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THE ATLANTIAN
November, 1920
LET “DAD DO IT”
192 Courtland St.
Chinese Proverb.
Bright Stars are first beheld,
Sweet Wells are most desired,
Straight trees are soonest felled,
Good Workmen soonest tired.
—From “Chips of Jade,” by Arthur
Guiterman (Dutton).
Has any one ever foreseen the ne
cessity of establishing a League for
the Prevention of the Sale of Men’s
Neckwear to Feminine Shoppers dur
ing the holiday season?
A Fair Trial.
Prisoner: Sorr, I object to Mr.
Clancy servin’ on the jury.
Mr. Clancy: Bedad, an’ for why,
Michael? I’m for yezl—Punch.
More Deadly Than Lending Money.
North: What’s the matter with you
and the Smiths?
West: Nothing 1 They promised
to feed our cat while we were on va
cation 1
“Yes, that’s old man Noah; he says
it’s goin' to rain.”
“I reckon his rheumatiz is botherin’
him ag’iin."
“What fun can you possibly get out
of being a Girl Scout?”
“Isn’t it some fun to help keep the
country going?”
Proud Owner of New Hat: The
saleslady thought flowers was more
becomin’ to me, but I always fancied
feathers—so we compromised on
fruit 1
Elusive Lizzie.
Uncle Eben—I just had a letttr from
an automobile fellow saying as how
he wants to sell me an inclosed fliv
ver.
Uncle Ezra—Are ye goin’ to buy it?
Uncle Eben—I dunno. I got the
letter all right, but there warn’t no
flivver inclosed.
In an Art Gallery.
“He calls it a ‘Portrait of a Lady.’ ”
“He’s alone in his belief. The ar
tists say it’s no portrait and the wom
en say she’s no lady.”—Louisville
Courier-Journal.
America is a country in which high
wages merely accentuate the fact
that most people are broke.—New
York Sun.
“When you’ve all finished reading,
kindly let me know, so I can turn the
page."
VERSL1VRES.
I do not approve of free libraries,
At least not the way
They olasify their books.
It isn’t right,
And it isn’t’according to law and or
der.
Every one knows
That when you mention *he Gospels
You must'say
Matthew,
Mark,
Luke and
John.
Not so the libraries.
They are' independent.
They are pedantic.
They insiist on ,
John,
Luke,
Mark,
Matthew.
It is because of the alphabet, they
say.
They have no right to take such lib-
•erties
And alphabetize the Apostles.
Then in that matter of Mrs. Brown-
* *ing
(Elizabeth Barrett, that was),
She, sweet -and lovely wife of history,
is classed with English poets,
But her husband (and goodness
knows, none was more devoted)
Stands dignified and stately
Upon a shelf far off.
He has a number all his own.
Mrs. B. with“trembling curls
Solaces herself in the company of
Burns and Byron.
On one side,
With the two Arnolds crowding her
on ithe other.
They were good men, but the Church
of England
Does not approve of such separations.
Coleridge, Keats, Tennyson and
Wordsworth
Come between this lady and her hus
band.
It is a cruel business.
But librarians say,
“Rules are rules.”
They are a cold lot,
Wifh no thought for sentiment.
I do not approve of free libraries,
At least not the way
They classify their-books.
Margery Doud.
Rural Finance.
“I see HickVille is going to con
solidate with Plurtktown.”
“That’s what.”
“But you’re ten miles apart.”
“We want to collect a few auto
fines. Motorists used to scoot
through. Before we could hail ’em
in one town they were in the next."
NUNN and WARD
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NUNN & WARD
Proprietors
46 Walton Street ATLANTA, GA.
TOM CLARKE, Mgr.