Part 10 (1/2)

Frequently and often When I fought the foe, How my heart would soften, Pitying your woe!

Still, throughout my yearning, It was my belief That my mere returning Would annul your grief.

Arguing _ex parte_, Maybe you can tell Why I find your heart A.

W. O. L.

”I Remember, I Remember”

I remember, I remember The house where I was born; The rent was thirty-two a month, Which made my father mourn.

He said he could remember when _His_ father paid the rent; And when a man's expenses did Not take his every cent.

I remember, I remember-- My mother telling my cousin That eggs had gone to twenty-six Or seven cents a dozen; And how she told my father that She didn't like to speak Of things like that, but Bridget now Demanded four a week.

I remember, I remember-- And with a mirthless laugh-- My weekly board at college took A jump to three and a half.

I bought an eighteen-dollar suit, And father told me, ”Sonny, I'll pay the bill this time, but, Oh, I am not made of money!”

I remember, I remember, When I was young and brave And I declared, ”Well, Birdie, we Shall now begin to save.”

It was a childish ignorance, But now 'tis little joy To know I'm farther off from wealth Than when I was a boy.

The Higher Education

(Harvard's prestige in football is a leading factor. The best players in the big preparatory schools prefer to study at Cambridge, where they can earn fame on the gridiron. They do not care to be identified with Yale and Princeton.--JOE VILA in the _Evening Sun_.)

”Father,” began the growing youth, ”Your pleading finds me deaf; Although I know you speak the truth About the course at Shef.

But think you that I have no pride, To follow such a trail?

I cannot be identified With Princeton or with Yale.”

”Father,” began another lad, Emerging from his prep; ”I know you are a Princeton grad, But the coaches have no pep.

But though the Princeton profs provide Fine courses to inhale; I cannot be identified With Princeton or with Yale.”

”I know,” he said, ”that Learning helps A lot of growing chaps; That Yale has William Lyon Phelps, And Princeton Edward Capps.

But while, within the Football Guide, The Haughton hosts prevail, I cannot be identified With Princeton or with Yale.”

War and Peace

”This war is a terrible thing,” he said, ”With its countless numbers of needless dead; A futile warfare it seems to me, Fought for no principle I can see.

Alas, that thousands of hearts should bleed For naught but a tyrant's boundless greed!”