He who licks us in a fairway our
respect and faith commands; but they
kicked us down the stairway when
we looked for helping hands; so the
people cannot wonder If we’re out
for blood and thunder, if we’ve vowed
to trample under all those false con
spiring bands.” But from out the
wreck of matter there emerged one
candidate who’d been beaten, beaten
flatter than a pancake on a plate;
for a time his head was dizzy; then
he cried: “So help me, Lizzie, cer
tainly the boys got busy, but their
w-ork was clean and straight. I'm
surprised how many rallied to my
banner at the polls: if some balked
or shilly-shallied, It’s their privilege,
good souls; I was not betrayed or
cheated, like a prince I have been
treated, and I am not sore or heated
if they shot me full of holes.” Then
the people looked with loathing on
the men whose heads were sore, on
the wights who rent their clothing
and who pawed around and swore;
and they praised the man who twit
tered, all serene and unembittered, of
the broken hopes now littered all
around his cottage door.
WALT MASON.
(Copyright. 1926.)
KING AND QUEEN SEE PLAY
Royal Couple Attend London Thea
ter to Witness “Rose Marie.’'
LONDON, October 13 (A*).— King
George and Queen Mary, accompanied
by the Duke and Duchess of York,
last night witnessed “Rose Marie,”
the American musical show, at the
Drury Lane Theater. It was their
majesties’ third visit to this play, con
stituting a record in their theatrical
experiences.
“Rose Marie” has run for 18
months at the Drury Lane Theater
and it has been estimated the num
ber of persons who have seen It is
2,375,000.
