. Slings and arrows . THE VEILER SHE may beSo impressedBy her own facial charmsThat she must hideThem from the gazeOf the multitude,But she mightBe considerate enoughTo realize the strainUpon those helpless victimsOf hers Who must needsSit and talk to herThrough the meshesOf huge dotsAnd otherGeometrical figuresThat adorn her she has no pityUpon her own eyes,She might haveA little regardFor the eyes of others. 35 THE WINDOW BRAGGERS HUMANITARIANISMAnd patriotismSeem to be with themA means For give their cashTo the Red CrossAnd then they hangA sign in their windo
. Slings and arrows . THE VEILER SHE may beSo impressedBy her own facial charmsThat she must hideThem from the gazeOf the multitude,But she mightBe considerate enoughTo realize the strainUpon those helpless victimsOf hers Who must needsSit and talk to herThrough the meshesOf huge dotsAnd otherGeometrical figuresThat adorn her she has no pityUpon her own eyes,She might haveA little regardFor the eyes of others. 35 THE WINDOW BRAGGERS HUMANITARIANISMAnd patriotismSeem to be with themA means For give their cashTo the Red CrossAnd then they hangA sign in their windowThat the whole worldMay knowThe exact amountOf their philanthropyIn dollars and cents. 36 THE TIT FOR TATTER IF childless JohnMust pay taxesTo send His neighbor Jims childrenTo school,Why should notAutomobileless JimPay taxes To build good roadsFor Johns motor carTo run upon? 37. THE FEMALE FORM DIVINE WHITHER have disappearedThe feminine ears,And whence is disappearingThe feminine forehead?To judge byThe present modeOf hair array,Or disarray,One might thinkThere is Something shamefulIn the exposureOf those necessaryAnd once thoughtOrnamental featuresOf the female form divine. 39 A RE-MADE MAN NOW that this portionOf the worldIs laboring underThe blessingsOf prohibition,We are given all sortsOf serio-comic testimonialsUpon the wondersIt has wife, so it is said,Reports that now she hasA one hundred per cent If it takes prohibition,Or anything elseTo niake a manOf a manIs he worth The making of a man?Would he not beBetter dead? 40 IN THE DAYS OF THE APOSTLE THEY knew notProhibition in the daysWhen Paul the ApostleWrote these words of wisdomIn his First EpistleTo Trmothy:Drink no longer waterBut use a little wineFor thy stomachs sakeAnd thine often infirmities. 41 THE BREEZY ONE HE blows in upon youAnd with a glad handTakes it for grante
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