GRAB YOUR HAT

NZ Truth, Issue 1030, 22 August 1925, Page 1

GRAB YOUR HAT

' 'Uis a poor chicken that hangs around while the axe is being sharpened. — fß' Golly (Bills' Almanac iWTien within a crowded train-car ■;.;.-.• You are dangling from a strap. [While your wife sits m the corner With Adolplms on her lap; . And Flossie Few-clothes, ent 'ring, Primped and powdered out of sightj Spots you instantly-^and loudly , Asks you where you were last night — ; " / . Grab your hatl ."When a;fellow. greets you warmly • ..:. In a Praised-be-Heaven tone; > v- - [When with. one fat hand he thumps you, ' With the other grabs your own ; ' [When he blares how well you're looking, . "How you're always m liia mind, • And then mentions— sorter casual — That he's left his purse behind, Grab your hat! [When you toddle home at ev'ning With a hard day's work well— missed ; Arid a deadly silence greets you , And you're scorned instead of kissed; .When a lean, accusing finger - . Indicates upon a chair. The half -quart of "Auntie's Downfall" •You had planted 'neath the stair — Grab your hat! When a woman (and a young one) Lets' her eyes shine tearfully; When her sorrow sways her near you Till you drip with sympathy; When she tells you how her husband Is both cruel and jmtrue And that ;NO ONE imderstands her Nor c-eares except ■ y-you—^ , ;';;;• Grab your hat ! : :_ — C.H.O.