Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-05-08

we have to shoot the poor pros.
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There is a welcome soft and low,
Which language cannot mar,
The greeting in New Mexico
"Como-le-Va?"
There is an answer harsh and wrong
You hear it here the whole day long,
The grngo in New Mexico
Bleats Star wayno"
pullman smoking compartments are great edu-
Gators DR.. Peters heard this one en- route east An
optomis is one who thinks this is the best possible
of worlds. A pessimst is one who knows 1t is
But the weeks best joke is ex-mayor Walt call
ing up present mayor Walton and complaining about
the pressure. or lack of it, in the gas mains
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HAVE YOU BEEN OUT TO MONKBRIDGE,
SAMMY? !
Mr. Crabb. You in Albuerrq Il simply can
rot spell it, manage some things badly. New YORK
word, Chicago | told it meant, in Indian
"Culture."+ Here in Albureq Il give up) your
bailiffs are poor enough to let murderer get OIL
not have toddy here for all the anti-gin bobples;
and fancy having to sit at counter to imbibe OF
vands and that rot! OF course. dear chap there
isn't thing to be done about it, or you would have
done it. what? Pip pip! .,-t,,
r. S. They told me Kansas that couldn't
have cigarettes, bat did. And they told me not
to tell anyone that / had them which didn't.
Editors Note Chicago in Indian, means wild
Onion" 1t was named for the river and the stock
yards Quite smell name.
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NEIGH NEIGH, EATON.
Sir: Instead Of laying much stress upon the
horse power of automobile engines, more attention
should be paid to the horse sense OF some OF the
drivers. EATON b. GOlNG'
EXCELSIOR.
/ felt the need of stimulant
So to a friend l meekly went
He promised that it would be sent
Excelsior!
| The friend soon wrote-and my lips smacked
He'd sent that day,--a quart-uncracked
| And round the stuff had been well packed
Excelsior.
The package came all safe and sound,
] opened it with one round,
! And this is all ever found
Excelsior.
AH NOW WE HAVE 1T!
THE Koshare came out of the lagoon at shpapu
as special creation made to enlighten the hears
of the people through their jests and jokes and thus
to render them fit for the long and painful journey
! on which they were to proceed" -Bandeer.
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The Lady presiding in the Book Corner referred
to US last week as the funniest coyumnst In town"
BY the same mental processes one might describe
the Santa Fe the greatest railroad entering AL
buquerque.
BARBER COLLEGE YELL.
Cut his lip!
Slash his jaw
Leave his face
/ Raw! Raw! Raw
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! Grandma Gadabout has received box of
complexion and expects to become member of the
Society Of Retouched Beauties some time this week.
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| Adam the first to have his garden
ruined by a chicken.
THAT PRIZE POEM.
Josephus PiDy, who the prize for the best
Interpretation of Kensngton Phylps poem, very
graciously permits us to print the prize poem, rot
withsanding he himself has never it.
As previously stated, the prize forwarded to
Mr.. Pliny by post, and was placed in the box Mon
day afternoon, and was picked up consequently or
was meant to be, Tuesday. at an hour man can
foretell from one day to the next. However, last
week was Postal Improvement Week, and we still
have hopes that Mr. Plny will eventually receive
his prize.
Fortunately for our readers, and ourselves MS
WELL as 1t is excellent space filler we retained
a copy of the poem. which is printed below.
THE PARROT
Where the fruit is sweetest
l kissed her.
4 The parrot said "My Gawd.'
We loved while the world grew pale
with the wounds of sin
Youth, Passion. Nightingales.
Where the fruit hung symmetricaly
there was now one creviced promegranite
drying crisply in the silly breeze.
The old heat OF joy had become
fever instead Of glow
At last it came to pass that
The parrot said my eawd"
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pure minded soul complains that this colyum
is too suggestive, and that reminds us of the re.
mark Fra Elbertus made about Anthony Comstock
The Fra said Anthony knew there was lot OF
vice. because that was all he looked for"
This colyum means to be offensive at timcs but
always pleasantly
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To judge by the manner in which the grocerc
advertise, one would think our people cat only or
Saturday.
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LUIIAS VERSION
Women's faults many,
Men have only two: