence located within convenient
distance of depots, the business dis
trict and in a very desirable residence
section of the city. R. v. Pollard.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1919-12-13

tuberculosis caused an economic
loss of $1,80O,OOO in Mississippi last
year. Help reduce that figure by pur-
chasing Christmas seals.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1919-12-13

ON SALE in Reiman House Par
lor: Hand made Lingerie and Millin-
cry. Gail to see us Mrs. J.. K.
Shaw, Greenwood, Miss.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1919-12-13

Silk Shirts make splendid
Xmas Gifts for Men and Boys.
See our New Shirtings.
FOUNTAINS.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1919-12-13

FOR RENT-Front room for gen
tlemen. Phone 656 j.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1919-12-13

FOR SALE-The best six room
dwelling on West Church street. See
j. H. Ellington.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1919-12-13

The Census Bureau prints q specia
supplement for each State in the I'm
on containing all the census figure
relating to the State in question.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1919-12-13

FOR SALE-Two story, 6 room
house, modern except heat, in North
Greenwood. Phone 800.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1919-12-13

OLD PAPERS FOR SALE-25
ents per 100, at The Daily Common
wealth Office.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1919-12-13

FOR SALE-One Ford, 1919 Model,
practically new. Also n Kelley
Springfield Truck, just been repaired.
Call 63 Itta Bena.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1919-12-13

Dolls are in a fair way to cost as
much as real babies.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1919-12-13

FOR SALE-Dodge Car; first-class
condition; a bargain; can be seen at
H. D. Walker Auto Co.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1919-12-13

Obey that impulse and buy Red
Cross Christmas seals.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1919-12-13

RAILROAD SCHEDULES.
Yazoo & Mississippi Valley r r.
Arrive Leave
Sloan Grenada ----------~- 7:65am
l :33am Yazoo City-Jackson 8:22am
4:1Opm Clarksdale- Memphis 1O:33am
8:S0pm Yazoo C:ty-Jackson 4:1Opm
2:16pm Grenada --------- S:SOpm
7:4oam Claxksdale-Memphis 3:4Oam
1O:3Opm Clarksdale- Memphis 2:25pm
Sosthern R. R IN Mississippi.
Arrive Leave
9:25 I'm. Greenville ---- 1920 am
sos pm. Golumtus-B'ham 9:25 am.
1:2O pm. Greenyille -----11:55 am
9:25am Belzoni, except Sun. 11:55am
II :55 I'm. Columbus $4,000 1:2O pm.
1:OOpm Belzoni, Sunday Only-l:46pm
7:1O nm. Creemvius $1,000 SOS pm.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1919-12-13

All the lying about Wilson is not in
tentional-some Of it is just blind
guessing.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1919-12-13

Help this county get a permanen
d~entention camp for tuberculosis sui
ferers by buying Red Cross Christ
mas seals, sold at one cent each.
Greenwood daily commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1919-1926, 1919-12-13

FOR SALE-Turkey Gobblers, 20
lbs. $500; hens II lbs. $500 delivered.
Mrs. E. T. Presson, Carrollton, Miss.
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X
LEFLORE GROCER CO
{. WHOLESALE
GREENWOOD, MISS.
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BLANK FORMS-Rent. Share, an
Lease Contracts; Abstract Blanks
Notice of Protest; Promissory Notes
Collateral Notes; Nurses Records
Posted Sign Cards, For Sale and 70
Rent Sign Cards at The Daily Com
monwealth Office.
No u.s. for daddies to try-they
simply can't dodge the coughing up,
Oriental humor1China demanding
i apology from Japan.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-23
WHO'S TO BLAME
makes the money ty-or Is t money that makes the fur N.Y.
THE LLOYD PATTERSON.

furs she wanted, It had been a mere
guess on her part, Estrelda had seen
coats and scarfs that she had passed
on Fifth avenue She had absolutely
no idea of the value of good furs. h
would have been as much at u loss IN
The choice OF a sable skin as she would
have been In the choice OF q Jewel,
Mapleville, and her girlhood, had not
educated her In the tastes Of the rich,
As n matter OF fact, $500 had seemed
to Estrclda quite a lot Of money. She
had indeed named II as an outside
VI II thinking TO herself all the while:
II probably can get what ! want for
SEQ or S76 and III be SIS or $50 to the
good" or chincilla and sable wraps
worth thousands Of dollars, Estrelda
had never dreamed.
But it took her about three hours to
begin to realize just how far the money
would go. And with each successive
shop she visited her petulant frown be-
came despair, At first abe had made
her inquiries concerning furs with ar
rogance.
"l4et me see that muff and scarf"
she had said to the saleswoman. Or,
You may show me that cape"
And each wrap she mad admired had
seemed to be more costly than the one
she had tried on before It. It took all
her self control not to exclaim Mt the
prices -hundredR of d~ollars--that were
SO Rlihly quoted to her, And she want
ed to ask, too, why these furs should
cost SO much. She had neither educa.
tion nor Imagination. She could not
guess why a saleswoman should speak
in the hushed tone Of respect OF gen
uine pointed fox" or real mink" She
only knew that the furs she wanted
would cost more money than she had.
Angry tears began to sting her eyelids,
And then--
VI don't carer she said TO herself,
through clenched teeth, ''Tvo got 90
have theml And / will. tool Freddle'll
have to give me more money-that's
am
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-23
HOROSCOPE
SATURDAY, MAY "a, 1919.

Copyright, 1919, by the Mcclure News.
paper Syndicate,)
Mars rules strongly for good today,
according to a~strology. Mercury is
mildly adverse.
During this configuration whatever
concerns wal should be clarified in the
public mind. The planet that rules
armies is in a place held to be promis-
ing to all who WELD authority.
Preferment for an army officer who
may be much honored in the next few
weeks Is indicated.
There is a sign read as indicating
some national policy that viii be bene-
fetal to the nation, but it win be Sc
verely criticised by the press.
Warning is again given that many
a grievance of the war may be exag-
gerated, owing to the malefic power
of the stars that affect the judgment.
swaying the emotions evilly.
Great growth of egotism and much
boastfulness may be apparent among
a certain class of Americans. astrolo-
gers prophesy, and they counsel meek
ness and humility in which true grati-
tude for national blessings Is mingled
Mercury is in an aspect read as men
acing to the public peace, since II fore.
casts newspaper reports hat are dis
quoting tand alarming regarding affairs
at home,
During the early spring the stars, In
Dictated agitation concerning home
owning n BODYBUILDING In the United
States. This was but the ~forerunner
of "a movement by which millions Of
acres of land comes into the possession
of farmers and workers. z
Persons whose birthdate Il Is have
the augury of a happy and progressive
year. They may be too age to seek
pleasure and company. Danger OF an
noyances concerning family affairs is,
f~oreshadowed.
Children born on this day are likaly
to be active, artistic, Energetic and
uleyar. ~
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-23
FUR makes the money ]
No. 119,
Shopping.

0NupplI1s
Copyright, 1919, BY the Mcclure News
paper SyndiCate.)
So next day Freddie did something
that he knew to be foolish, simply to
please his young wife. He drew sl0Q
from the bank and gave II 10 Estrelda
80 that she might buy the furs she
coveted. Already their bank account
had been depleted through Hlstrelda's
extravaganza and bad management
All The money that remained TO them
should have been kept for the proVerb-
ial rainy day" Poor Freddie's judy
mcnt pointed this out To him all too
clearly, But Estrelda's heart vas set
upon the furs. She had, indeed, nm
nounced that she had TO have them.
Freddie still loved her much too great
ly not 20 make willingly any sacrifice
to please her, He knew that the wife
of d mar who earned $40 a week ought
not to wear hundred dollar furs. But
unconsciously he closed his eyes 10 the
Issue, "1ll make 1t up some other way
s~or'ethins, somewhere, and replace the
hundred"
And her rapture made Estrelda very
alluring when she met Freddie during
the noon hour of tho day following
their talk, so that he might give her
bank. Across the table In the little
restaurant where they lunched Fred
die looked at his wife. Her eyes were
bright and her cheeks were scarlet,
I'D like to kiss you right nowl'
said he.
"well,'' she laughed, vyou can't right
herel But you may al much hs you
like as soon as Pm wearing my new
fursl'
And after he left her Freddie
thought. 'It's certainly worth a lot OF
sacrifice TO see her look so happy
Meanwhile Estrelda went uptown to
shop. Now when she had named the
sum she believed necessary TO buy the
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-23
THE NEWS SCIMITAR 1zNZ a0Ma 2
MAGAZINE FEATURES
NNCM WlGGILX9, "A
BEDTINE O !!


"Oh. ths7N YOU. no: not now" ans
sWcred Baby Bunty. Uncle Wiggily rs
bringing home the molasses jug. But
some other time we may want your
honey"
Any time you do III give you some
buzzed the bee. Then he flew away 20
look for more honey flowers, Baby
Buuty was glad she had saved the bee,
which "a big dragon fly had knocked
into the spring Of water.
on and on through the woods hoped
Baby Bunty, and pretty Dol she saw
Uncle Wiggily coming toward her with
the molasses jug on his paw.
"Oh, Uncle Wiggifyi' cried the little
rabbit girl Pm so glad | met you,
Now IN help YOU carry the molasses
jug. and when we get home youn a
me and play tag; wont your"
"Oh, yes, ] guess So" answered Mr..
LOngeaFs,
1T will keep you from getting old
and stiff, you know" said Baby Bunty.
sweetly. as she took hold Of one side
u the molasses jug,
She and Uncle Wiggily hoped on,
but. all Of a sudden, out from behind
a bush jumped the bad old fox.
oh, hot cried the fox. This time
/ have yOui'
lie made a grab for Uncle wiggily
and Bunty, but they were too quick
Run, Runtyl Run" cried Mr., Long
ears And he ran and hoped, and so
did Blnty, and they got away from
the fox. But, alas, they dropped the
molasses iug and they didn't dare stop
to pick It up or go back after II.
ooh, dear What shall ! dor sighed
Uncle WiEgily. II have lost the mo-
lasses and jug, and Nurse Jane win
he so disappointed. oh, dear!" and he
sat down on a queer log that had a
hole in each end and warts like a
toad all over It.
ut Is too bad said Baby Bunty.
What is too bad?'' asked a gentle
little voice, and out OF one end Of the
qneer log flew the very same honey
bec that Baby Bunty had saved from
tho spring. What is too bad?' asked
the bee.
"rhe fox chased us and | lost the
molasses Jug" said Uncle Wiggily.
ION, hol Don't let that worry YOU!
buYgud tho bee, INSIDE this queer log
/ and many other bees have q lot OF
flower honey. II is as sweet as mo-
lasses, and I'll give you all you want
Here, make a box Of some white birch
bark and take Nurse Jane n lot OF u
honey
"Oh, that will be Just fine!' cried
Uncle WigRily, Nurse Jane can make
honey cakes" And tho muskrat lady
did. So You see losing the molasses jug
didn't so much matter, after all AND
If the man IN the moon doesn't want
TO come and live In our house and
make the lady bug move into the "a
rage, III tell you next about Uncle
WigEily and tho black mud.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-23
DOROTHY DIX'S TALK
BY DOROTHY DIX,
The Worlds Highest Paid Woman Writer.
THE TORTURE OF UNGRATIFIED TASTES.
BY DIX,
rs Highest Paid Woman w

When a man permits his family to
indulge in extravagances that he can
not afford he justifies his weakness TO
himself by saying that he loves his
wife and children SO dearly that he
can not bear to deny them anything.
He thinks he proves his affection by
working himself TO death so that his
husky wife and daughters may not even
have to make up their own beds and
the sons may loaf through college and
acquire a discriminating taste In i'm
ported cigarets and clothes. He even
consoles himself, as he lies awake at
night worrying about how he's going
To get the money TO pay for dressmaker
bills, and millinery bills, and imported
lingerie bills, and automobile bills, by
thinking that mother and the girls nave
had the things thew wanted, anyway.
In reality, II a man hated hts wife
and children with a deadly hatred, and
planned the cruelest and most subtle
revenge upon them, he could AXE no
surer a Of venting his spite and en-
nifty upon them than by teaching them
the tastes and habits that they will
not have the means to crafty. For
aooner or later there comes a crash
in the affairs of such a a Some
day the flimsy structures OF his over
strained credit crashes down about his
ears, or else he dies, N his pampered
family Is thrown out on a practical
world that has scant sympathy for
those who have been living In a gilded
luxury to which they had no right.
Poverty, heaven knows. is hard
enough for any Of us to bear, but it's
~deprivations are a thousand fold more
bitter to those who are unaccustomed
to them than they are TO those who
have never known anything else. Those
who have never had anything but coarse
and ugly. clothes and plain food and
cheap lodging may vaguely long for
something better, but such things are
not the nightmare OF horror to them
they are TO those who are accustomed
to fine and beautiful raiment, and ex-
quisite food, and artistic surroundings.
There Is no torture equal to the tor
lures of unsatisfied desires, of tastes
that must be crucified at every turn,
OF habits that must be denied every
hour of the day. To have to wear shod-
dy when you are accustomed TO broad
cloth; to have to eat margarine when
YOU have never eaten anything but
gilt-edge butter; to have to walk to
ave car fare when you've ridden
around in hmousines; not to be able
10 have any OF the little luxuries that
long custom has made necessities to
you, Is to be plunged into n misery
as acute as can fall TO any mortal,
Yet It Is this particular brand OF
misery that b man prepares for his
family when he permits them TO de-
AII
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-23

velop a champagne taste on n beer In
come, and IL isn't fair to them, 1t
isn't giving them q square deal.
No mar has a right TO let his wife
acquire e~NtraVaEant habits unless he
has enough money 20 leave her when
he dies to enable her to live In the
style to which be has accustomed her.
II isn't easy for a woman TO change
her ways after she is 30, She can't
learn how to manage and be thrifty
after that age n she has been easy
going and wasteful up to then. Stlll
less ear she learn any way OF making
q living II she has always been kept
soft and comfortable at homo and has
not even had TO keep a careful eye
on the money she spent.
Every man knows this. Every man
has been called or to help some for
lorn and hew1ldered woman whose hus-
bands death has suddenly chuoked her
from he lap of luxury into the arms
OF want. Her husband was such n
good So devoted TO his wife,
Couldn't deny her anything But her
worst enemy couldn't have done her a
greater wrong.
Nor has any man a right to raise
his daughter up with imported hat
tastes unless he Is able TO give her q
dowry when she Is married sufficient
10 pay her millinery bills. Certainly
he has no right to expect that a girl
who has been accustomed to dressing
like a fashion plate and adjoining her.
self in the most artistic creations of
the best dressmakers and milltners Is
going to have her tastes so changed
by the marriage ceremony that she will
be happy and contented In cheap hand.
me-downs. Neither has he any right
to lay the burden Of supplying these
luXuries on tho hapless young mar she
marries.
Every girl should he raised in direct
ratio to her fathers bank account. She
should be either brought up to be thrifty
and economical and a good cool and
|housokeeper, or else she should have
enough money settled upon her to pay
her bills n hire somebody to do the
work she has not been taught TO do.
There Is no other mistake that good
men make that Is 80 disastrous as that
Of thinking that they are doing their
families a Kindness In INDUCING them
In things they can not afford. The
oma whose husband makes her n
! working partner and who holds her
responsible for managing intelligently
and thrifty her end Of the business
as he does his, makes q better and
more loving wife han tho woman who
Is nothing but a parasite and a doll
baby wife. The children who are taught
s~elf-denial and self-controi, and how
Ito make ard a v money, ana how TO
do without the little things they want
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-23
1919, by Mcclure News
.papOf S~yndicate.)
BY HOWARD q. GARlSN

NCoPyright, 1913, by Mcclure News
papOr Syndicate.)
BY HOWARD r. GARlS.)
Where's Uncle Wiggily? Where's
Uncle Wiggily" asked Baby Bunty, the
little rabbit girl, Of Nurse Jane Fuzzy
Wuzxy one morning. Where il he?"
Why, Uncle Wigglly has gone TO
the store for me-" answered the musk
rat lady h-ousekeeper Of the hollow
stump bungalow He has gone to get
me some molasses,'
"oh, dearr' sighed Baby Bunty, the
nttA rabbit girl, who had been found
sn O hollow stump.
why, whatever Is the natter"
asked Nurse Jane, who had a dab Of
flour on her nose. And Whenever the
rluskrat lady had a dab OF flour on
her nose you could be sure mat She
was making a pie. Don't yOu like mo-
lasses cake, Bunty?' Miss Fuzzy Wuz-
ny asked.
"oh, vest Have you anyy' Baby
Bunty wanted to know.
I'm make ono as soon rs Uncle wig
gily ome back with the Jug Of mo-
~iaBses," went on Nurse Jane. but why
did You say oh, doarl' in such 4 dole
full voice2"
Because l wished Uncle wiggily
were hero TO chase me, or play tag, or
and stiff" .
well, why don't you hop off in the
woods and meet him." asked Nurse
Jane Of the lively little rabbit slrl, Baby
Bunty could hardly eve keep stu II
YOU go to meet him youth SEQ him
hopping along with the molasses jug, "
went on the muskrRt lady, ''aud then
he'll chase you or play tag or LET you
help him carry the sweet stuff I'm
going 90 put in a cake"
I'm do that" said Baby Bunty. and
away she hoped with her rubber doh
narred Beatrice Ethelmore Lemon
suueezer.
AS she was hopping through the
woods TO meet Uncle Wiggily, all OF
q sudden Baby Runty heard, near a
little spring Of water, a sad voice cry
ing:
"Oh, I'm so welt oh. II someone
would only help me out Of the watcrl"
Someone In drowning" said Baby
Bunty, Il wonder II | could save
them?"
on a bed of soft, green moss she
put her wax doll, Sarah Ann Belinda
Washbasin, and hurried TO the side OF
the little spring, There Baby Bunty
saw a poor honey bee splashing in the
water,
I'm save youN' kindly said the little
rabbit girl. With a long stick she flshed
and placed IL on a leaf in the sun,
where the wings could dry,
THANK you for saving me-" bu2ged
the bee, when he had shaken Off come
of the water, 81 shall he glad to do
you a favor, II l may. Do you want
mo to make you some honey?'
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-23
TRAPS FOR HAWKS.

Shooting them is good when 1t Is
possible, but they are always very alert
and 1t is usually no light task to get
one in this manner. My best and surest
way Is to take a dead fowl. fasten
It securely TO the ground out In the
field where / have seen the hawk make
his circle. or beneath the old tree where
I have seen him alight. The carcass
and life-like as possible. Around this
bait conceal from four TO six good steel
traps and fasten them safely to a stake.
Now II u bird comes around the
chances are he WIN be tempted and
become our ictim.-Scuthern Agricul-
turink
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-23

OUR TWO nttic wrens.
WHO HAVE made their nest.
in THE little wren house.
THAT HANGS on our porch.
SEEM TO have a belief.
THAT I'M a policeman.
AND MY only duty
IS no hang around.
AND WHEN they hOller,
10 HURRY over.
WHILE THEY sit there,
AND TRY TO say.
THAT THE big fat robin,
THAT THEY'RE pointing at,
AND THAT'S watching>us all.
FROM A nearby branch.
HAS JUST been over,
AND BEEN monkeyirs around.
WHERE THEIR house IL,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-05-23

Copyright, 1919, by the Mcclure News.
paper S~yndicate,)