Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 309, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 31 December 1915 — THE NEW ALADDINISM. [ARTICLE]

THE NEW ALADDINISM.

“New lamps for old!” the Wizard cried; And who should hear but Aladdin’s bride.

"How nice,” she thought, so the story goes, "We have one old enough, goodness knows! "That lamp of Aladdin's Is bent and mean, Rusty and dirty, unfit to be seen. 'l’ll swop it,” she cried, "while hubby’s not here, ' I’ll ne’er have another such chafico, that’s clear!” So she traded the old lamp for a lamp brand-new — And sad is the sequel—sad but true. The lamp she got, though showy and bright, Wasn’t worth two shucks as a magic light. The lamp she traded, so mean and old. Was worth, as you know, its weight In gold. And Aladdin, poor cuss, had an awful search Before he landed it back on Its perch. "New isms for old!” is the cry today; But before they carry your old away Remember the lamps—that’s all I say!