The day book. [volume], April 01, 1914, LAST EDITION, Image 28

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BY EDMUND VANCE COOKE
Mother Jones, at eighty-two,
I toss up my hat for you,
Mother Jones.
Your old body holds the spirit
Of the freedom we inherit.
Was our Declaration signed
To be spat on and maligned
By spme epaulletted hind?
Is our Constitution void
When a Corporate Power's annoyed?
Is our history a lie
To forget, or to deny?
Mother Jones, at eighty-two,
We forget it but not you, j :
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Mother Jones, at eighty-two,
What they tell me may be true,
Mother Jones.
For your manners may be crude
And your tongue at times imbued
With a twang the world calls rude.
Mother Jones, at eighty-two,
Are they never rude to you,
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Jones, at eighty-two,
I would rather fare with you,
Mother Jones,
Pare with you, succeed or fail,
Win the fight orwin the jail,
Than with officers, gold-laced,
Than with judges, snugly placed.
History will yet acclaim
Yours the honor, theirs the shame.
Theirs? Nay, ours!
We free men pause,
We desert the holy cause
Of the LAW against the laws;
Leaving all'the fight to you,
Heroine at eighty-two!
Mother Jones!
CERTAIN SAFETY
Wife Mind you don't git hurt,
Pat! Ifs-so dangerous workin' that
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Pat That's all right, -my dear
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In. California, Oregon, Kansas,
Utah and Washington states the laws
make'the Jnother equal guardian with
the father, over the children.
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