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Ah! Poetry, what crimes are com mitred in thy name! 'TISN'T FAIR IN THE PARLOR In the parlor there were three, Oh. woe is me! I flunk each test, The maid, the parlor lamp. and be, Although I try to do my best. Two was company. without a doubt. Oh. why canno~ the professor see So the little lamp went out. The front seat IS no place for me! A FABLE Oh, Prof! I cannot tell a fi.b, Under the swinging street car strap To pass a test 1 need to crib. You say 1 can't. I surely can, The homely co-ed stands, If I sit behind Bob Sullivan. And stands, and stands, and stands. and stands. And stands, and stands, and stands. Mary had a little lamb, WITH FIXIN'S For which she didn't care: She cut the wool from ofl its back And now it's a little bare. Mary had a littl~ lamb. You've heard It oft before. And then she passed her plate again YE CO~ED FOOT BALLE And had a little more. The herring is a funny {ish Mary was a co-ed: Of that be well assured Mary was a peach. In every case it must be killed Ted took Mary to the garne.-- Before it can be cured They sat there side by each. I never saw a horsefly. When the game was over I never hope to see one. Mary turned to Ted: But from the man y jokes I hear, "Oh. wasn't it a bully game,-. There certainly must be one. Who pitched for us?" she said. POTPURIU "Are you Hungary?" "Yes, Siam," "Den Russia to de table and I will Fiji." 'All oghr-c-Sweden my coffee and Den mark my bill." Melin' 'Say, Schutte, have you heard the latest Chevrolet joke?" Schcrte: "Hear it? Say, man, r own it!" • STORAGE PROBLEM O!d gentlema~ (seeing the small colored boy. was hav,ing s~me tr~~~bcll~ in gertmg away with the large melon he was trvmg to eat) Too melon. isn't it. Rastus?" Small Colored Boy: "No sub, boss, not enough niggah." He: "I had a wonderful time ar your parry last night" She: "Why. I had no party last night." ,,, He: "That so? Well. believe me. I was at somebody s party,