Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 169, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 July 1920 — "Off Agin, On Agin" STRICKLAND W. GILLILAN [ARTICLE]

"Off Agin, On Agin" STRICKLAND W. GILLILAN

(Copyright) THE UNIVERSAL QUESTION. They do not ask: “Where does this pathway lead?, What were my goal If I should thus proctyed?*’ No, they're not asking vital things like those / In these swift days through the ——mad world flows. — -W*- ’ Instead, they’re anxious that, they .may not fall To hold their job and draw their weekly kale. ▲nd, this the only, question that they i * ask As, looking at the clock, they slight their task: “Can I Get by?” They do not ask: “Could this work that I do Be done more thoroughly, by hands more true?” They do not query: "Might I do still more To bless my boss *ln basket and In store?’ ” They are not troubled with a haunting fear Lest work their hands are doing prove too dear. Not any! As they pray for close of bi l -. Their one and only earnest question Is: "Can I Get by?” • • •

MATHEMATICALLY SPEAKING ~ “I note that couples with children are seldom divorced.” “Yes. If they’ve multiplied any. they’re divided less easily.” • * • Very Suggestive. One of these scientific dope-sheet-ers, who writes all the stuff we don’t want to know, says: “To prevent the loss of a loose finger ring, there has been patented a guard to be fastened Inside It and engage the knuckle of the wearer.” If some of these paragraphing smart alecks don’t pick up that word “engage” in there. In connection with the word “ring,” we shall be profoundly disappointed. O