The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1921-07-01
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,
SMlLlN THRU

To the threadbare coat she wore.
Frail she was, and passing fair
Scarce eighteen, l made guess,
But saw her face was lined witt
care
And not in keeping with her hair
So warmly brown and gold.
Seeing me, she senscd perhaps,
The friendliness | could not blind
And hesitating, frightened eyed,
In tones so gentle as to find
In even this mad mob friend
Can you direct me, please and
stopped.
"Yes?' l prompted, drawing near
In sympathy l knew her mind.
Was struggling with some nagging
fear
"The Overseer of the Poor, the
words.
Like frightened fledglings fluttered
out.
And shame famed up the care-worn
face.
| dropped my eyes, and then l saw
The bundle move in her embrace
A chubby thumb flashed in the air
Drawn from puckered, rose bud
mouth
A smile, like sunshine on a noun
tain peak,
A gleeful, wriggling squirm.
A dimpled hand reached out and
caught
My finger with a clinging grasp
All. God! Can you direct US
To the Overseer of the Poor?
*%****
The next time Charlie Warren
seats US with our back to the charm
ing aggregations of feminine loyli-
ness at Hildebrechts, we're going to
get mad and take our picture book
and go straight home!
&*%*%&
Three times he did it! The big
stiff.
%*$%*#
She had on stockings whose sheer
ness would make a cob web look like
horse blanket, and
***#*$
She had on pumps whose heels
would make stills look like they were
sticking in the mud, and
*%&*&%
She had on a dress that would bare
" make a skinny wash rag for a
canary bird, and
@%&k$s
The cop kicked a passing newsboy
in the pants, and told him to button
his shirt
Our idea of dumbbell is the long
armed octupus who works his lunch
hooks like fails IN opening a news
paper on a crowded car.
#z<%sE
- JAPANESE SAILORS HELD
IN BOOZE CASE" triunlphs a Gaz-
cite heading.
We always knew il took a case of
booze to fill seven men, but we had
no idea a booze case could hold seven
men.
#**##&
But then the 18th. bedamnedment
has worked many other abortions.
*#**#*
FRANCE AND BRITAIN ANS
WEIR U. S. NOTES" titulates a Gaz-
cite heading.
#*#*#*
"R. S. V. P? Evidently some one
else beside Woodenhead Wilson has
been studying The Complete Letter
Writer
&&&*#*
EVEN DRYER DAYS COMING"
means a N. Y. Tribune heading.
****#*
Phew! Who threw THAT brick?
*&*#**
TEACHERS USE JOBS AS
BRIDGE TO MATRIMONY" eluci-
dates Gazette heading.
*&&**&
Will the author accept an amend
ment las it were) and substitute
"springboard" for "bridge"?
##&&#*
Our idea of a dumbbell is the jitney
Drained excuse for waitress who
asks for the 'leventeenth time "Do you
want your coffee now or after ?"
**#**%
"RAISING BUTTERFLIES AN
INTERESTING PASTIME" iterates
another Gazette heading.
**&***
Whereupon we step forward timid-
ly, nervously twirling our hat in our
embarrassed hands las it were) and
humbly ask: "What kind of butter
flies ?"
#*****
At the same time craving to know
if anyone has ever succeeded in rails
ing one to full estate.
*#%&**
Because we've tried it and failed
What with taxis, restaurants, theatres
and other congenial climates for but
terflies, we have never succeeded in
the gaff until they were raised"
&%#*H%
But we've passed on some ripe
prospects to the "other fellow"