--W.
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"Kicks only raise dust and not crops from the earth."--R.T.
Very sound. Roumania has been most disappointing.--W.
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"Timid thoughts, do not be afraid of me. I am a poet."--R.T.
I shall send a copy of my collected poems to FERDIE.--W.
O.S.
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WAR AND MY WARDROBE.
As I am not a banker or a high official swell,
I never felt a pressing need for dressing extra well;
And yet there were occasions, in days not long remote,
When I assumed the stately garb of topper and frock-coat.
But war's demands, if you desire to tread the simple road,
Are somewhat hard to reconcile with the Decalogue of Mode;
So I gave away my topper to the man who winds our clocks,
With a strangely mixed assortment of collars, ties and socks.
And if I haven't parted from my dear old silk-faced friend
It isn't out of sentiment--all that is at an end--
It's simply that the highest bid, in cash paid promptly down,
I've had from any son of SHEM is only half-a-crown.
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