Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 161, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 July 1911 — THE GOOD OLD DATS [ARTICLE]

THE GOOD OLD DATS

I’VE often wondered what they did ’Fore scientists grown To rob the modern henpecked kid Of pleasures once Bis own. It almost seems as if mankind Should long have passed away Without tee marvels of the mind They try on us today. t Folks never made their children learn To brush their *eth at three; Nor prodded them with tears' to spurn All sorts of jollity. They never fed them germless foods Nor gave them specs to wear, Nor taught them thow to banisn moods Nor begged them not to swear. And yet, ‘if history is true, Those kids in olden days Could put It over me and you In half a dozen ways. They’d throw a iluff and throw a spear And throw It straight at that. They never had to jump with fear When dust was on their 'bat. Say, what’s the use to pound and pound All morning on the box; Then never dare to make a sound When Pa is reading stocks? Give me the times in story books When every one was bold; Say, what’s the good of living, shucks, If kids is all born old?