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NY patriotic citizen who wanta • complete anthology of American verse must supplement his library with files of the Congressional Reo ord. For that official record of the a proceedings of congress Immortalizes poetry that otherwise might be lost in the hustle and bustle of our material age. Members of the I Sixty-ninth congress will have to woo Clio and

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her sisters assiduously to equal the rererd of the v eighth, as revealed by the Congressional Record for the last few weeks of the session. The Sixty-eighth not only reveled In quotation, but indulged in parody and even in original verse. Quotation was Strongest in the memorial addresses in honor of deceased members; those addresses -liare not been considered here. Both the senate and house Indulged in parody. Each had Its own version of “Sheridan’s Ride?* altered to fit the occasion of Vice President b«w«' automobile ride from his hotel in a vain attempt to reach the senate In time to cast the deciding vote in the tie over the nomination of Charles B. Warren as attorney general. Senator George W. Norris of Nebraska interrupted consideration of the Isle of Pines treaty to recite the senate version, the work of “a friend." There are «1 lines of it, of which the following are fair samples : t'p from the vast out into ths day. Bringing to the Willard fresh dismay. Ths affrighted air with a shudder bora. Uke a herald In haste, to the chieftain a door. The terrible grumble, and rumble, and roar Telling the battle was on once more, And Dawes fully fifteen blocks «w*j Hurrah! hurrah for Dawes' Hurrah- hurrah for this htgh-mindod man! And when his statue la placed on high Under the dome of the capitol aky. The great senatorial temple of fame. There with the glorious general’s name Be It eaid. tn letters both bold and bright. "Oh. Hell an’ Marta, he baa tost us the fight.** Representative Joseph W. By ms of Tennessee read the bouse version, a “very clever parody by our distinguished friend and colleague. Hon. Fritz 0.. Lanham of Texas." Following are sample lines; The first that the general saw were the routs Os etraggleru. and then the retreating troops; What was done? what to de’ aklanee told him both Thea, striking fata stride, with a terrible oath He dashed down the line, ’mid a storm of guffaw*. Then dashed back again, for the lack of applause The sight of the master was hailed with “Ha-ha’a." With fear and with dust the blanched chauffeur was gray; By the flash of his eye. and the red nostril s play Re seemed to the whole great army to sayT have ’brought the general all the way From the Willard hotel to lose the day!" Guffaw! Guffaw for General Dawes! Guffaw! Guffaw for the car! Because Whenever their statues are placed in sight Under the cspltol's dome some night. The American Statesman's Temple of Fame. There, with the furious general's name. Be tt said, in letters both bold and bright: ' Here Is the car that loot the day When carrying General Dawes to the fight From the Willard—some fifteen blocks away!” Senator Royal S. Copeland of New York, to the coonte of the Isle of Fine* treaty debate, read •W little piece of doggerel." saying. “The senate

States Combine in War on Groundhog

The groundhog. because of its bur rowing and feeding habits. ta regarded tn most loeaStie* as an undesirable resident and. to make matter* worse. It* weather predictions cm February t are no hww hakes MrtetMiy. In , states where the habit* at the rodent run counter to the Interests of the farmer iflwni*ho<r wondchnrtrs or marmots. aa tibeg M* vartonuiy

may l>e rested by It. The ponderous speeches we are making may be too much for us." Senator Copeland is a physician. He didn’t say whether or not it was bis own prescription. Sample lines: Among the folks that used to knife us We have chased the plague and typhus; We have banished berlb ri from Japan: We have nourished German babies. Saved the Hottentots from rabies. Trailed the hookworm to his lair in Hindustan. We have sp.-nned ths earth's dimensions With gratuitous attentions; With a lavish hand these blessings we have thrown - Over' nearly, every nation Up and down the whole creating And o'er every race and creed—except our own. Senator Ellison D. Smith of South Carolina at cured unanimous consent to have printed an address by Senator Joseph E. Ransdell of Louisiana before the legislature of Sooth Carolina. That address. “Louisiana. Leader of the South in Reforestation." ended with these beautiful and familiar lines by Joyce Kilmer, American soldierpoet : I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth Is pressed Against the sweet earth's flowing breast; A tree that looks at God all day. And lifts her leafy arm to pray; A tree that may in summar wear A nest of robins In her hair. Upon whose bosom snow has lain; Who Intimately Ilves with rain. Poems are made by fools like ma. But only God can make a tree. Ti e house put It over on the senate by producing three pieces of-original verse. John Philip Hill of Maryland and of hard cider fame Is ohe of the “original poets." Hero’s the occasion tor it and the verse Itself: During the past war. because of lack of national defense, many of our soldiers took their chance and took it finally and for all time. I well recall one afternoon In June. IS It. how. on the deck of a transport, there came to my mind what kind of "chance" It was that America was taking, and you will perhaps pardon me if I depart from an almost inviolable rule and quote to you a little verse that came into my head from out of the sea at that time. I called this "Our Chance." and it is as follows: “Gray seas, gray sky. and ships of mottled hue: Gray sky. gray seas, yet cloud-rift bits of blue. Gray mists, gray rain—beyond! the coasts of Francs. Across the silent danger sone where we must take our chance. We take our chance—a thousand eyes on each ship scan the sea, Walting, watching, waiting for the erest of the Valkyrie; The crest of the Teuton goddess, the chooser of , the slain. Whose lone eye peers from the top of the sea Where her victims' bones are lain. We take our chance, clear-eyed, heart high. Sons of the Newer Day. To drive the spawn of the Elder Gode back to their holes of clay. We take our chance for the love of Christ. Fighting ths heathen horde: s We take our chance, for the same high cause that The blood of our grandsire* poured. Gray seas, gray sky. and the gathering dark before; , Gray sky. gray seas, but beyond—the Gallic shore! Beneath the flag of Liberty, thank God. we take our citMßOv - ■ ■ i’ - Os. oa. swift ships, on. on. brave men beyoad’s the coast of France.’ William D. Upshaw of Georgia was moved by the fortieth anniversary of the accident that left him a cripple to tell the hoese about bis long

termed, new face forcible ejection. Groundhog control campaigns to Indian* and Illinois have been held thia year and the biological survey of the United Stares Department of Agriculture has been railed OU to co-operate with state oßetate and individuals so conducting them. Four country-wide natte j. tful and haw* resulted In re- ■* f . , i/, . g ?

' ■ auesta for similar work in 20 other counties. A fund of BLOW has been raised for fumigation materials, which will be distributed without cost to the farnaom. ItoMMOW llaerf OW Jtsmort The oldest tourist resort tn the world is Spa In Belgium The ancient Roman writer of the First century. Pliny, the Elder, in his natural history extols the wonderful virtue <rf Its waters and tn the early part of th*

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. struggle upward to success, in his speech occurs this original poem: MT VISION I sometimes catch a flitting gleam Os heights I long to reach. I sometimes feel the swelling stream Os thoughts beyond ny speech; I sometimes soar on fancy's wing. Or climb on golden staff To where the silent muses sing And worldly crowns are chaff. I sometimes tread the stellar plain Above earth’s jarring din. And catch. I ween, the heavenly strain Os notes ne’er marred by sin; And at such times I cry “A voice! A voice to break the spell. That others, with me. may rejoice In thoughts too deep to tell!" James Alfred Taylor of West Virginia was so inspired by a fishing poem recited by McKeown of Oklahoma that be recited this, which he said ) be "composed." MY WAY OF FISHING I've cut a pa paw fishing pole. I've dug a can of bdit; I have hook and line and the day Is fine So I won't be home till late. They may not bite, but Twill be all right. • 1 might not pull if they did For I may lie lank on the grassy bank. My tac« from the sun rays hid. Some anglers may scorn this way of mine. But they can do as they wish': Fd rather lie about the bank than lie about the fish. The poem recited by Tom D. McKeown of Oklahoma was taken from the Nation’s Highway, he said. There were seven five-liue stanza* A sample , stanza: A feller’s glad to be a friend—out fishtn'; A helpin’ hand he’ll always lend—out fishln*; The byo t hv rh<M>4 ot and ,ine An’ sky an* stream » always fine; * Men come real cloee to God’s design—out flshta*. j The agricultural situation being a live Issue these days, the farmer naturally did not escape. William C. Lankford contributed an “extension of remarks." In which occurs this poem which he said he had received front one of bis good friends. D. M. Peterson of Douglas, Ga„ containing “humor, pathos and truth." Sample lines: DOWN ON THE FARM Down on the farm bout half past 4. I slip on my pants and sneak out the door. Out in the yard 1 run like the dickens. To milk all the cows and feed ail thb chickens. Clean out the barnyard, curry Rhoda and Jlggs. Separate the cream apd slop the pigs. Hustle two hours, then eat Uk"> a Turk. By hedk! I am ready for a full day’s work. • • • Work all ths summer til winter is nigh. Then/tlzure at the bank and heave a big sigh. Worked all the year, didn t make a thing. Less cash now than 1 had last spring Some folks say there alnt no belt Shucks' They never farmed, how can they tell? In an extension of remarks by M. C. Garber of Oklahoma on the problems of agriculture in gen- | eral and those of Okla boms.in particular we find a poetical btt. which the representative calls “doggejel.” He gives no hint as to the authorship. A sample stanza: The workman wields bis shiny tools. The merchant shows hfs ware*; The aeronaut above the clouds A dlsay journey dares. But art and science soon would fade. And commerce dead would fall. If the fanner ceased to reap and sow. For the farmer feeds them alt There are many more. But spare Is lacking here. And enough has been given to show the necessity' for the Congressional Record tn every library of poetry- - -

Eighteenth century ft was known as the “Pearl of the Andennes," where the One indies and gallants of many European courts used to gather. Peter the Great of Russia used to go there for his health. Its fame during and after the World war is. of comae, associated with the International Armistice commission that met there tn 1919. Far 2.000 year* it* curative waters have held a high place for the treatment of anemia, chlorosis, neurasthenia, heart affections and rheumatic condition*.

Daddies Eoening Fai.ru Tale MAHY-GRAHAM-BONNER THE RHEA "I am white and I anj beautiful." said the Rhea. “Everyone knows that."

“I am gray and 1 am beautiful.” said Mrs. Ostrich. “I am black and I am beautiful.” said Mr. Ostrich. “All of you. or rather both of you. are very stupid. You have to copy me. You can think of nothing new to say for yourselves. “Os course." the Rhea added. “I can think of no better creature

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“I Am a Beaut.ful f « r - vou to C °P*Exquisite Bird." “ ,f - rou ; a , Dt think of anything new to say or do, it is well that you copy me.” “You don't like yourself much, do you?’ asked Mrs. Ostrich, in a rather > sharp and cross tone of voice. The Rhea didn’t notice the tone of voice. “You are mistaken." said the Rhea, j “I do like myself a great deal,” At that both ostriches laughed hard, for they knew full well that the Khea j was very fond of himself. “You see.” said the Rhea. “I am f» r more superior than you are. | »" “It is hard for me to Hve a long time. I am delicate and tine and dainty. “I am a beautiful, exquisite bird ) but not such a strong one. especially when away from my own native land.” “You had better not boast so much ■! for you are like us. only you are small; , er.” said Mrs. Ostrich. “We are far bigger than you are ; I you poor, poor little dear.” ; “What care I for size?” asked the j I Rhea. “iVnow I am only a little more than < half your size, but I have truly bean- . ttful feathery. > “To bo sure. I am an ostrich. One of my family names is the noble ona«4 of Rhea, but our other name is that of South American Ostrich. L “That is the family to which we belong. “I come from South America, as the family name tells you. if you don’t know ft anyway, “You come from Africa. That makes ; a difference. 1 suppose. At least It does In our case. Whether It is because j I am South American and you are ! African I do not know. “But I do know that I am smaller ; and that I do come from South Amer- j lea. “My neck is long like yours and so { i are my legs. “My body is covered with beautiful j i feathers and I’ am most certainly a j 1 cousin of yours. “Rut at the same time I cannot help j admiring mvself for I am supposed i to be handsome. “Not onh am I supposed to be handsome but I am handsome." “Well, we won’t argue the matter,” j said Mr. Ostrich, “for 1 am sleepy and I would like to doze in the stmshtae. ! | “That would tea far more pleasI ant thing to do than to' argue the | point.” t j ej would like to doze in the ao»- ! ?hine. too,” said Mrs. Ostrich. “And I ■ also think that would he a far more j pleasant thing to do than to discusa size or beauty. “Particularly now that these ques- ' tlons are all settled so comnietely by the Rhea.”

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"It sounds like a nice Idea to me. too." said the Rhea. “Ah. you’re my •ousins. all right.” ! »e added. “We’re al! a lazy, stupid sort of family " I The ostriches ’ did not object to • this remark in the least. j Instead they all went to sleep and dept soundly, dreaming of their nomre in South America and Afri-

I ca. where they had been torn, and of • the warm sunshine that was also to be j found in North America. For the sun. they realized, belonged to more than one part of the world. the sun had a happy way of shining everywhere at some time er another. FAe New Morality Ferdinand Huxley, the well-known librarian, said in a Denver lecture: I “The people are going bark to the older novelists, to Dickens and Scott and Thackeray. Our new novelists have disappointed them. They don’t like our new novelists* morality. •This morality d»seJy resembles the chorus girt’s A stage manager said to her at supper one night:‘•‘Could you love a man who was false to youF “•No, oh. no.’ the chorus girt answered. Then, after * moment's silence. she added thoughtfully. ’But I could be false to a man who loved SWA •• •* Much-Needed Borom A lady visitor was being escorted by friends around the city of Washington. Among other features she was shown the building where they keep the official yardstick, the official pound weight, where they measure electricity, perfect important instruments and conduct tests. Thia building. as she was told, was the bureau at standards. Ta glad to know we have a bureau of standards.’* declared the visitor primly. “They should be higher." •

Excuses Plausible but Not Convincing Lord Allenby was speaking about the “unspeakable Turk.” “Always he seems to be justified in what he does, according to his own plausible arguments. Even massacres such as have chilled the world with horror do not seem so bad as explained by the wily oriental. "That is—they do not seem so bad for a mAiient. but when you analyze their excuses they remind me of the Irishman’s defense when arrested for f caching. “’Sure, your honor,’ said Pat, the only bird I shot was a rabbit, and I knocked that down with a stick.’ ” Sleeping With One Eye Johnny, age seven, was an import tant member of that class Robert Louis Stevenson called the “sleepyheads.” His mother always had great difficulty in getting him out of bed mornings in time for school. Johnny’s uncle bad recently come to their home for a visit. During the war be had lost his left eye and wore a glass substitute. One morning, several days after his uncle’s arrival, Johnny’s mother had at last succeeded in arousing Johnny. When he finally opened his eyes he remarked: “Mother, do people with one eye get as much sleep as i>eople with two eyes?”—lndianapolis New . Abao/ute/y Perfect Ruler C. 0- Peters of the bureau of standj ards. Washington, has completed a new ; ruler, which he thinks will be absolutei ly free from mathematical error and • therefore the most accurate tn the world. It has a scale with rulings only live one hundred thousandths of an ■ inch wide and spaced with an accuracy i : of ar least two millionths of an inch. Completion of the ruler upsets the old ■ saying that nothing made by man can be perfect as scientists declare the scale is free from error. The new | scale will be used in the calibration ; of micrometer miscroscopes. — To insure glistening-white table linens, use Red Cross, Ball Blue in your ! laundry. It never disappoints. At all ' good grocers.—Advertisement. Elephant Saved Keeper Louis Brecker. elephant keeper at ; the Philadelphia zoo, owes his life to j Lizzie, one of his charges. Lizzie ' caught a huge iron gate as It fell ffom its hinges, with Brecker in its I path. i “Many say an elephant is slow, but they’ll never make me believe that.’’ said Brecker. “Lizzie took in the situation at a glance. Then she turned her head into that tailing gate and stopped it while 1 walked out from under uninjured. Some elephant. Lizzie.”

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