The Pensacola journal., 1920-04-19
THE RUNNER

i IN Fuuuih "a -
"see the ample feast is spread;
Stav and break and bless the bread!
But he merely turned and said:
I'm runnin' r
Thursday eve your house burned
down;
Sheriff took your mules to town."
But he answered with frown:
I'm runnin'E'
.Mother in law has deadly grip;
Means for your companionship
f.Hopes she'll make the Jordan trip:
I'm runnin'r')
And with lightning speed he passed,
And he'll answer to the last,
when he hears the Judgment blast ::
I'm runnin' y
A reformed Bolshevist is worth
watching.
Can YOU name the cahinetf Not the
January cabinet, but the one Tor thls
month.
Bad news does not always travel fast
enough to suit some Of those VINO
hatch it,
Really, when you come to think Of H.
snring must be tied up somewhere in
the railroad strike.
some people seem to overlook the
fact that there is difference N free
speeah and free lunch
o
The weather is getting to be an IN,
teresting topic, at last-almost equal
to the United States senate.
Enforce the vagrancy laws and there
may be fewer idlers in the city ana
more labor for the farmers
II is all very well to dream about
what YOU are going to do. just so you
don't have a nightmare over IT,
At any rate, we have to admit that
the state politicians are a versatile lot,
and have plenty of imagination.
The largest cargoes Of mahogany I'M
ported into the United States enter the
port Of Pensacola, for the Mengel COM
pany OF Louisville.
Writing anonymous letters is a ia
yorite pastime of crooks and imbeciies.
No honest man stoops to hide his iden-
tity under a false signature.
II is right pitiful to think about how
the governor had TO bog around in all
that snow. and then not accomplish
ANYTHING after ALL Sort of pathetic.
7----O-
Wonder if it isn't time for Uncle Joe
10 be starting for Texas? Usually gets
to Pensacola, en- route. before May
Hope ne doesn't forget The Journal Of
flee.
1t takes many men of many manners
10 make a world; and many women
Of many ways: but after all, II Is tne
children who act as the Sreat force 10
move the universe.
Keep young by hard work, i sam,
uel Gompers' motto. 30 us saia' Ali
the ST Pefersburg Times declares that
.sometime or other he must nave
worked for a newspaper.
Now that the hail has broken the
windows OF the Pensacola high school,
and IL is necessary 70 repair ii, per-
hans that will be another goed excuse
for postponine the new building.
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The presidential booms are making
almost as much noise as the war be-
tween Japan and husband IL ls
about as hard to get any reliable IN
formation about the one as the other'
The high cost of paper used to Keep
editors awake o'nfghtS; now the ghos'
that haunts them is mo paper at any
price" And it is ghost that arrives
without the help of the ouija board
too.
The Punta Gorda Herald is one OF
the most interesting Of the state ex-
changes, and judging from the news
stories and editorial expressions, Punta
Gorda is trying to keep up with inc
pace the new management has set.
.
The Times-U Union says that even
Europe is now in rebellion against
president wilson" 1t is rather pitiful
yyith what eagerness the Greatest Pa
ner in Florida seizes every opportunity
10 give the official head OF this nation
q rap.
The Times Union says, anent suf-
frage: 1T is not necessary to talk OF
the men who rise TO give seat to q
woman in a trolley car; nor to argue
about the courteous and respectful
manner in which women are treated in
business places and on the streets; but
AZ delye deep into the souls OF Southern
men mark how quickly they resent the
slightest offense given their women by
strangers. or others" Aren't they the
chivalrous- creatures Just think OF
treating their own wives and mothers
and sisters and sweethearts in such a
humane manner. You'd think they'd
insult EN-. now wouldn't YOU?