Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-07-11
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these "bladders" published in some
other place besides Pocomoke ano
come to my desk every week. Some
of my friends (?) seem to get big
kick out of calling their home paper
a bladder. Reckon that's because
it 'busts" sometimes right in theil
face by telling them some things they
ought to know. Had man last week
to tell me l laid into him once in a
while, but he says he loves me still
/ think, under these circumstances
I'll hit him little harder next time
A man has ia go slow on such mat
tiers. Discretion is the better part
Of valor."
But I started to say something a.
bout an item read in another towns
bladder. 1t told of man who wrote
a bit of poetry-that is, he called it
poetry. Gall that glistens is not gold
nor is every piece of composition call
ed poetry indicative of budding Mil
ton, Homer, Dante, or Ovid. Some
who attempt simple rhyming certain
~ have a wild idea of vowel sound
or vowel ending. When "poet" tries
to make the word Cream" couple up
with "wean", then I say that scribe
has missed his calling, and I doubt
whether there is a clear idea in the
composers mind as to what is meant
by the word "wean." He is probably
all unconscious of his advertent mix
of milk and weaning-tho' it must
be admitted there is slight degree
of relationship between the two ideas
which is as old as the human race.
Well, maybe, I'll get to that item
after bit. ! have reached the point,
anyhow, where it is distinctly under
stood there was bladder, man, and
an item of so-called poetry. Probab-
ly it would be good idea to tell next
just what his topic was: IAN appeal
to hens" Of course, he was referring
to the feathered tribe. I've heard
that word, "hen", applied to some fe-
male members of the human race. But,
] wouldn't think of using it in that
sense. I've too much respect and ad-
miration for this entire section of the
worlds articulate membership to do
them such injustice. It has been said
a woman doesn't mind being called
a chicken, but beware of the appel
lation "old hen" She doesn't mind
being called "kittenish", but you'd
better beware of "catty." So, I re-
peat, I'm referring to the birds that
cackle and lay eggs, altho' I've heard
a lot of cackling from human birds,
but they 60 no further. 49,.
Well, as I said above, the topic was
"An appeal to hens" It seems the
writer had seen somewhere that the
nation was short on the egg-produc-
ing end of its defense program, and
it was urged that the farmers
would, in some way, speed up the hen
fruit.
This writer thought it would be a
good plan to go straight to headquar-
tiers, to the real mandatory, and
make direct plea to the patriotism
of the bird, and he did. His effort
was read by lady who believes
there's money in chickens and she has
chicken houses, a mile long, more OF
less. She gets number of copies OF
this somewhat new idea in poetic sub
ject matter, and tacks them up in heI
chicken houses, where the birds coul6
Tread, mark, learn, and inwardly di'
gest them" Well, bless Peter! if il
had been like some poetry I've read
that lady would have had an epidemic
of indigestion, cholera morbus, sicl
stomach and dizziness break out il
her flock. Uncle Sam would have
had to come again with prohibition
against metric verse in chicken houses
to prevent an entire determination
of the bird.
However, it seems that the song tt
the birds must have had some rea
merit. Those hens were aroused al
to their patriotic sentiments, and, j
is reported, that the proprietor of tn
chicken farm carried to market no
only an increased number of the oval
but also a greatly enhanced value a
to dimensions and weight. The re
Spouse was most hearty and promising
and now we learn those chicken house
are decorated with hundreds Of "Ol
Glory" waving in the breezes. Uncl
Sam need have no further fear of a
egg famine.
Now, since learning all this, l ar
ready to account for the size of thos
eggs sent to the editor of the "Demo
crat" some time back. But / didn
know the two gentlemen were poets