Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 233, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 September 1913 — the ONLOOKER [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

the ONLOOKER

by HENRY HOWLAND

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What’s the use of all the kickin’ at the way the world Is run? There are some things some folks reckon might be somewhat better done, But In spite of them, I rether think we might as well admit That it’s very doubtful whether growlin' helps along a bit. This life Is like a river that goee rollin’ swift and strong; You can dam it, but you’ll never stop the water very long; It’ll keep on flndin’ places for to break through to the sea. And you can’t by makin’ faces shut oft woes. It seems to me. Life is a river goln’ to an end it’s sure to reach, . And you can’t head off Its flowin’, though you whine or though you preach— But you can pitch in and turn it so it often helps a lot; l«t’8 give up the kickin’, dura it! and pitch in with what we’vo got.