Palatka daily news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1919-1994, 1922-05-24

already on foot to list those who de-
cline to meet the suggestions made
by the committee and bring whatever
influence possible to bear on them
to assist in the financing scheme by
paying small weekly tuition.
| American humor is comprised in
two main divisions: (D Bad gram
mar, and (2) Sacrilege.
A true fan is one who thoughtless-
ly eats his peanuts shell and all when
/ the bases are full.
| Rolling stones may gather no moss
but some gentlemen seem to thrive
exceedingly by rolling bones.
About the only nation that appears
to be making progress in the direc-
ton of peace is imagination.
Too many seeding stations may
also explain why Congress can't I'M
derstand the voice of the people.
1t must be a cause of great an
noyance to a Chinese army when the
other side beats it to the surrender.
AS the early morning fly becomes
active, uneasy lies the head bereft of
its natural foliage.
Good breeding becomes more and
more general as parents study and
profit by the example of their chill
dren.
Love is the quality that makes a
girl give up job that pays S25 a
week and work for her board and
clothes.
The same qualities that made you
a success in other lines will enable
you to get that fly if you'll keep on
swatting.
At twenty the single male is in
love with all the ladies; at thirty-five
he thinks all the ladies are in love
with him.
After you have done everything
once, and can no longer get a kick,
the resulting condition Of boredom
is called wisdom.
Our idea of justice is for man to
go bankrupt and invest the proceeds
in oil stock.
"No feminine wardrobe is complete
without a few things that may be
slipped on hurriedly." Well, we'll;
banana skins are cheap.
One should call spade a spade,
but under stress of spading the gar
den he may be permitted to add a
few qualifying adjectives.
: Great men always seem very NOR
tai when at the request of some mag
azine they take pen in hand to ex-
: plain what made them great.
In the old days there was one gen.
Grafton between shirt sleeves and
shirt sleeves, but that was before
Congress learned the art of taxing.
Russia may have wasted her sub
stance in riotous living, but she has
, on hand enough fatted calves to as
sure a welcome back into the family.
A reaction is inevitable, and in a
few years the dear girls may become
old-fashioned again and work sam
piers reading; God bless our ji--
ney."
If our superfluously polite friend
Mr.. Goode Guerry, of the Palatka
News. will kindly enlighten US why
we have had the misfortune to incite
, his most noble ire, we might make a
feeble attempt to placate him. We
are considerably puzzled, tho other
wise unaffected by his outbreaks OF
? the past week-Ocala Star.
If repentance ends the suit which
passion begun" Brother Benjamin is
assured that his presumption that he
had aroused our noble ire,' is with
out Justice or reason. We have long
, since accepted with calm resignation
Brother Benjamin's characteristic
presumptions of spleen when a con-
, temporary takes issue with him.
Presumption is violent passion OF
the will and an utter foe to prudence.
| 1t is that affection which truststh
and exposeth the body to dangers,
presuming only upon vain hope and
imagination, without ground for rea-
son. It is a frework made up Of
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