The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1920-09-24

for opportunity. He makes it.
People who are considered lucky are
generally found to be plucky instead.
The trouble with some Of the up
lifters is the fact that they are not
%uplookers.
Men may vote for this Office
And to think that some day we may
come to that.
1t doesn't pay to go through life
with a scowl on your face. You get
too many in return.
The ''cat step is the latest thing
in dancing. But the four legged cats
can't help it-poor things.
What we need in this country is
something that will induce US TO make
the best of what we have.
Don't tell your husband "you told
him So" It's CALLING enough for him
to remember, without being reminded
One reason why adults do not wish
children to have opinions is because
those opinions are SO often right and
their own wrong.
When a man says he wishes to speak
to you cranky" about something, he
means he wishes to speak to you dis
agreeably about something.
Cheer up! All is not lost. Civiliza
ton, we admit, has been sorely crimp
ed, but the world is dotted with many
christian nations-and a few christ
ians.
Oh, no, those our expressions are
not habltual. Handing out alibis az
ter a primary Is not half as eyhiliarat-
ing as spending the salary before you
are elected.
Every time a man sees a woman
wearing a mosquito netting blouse on
a hot summer day he feels just like
doing the same thing himself. But
modesty forbids.
A reader insists that it is possible
even In these sordid days to get somo-
thing for nothing. But at that, we
fear that something would amount to
nothing after W. got it.
If the present destructive speed is
maintained, We fear that the reputa-
tions Of many of our politicians will
have to go back, take a bath, fumi-
gate, and start all over again.
We advise every man and woman to
exercise their inalienable right of
franchise and vote exactly as they
please in the coming national election
But we hope they please to vote as we
do.
Why do some people wear furs on a
hot summer day, you ask? Very sim
Pile. It's about the only way they can
induce other people to notice them,
now that hosiery displays are becom-
ing a drug on the market.
If there Is ever a time when an old
topper longs for wings it is when he
hears of those whisky pilots flying
over from Canada with their airplanes
full of booze, and realizes that all he
can do is to look and yearn and cuss.
Amt 1t?
Can the votes of the American peo-
pie be purchased for a presidential
candidate at thirty cents each? If
you believe In the maudlin mutter-
ines of Of the aspirants for the
highest office in the land, your answer
must be yes.
Large numbers OF Germans OF the
educated class are coming to the I'm
tied States to earn a living. The pro
leta riat is in the saddle In Germany,
and with their money gone and their
titles without value there appears to
be nothing left for them but to kiss
the hand that smote them. But it's
a good hand to kiss.
Orr Office devil is glad that he is
not of age. He says that the demo
,rats call the republican candidates
and the republicans say the
democrats are worse, and that between
he two he might be forced to the {
Embarrassing extremity OF voting for J
In order to make sure OF sup
a good mar. >