WANTED A CHANGE
By Berton Braley.
I feel I am needing a change in
my reading;
I weary of tales which" describe
The poor east side tailor who
lives in his squalor
Amid all the rest of his tpibe;
I also am weary of stories more
cheery
Which chiefly yes, wholly
concern
The beautiful heiress with gowns
made in Paris
And the youth who has money
to burn.
I long for narrations . of people
whose stations
Are not so extreme either way,
The people I meet in the office
and street in
The course of my business and
play;
I don'tcare for stories of wealth
and its glories
Nor tales of acute miseree;
I long in my fiction to find the de
piction Of commonplace people like
Me!
SAVING ROOM
.Master Well, Susan, did you
post my letter as I told you?
Faithful Servant Yes, sir. But
I had it weighted first, and as it
was double weight I put on an
other stamp.
Master Good girl ! But I hopr
you didn't put it on so -as, to ob
literate the address.
Faithful Servant Oh, no, in
deed sir! Ijus' stuck it on top of
the other stamp so as to save
room.
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POOR MAN!
The"follpwing composition o
men is credited to a little girl : -
"Men are what women marry
They drink and smoke and swear,
but don't go to church. Perhaps
if thev"wore bonnets they would.
They are more logical than woa,
men and also more zoological, j
Both men and women sprung;
from monkeys, but the womenU
snnincr further than the men." A
"Well, Jack and I are to b
married at Christmas.
' "But," said the other girl,
thought, you had thrown Jai
nvpr"
"Oh, so I did," the first replied1
"But but you know how a girp
throws.
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