THE MERRY MUSE.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 168, 15 July 1916, Page 16

THE MERRY MUSE.

REVISED- ■ little drop* of Woodshed, '. ' 1 V Little shots that kill. Make the mighty empire of - ■- "'■ HoheaaoUera Bill. •Little deeds of cruelty, .■•'•".■»' : Little scraps of shell. Make the Belgians homeleec - - And their laud a hell. ■' . Little acts declaring 1 Sacred treaties nil, < ilake the wide world wonder— - - Hoch der Kaieer Bill! ■ '--'i "I4fe," New ??*•

ALLOTTED PLEASURES. .".-

! When your engine's softly purring, and >* take the fciils on '-high"— ■ . When the country rolls beneath ypo, *». above yon shines the sky—'. _" ■When the roads are smooth and dUMM* and the signposts do not lie— u^ When 'beside you »its a maiden wttli to* ■lovelight in her eyeThen Jt'e heaven to jog along. When the engine starts in "rimriny. and *t gasoline you're shy, ' ■. When you have a nasty blowout to c™ ,, the passerby— __. When the roads are full of muffholea, «■ a storm is drawing nigi— When fteside you sks a bonehead «»o pc , slets in asking "why?"— Aint it fierce to wheeze along? —"Cleveland Plain Dealer."

BALUD OF BRITISH BLESSINGS.

Germany Invented sausage. And Jamaica gave us rum. France discovered wine and logic, And the U.S. chewing gum; ' : Bnt of all the recorded tolesstnge -. ' In lie land of Stars and Stripes . - Three there are we owe to Englsan— Beef and beer and briar pipes! : ■ When the Spanish Grand Armed* (Manned t>y vegetarians) Thought to overwhelm the Island %. How they failed in all their pW ,I Those who live on flsh and omelet./ Or on chitterlings and tripee Ke'er wtu be a match for Brtttoa Beef and beer and triar pipes! Czechs «na Croats and Finns and I/MC* 1, May find rrats enongb to e»t, •Bot John Bull needs sterner raUoai BV>r an empire and a fleet '. He ie sometimeß slow In startins, BTrt—he Btlcks to wtot he grlpei, Grins a little, and enjoys bis , Beef and beer tnd briar pipeil —ChriitOßher Morley ta New. York "O* .