The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1944-04-07

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Bright before him shone Chi aw-GO,
Level spread the boom before him;
From it leaped the nomination,
Sparkling, flashing in the sunlight,
Looking fair again and tempting
Even after what he'd been through.
Toward the sun his hands were lifted
Both the palms spread out against it,
And between the parted fingers
Fell the sunshine ON his features,
Something in the mist Of morning
LOomed and lifted from the water,
Now seemed floating, now seemed
flying
Coming nearer, nearer, nearer.
Was it Brick-Er, the self-made one,
Or the BOb-Taft from Ohio?
Or the great Shu- Shu-Shu- Tom-Tom
The crusading one called Catch EN-,
The famed warrior on rackets,
Baritone from far Owoss0
Known to all the tribes as Dew-Eh?
None Of these! But delegations,
Delegations from the prairies,
Delegations from the cities,
Come by birch canoe with paddles,
Trying out their vocal organs.
And the mighty Flying Eagle,
With his hands aloft extended,
Waited full of exultatiOn,
Saying in his best make manner:
Beautiful the sun, oh palsies,
Bright the prospects are, oh walsies.
"Never bloomed the chance so
brightly,
Never ShOne the outlook better!"
And the delegates made answer:
'NOt so fast, best-seller chieftain,
"Take it easy, global airman,
s'We admit your deeds of valOr
"But as yet it's early Springtime;
"GentIe June is still far distant,
Anything is apt to happen,
"Keep your shirt on, keep your shirt
on!'
And the Brick-Er and the Dew-Eh
From their haunts among the fend-
lands
Screamed Farewell, OH, Wendell
Will-Kie;
"We're your buddies, we're your
tribeSmen,
"But the battle is the pay-off!"
And the Wen-De l-WiIl-Kie answered,
elbow wonder, how / wOnder!"
AMERICAN DIALOGUES
"There's fortune in it for YOU"
''Now look here, if you expect to
get anywhere with this proposition,
don't depress me-"
Louis Schwartz, New York gar
con known as "Louie the Waiter"
has personally sold four million dol
lars worth of war bonds, a record to
be proud of. 1t occurs to us that
possibly he took to selling bonds be-
cause they are the only thing a Gus
toner could ask for and get.
We can't help wondering if Mr..
Schwartz, when a customer says,
''I'll take bond, medium-well," re-
plies, "but remember no butter"
The war department has ruled
that dogs in the war may be cited
but not decorated. FidO would rath-
er have a bone, anyhow. How about
Distinguished Service Knuckle
With Meat Attached?
A senator has introduced a bill
asking for an investigation into the
matter of why shirttails are getting
shorter and shorter. 1t could be
merely matter of suspenders get
ting weaker and weaker.
If Japan intends to remove adj
mirals and generals every time I'm
Gle Sam kicks her in the pants she
will soon be running her war entirely
through first sergeants and cor
porals.
Two big hosiery manufacturers
have been fined SAC, 900 for ignoring
OPA ceilings. It can't be said they
didn't have a leg to stand on.
Wanna Bet?
"H0wever much the storm may
rage around our fortress, the day
will come when from behind the
dark clouds the sun will shine and
smile ON us."-Adolf Hitler, in = re-
cent address to the German people.
AS a weather prophet Hitler is go
ing to prove a terrible bust, too.
Ina Dodo says she can't see why
the gum makers don't adopt that
new song "Chew, Chew, Baby" as q
radio theme song. -