Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-03
The W. ndmill
THE NEW POETRY.

treason.
So he drew a full draught from CAL
Hopes fountain
And chanted the beauties OF valley
and mountain
In measures so tinkling, 50 limpid. 80
ripping,
That one was reminded OF Keats and
of Kipling.
And yet there was no ono who rose
to applaud him.
No patron to aid him, no critic to
laud him.
He found himself soon on the road
to starvation.
In terrible straits and in sheer des-
peration,
And 30. on the edge OF DISTINCTIONS
abyss,
stuff like this:
Squash.
Passionate squashi
Moon eyed. candid sQuashl
IL were only squashy like thee.
How bobbed would be the sky!
How tender the midnight
How juicy the tomorrow
How often tho yesterday
Sky, nothing but dripping sky.
With stars for suds
And squash below.
Oh Squashi
Now the critics and patrons exclaim
In chorus:
ss"hQf 01y0n5nrfS,l fhN,t~hfa hAa thfa
man SGT before US!
What heights OF expressionl What
mountains OF pleasurei
Each line Is mine and each word
Is treasure"
The serious thinkers way1ay him and
chase him.
And maidens with fortunes inplore
and embrace him.
And. wild-eyed. they tell you he holds
them in thrall.
And yet the stufrs meaning 10 moth
Ing at all.
Now that tho kaiser has moved to
Doom. who's going to keep Ameron-
gen supplied with wood7
Mr.. Hays says that no half votes
will be cast at the Chicago conven-
ton. Mr.. Bryan. on the other hand.
holds that no half and half votes
shall be recorded at San Francisco.
We can't SEQ any reason Why the
barbers should 20 on strike. Seems
ike splitting hairs.
The poet who remarked that "the
only constant thing IL changs"
Or rubles.
couldn't have been thinking Of marks
THDM WAS THD DAYS.
The First 8havA
First of ali. your knees began 70
get knotty. They seemed to knock
together when You walked and poke
up under your chin when you sat
down. But after considerable per-
and much tortuous diplomacy
you worked the folks round to the
right attitude and thereafter appear
ed In the glory Of long pants. Thus.
by superior mentality, you COM
quered the drst afniction Of adde's
cence.
The next trouble was deeper seat
ed-in your chest and windpipe, to
be exact. You'd be talking along in
q pleasant, we'll modu1atod baritone
and suddenly hnd yourself betrayed
into an upward slide toward high c.
a shameful, humiliating advertise
ment that you were not yet % OF
80 years old. This onward and up
ward vocal tendency was more than
an affliction-it was q curse. But
gradually you learned that It attack
ed you chiefly IN moments Of ex-
element ana that only q few people
laughed at you. so you studied Il
control your emotions and pick you,
friends. both studies worth while fol
their own sakes. Tho unwelcome trtlls
and roulades slowly departed.
And then the fuzx came. The down
on your cheeks unrnistably became
fuzzy-not all over. ~ on = vel
regulated wooden shirt, for example
but in exAsperatig patches. Perhaps
groups would be the better word. II
the region OF your chin this fuzs
might fairly be called hair. scanty, Il
is true, and hopelessly soft and silky
You rubbed It, secretly vaselined 4
and sorutinized It daily in every mir.
ror the house Afforded. but still II
remained suave. mild and unbrietly
Kiddish, In fast.
About this time Pa began to com.
plain that someone was knicdng hi!
razor strop. Naturally, you never
said word. but you knew right vel
that there were mighty few hicks To-
the amount Of practice you had pu
in. It was long before the days o
these sissified safeties, and Pas razo
was a hefty weapon, about the siz'
Of small bolo. Unless you grasped
firmly at tho waistline and prove,
your mastery at once. it was apt t,
roll over on it's back and bite. Prac
tice was essential
And then, one morning. when ever.
body was supposed to be at break
fast, Mollie (the meaniel) caught yo1
at it-actually doing 1t this time. o
course, she rushed right down to tn
table.
Pal" she gasped. "oh. Pa! Wha
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