The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-11-22

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 Laws
 A great sound awakened Abdul the Wise from his monday nap.
 Ringing the bell for Kalla Pasha, the grand weezer, he inquired the reason thereof.
 I~ f'Sire," replied the grand weezer, salaaming thrice, fit is the populace clamoring for laws"
 "How come?" demanded Abdul, sit ting up and taking notice. "Ain't they got laws enough? What about the statutes in the Sacred Book of Razzmataz?"
 "They are too simple, sire," an- swered Kalla. "The people know them by heart. The lawyers are all starving to death. The jails are fall ing to pieces from disuse, and the po- lice force has nothing to do but play dominoes. Crime is so scarce that the newspapers have abandoned the front page. The land is so peaceful that the reformers fear they may have to go to work, 'so they have jazzed up the populace to demand more laws"
 Another great sound arose and the angry populace began breaking down the palace gates. "We want to de- mand laws!'. they cried.
 "Oh, very well," said Abdul the Wise, struggling his fat shoulders. "Tell 'em to go as far as they like"
 And when the people heard the news there was great rejoicing. "The day of freedom is come~ they cried. 'Let liberty be unconfined" And they organized a legislature and pre- ceeded to make laws.
 And every man, woman and child in the vast empire began kicking in with pet laws which were duly moved, seconded and passed. And the print ing presses worked day and night printing new laws, and all the ware houses in the land were filled with new laws. The old saying: "There ought to be a law against that" went out of use, for in the course of time there was a law against everything.
 No man could move hand or foot pr wink an eyelash or sneeze or even think without breaking law. And the jails were filled and the police ran itself barefooted, and the treasury went broke paying law enforcement officers.
 And suddenly the populace awoke to the fact that they had gagged, hand cuffed and shackled themselves. And they raised great outcry and stormed the palace gates.
 And Abdul the Wise appeared unto them, saying: "Where do you get that stuff? Don't you know it's against the law to raise a public outcry? Don't you know it's against the law to park your hoofs on the boulevard between the hours. of 8 a. m. and 6 p. m.? Don't you know it's against the law to-"
 "Raspberriesp' they interrupted him. Down with the laws! They are even as applesaucev'
 And so Abdul the Wise abolished all the laws except those written in the Sacred Book of Razzmataz. And when the people heard the news there was great rejoicing. "The day of freedom is comeP' they cried. "Let liberty be unconfinedw And from that time forth any man who dared to suggest a new law was slain with neat ness and dispatch.
 'Lawmaking is a dangerous habit unless you can take it or leave it alone" said Abdul the Wise, settling down to his monday nap.
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