Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 February 1913 — The ONLOOKER [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The ONLOOKER

by S. E. KISER

’WHEN PA "WAS WAGE

When pa was my age he was glad To do just as they told him; He never made his parents sad, They never had to scold him; He never, never disobeyed, Nor punched his little brother, And day and night he always made Things pleasant for his mother. When pa was my age he would clean His shoes when they were muddy; He never thought his folks were mean Because they made him study; He always tried his best to be For goodness celebrated, And he was praiset by all—but, geel How pa’s degenerated!