196

[paper clippings x3 attached to page - read as follows]

In Spite of
Yourself

By RUTH MASON RICE

MEN are very crotchety;
but still, it's rather nice
To think of yellow cro-
cuses---the cunning
knack of spring;
Fair it is, and rare it is, and
such a sweet device
To make you feel you want
to marry---more than
anything.

THE WORKER.
Sometimes as I walk by the roads
Where the big cars rush past
speed,
I feel g'ad to be a worker,
Striving for the things I need.

And when my day is done I feel content
To sit with my family there,
For it's been a real good day of work
And my methods, too, are square.

Then let me live in sweet content,
Each day as I strive ahead,
And while others live for a useless thing
I live as a worker instead.
---W.G.H.
Wallaceburg. August 7, 1923

+ + +
Says the Yampa Leader: "He was
not crazy. His vacant and haunted
look and almost incoherent mumbling
was due to over mental exertion
brought on by a few days in assisting
his wife in selecting suitable wall
paper for their new house. There
ought to be a law passed ---but what's
the use."
+ + +