Tag Archive for: Washington Star
Bluffing
Courage and PerseveranceBLUFFING
3786
If mebbe in yer system there's a little sportin' streak
You'll understand the joy of which I'm tryin' fur to spenk:
When your kind of losing courage an' yer luck is runnin' hard,
An' ye hold a bob-tail flush an' raise and draw…
The Universal Query
Nature and SeasonsTHE UNIVERSAL QUERY
4046
I was tired of the town with its tu- mult and strife,
Where every one struggles for gain life,
I longed for the sweet and beneficent
So I rushed for the afternoon train
And I thought of the country, where nature appears
The…
Reform
War and ConflictREFORM
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We're busy now campaignin', down to Pohick on the Crick;
We're tired o' bein tyrannized by any Tom or Dick
Or Harry, that has some how had the luck to run across
Control of the machine an' so has made his self a boss
We're marchin'…
Things
ReflectionsThings
4363
We like to hear him tell of things
That aren't goin' right;
About the that brings
Such trouble, day and night
When he's up to speak, a mile
Is not too much to walk,
The journey's allus worth the while
We like to hear him talk
He…
Reliability
ReflectionsRELIABILITY
4793
The arth has been a-quakin'
An' a-tremblin' an' a-shakin'
Will we're gettin' apprehensive an' perplexed;
An' the scientists are sellin'
Books which say that there's no tellin'
The troubles that may happen to us next;
An' the…
Enthusiasm
BandENTHUSIASM
5645
I kind o' like campaign' time I like to hear 'em tellさん)
Jes' what the goverment should do to keep things goin' well;
I like to hear 'em talk about the cor- poration folks
That holds us common people by the throat; I like…
The Vacation Girl
Holidays and CelebrationsThe Vacation Girl
707
Sunburned to a bilster!
Freckles mixed with tan!
Has seen so many people
That she hates her follow man
Still she tells her story,
Like some customed rhyme,
Thoughtlessly repeated: "
Had a lovely line!"
Brother has a headache,
Mother…
Climate Confusion
Holidays and CelebrationsClimate Confusion
4364
Christmas is a-comin'
Dat's what the white folks say
But de sun it keep a-shinin'
Jes de same as if 'twas May
An' I specks to see de roses
An' the butterfiles an' bees,
An' de early buds a burstin',
'Stid o' presents…
His Own Affairs
ReflectionsHis Own Affairs
4475
So much advice he gave away
To win the crowd's admiring shout,
That when he needed some one day
He found his store had given out
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Members From Crimson Gluch
ReflectionsMembers From Crimson Gluch
1661
"I had a vague idea," said the blunt, un-cultured man
"That this congress trick was easy when the dealing first began
I thought my little intellectual pile was all the stuff
Sufficient for a raise, or anyhow…
The Game
Hope and MotivationTHE GAME
4791
When a movement you start for re- forming a town
And your motives are lofty and no ble and pure,
They'll depict you in stripes; they will call you a clown,
There's no end of insult you'll have to endure
They'll make you account…
An Enthusiastic Member
ReflectionsAn Enthusiastic Member
5707
I's joined the lazy union-dat's de company foh me:
Dar ain't no rules an' by-laws, but we sol- emnly agree
That in the tline that passes 'twix' the spring and early fall
We is gwinter to take life easy an' not do…
Insects Examples
War and ConflictInsects Examples
581-7
Its done observe date busy bee
Dey tells so much about,
'Bout copyin his industery
I sholy has a doubt
Do butterfly's do one dat knows
Do way to do trick
He all us wars his sunday close
An never works a lick!
---Washington…
As Usual
ReflectionsAS USUAL
4362
The troubles you've had, though they're big to you,
Are small as this old world views them
The paltry prizes that we pursue-
With a smile it sees us lose them!
Your heart is weary and sick and sore,
And you count upon gloom…