HARDWOOD RECORD 



13 



Vert, Pertinent and Impertinent. 



Sweet sorceress, witli white arms soft and slen- 

 der, 

 With drooping eyelids, veined with precious 

 blue — 

 With shy red mouth, all mutinous and tender, 



I drink tonight a rousing toast to you 1 

 Light as the bead within the wine-cup swim- 

 ming 

 Foams in my hearl the memory of your kiss ; 

 Look in my eyes ! Behold, the glass is brim- 

 ming I 

 Drain it with me, and let the toast be this : — 

 .Vway. Uegret ! Let come what sorrow may, 

 I'll love yon. Love, forever and a day: 



A SPRING DELIRIUM- 



'I'lie cost? Who'd heed a world's insensate r:ii 

 ing? 



I'ooh for a preacher's paradise of lies : 

 .\ thousand minstrels in my soul are harping 



The melody that's dreaming in your eyes. 

 A fig for horrors of a hell infernal I — 



If they exist I'll make the sacrifice : 

 I'll buy your love at cost of peace eternal. 



And, with a sigh of rapture, pay the priif. 

 Away, Regret! Let come what sorrow may, 

 I'll love you, Love, forever and a day! 



Lo\e t.f all loves, whose white embrace invites 

 me — 

 W'liose eyes are two blest jiools of passion 

 deep — 

 Whose merest whisper thrills me and delights 

 me, 

 I'll woo you waking, dream of you asleep ! 

 I know no creed save that of your confession. 



No spell save passion, and no love save yours ; 

 No blessing but your beauty's dear possession : — 

 Drain, thou, the wine, and pledge me as it 

 pours : 

 Away, Regret ! Let come what sorrow may, 

 I'll love .von. Love, forever and a day! 



No Right. 

 A man has no 

 right to express opin- 

 ions on subjects of 

 which he kno-svs noth- 

 ing. 



A Good Ingredient. 

 Information is the 

 licst ingredient to 

 put into your work. 



Put Joy into It. 



Put a little joy 

 into your business — 

 there's plenty in life. 



Wlen He Fails. 



When does a man 

 fail? It is only after 

 he has lost confidence 

 in himself. 



The Truth. 



You can't expect 

 the best from others 

 tinless you give them 

 the best that is in 

 vou. 



He Knows. 



A wise man knows 

 that his wife knows 

 that he doesn 't know 

 so much. 



Some Think So. 



To know the vint- 

 age and quality of a 

 wine one need not 

 drink the entire cask. 



Mercenary. 



AViuiicu should 

 never be quite accu- 

 rate about their ages; 

 it looks so calculat- 

 ing. 



They Have Reasons. 

 Girls never marry 

 the men ■with whom 

 they flirt — they don't 

 think it right. 



TWO GREAT LEADERS DECLI^E THIRD TERMS. 



Old Fashioned. 

 Sunsets are quite 

 old fashioned; no- 

 body of real culture 

 i-ver talks about 

 til em nowadays. 



Teddy: Earl, dear boy, I am NOT DE-lighted. When I said skiddoo to a third term 

 I hadn't been elected to a second one. You have established so many prece- 

 dents, why couldn't you have made g'ood on the third terui proposition for my 

 sake? 



Isn't It True? 



The public has an 

 insatiable curiosity 

 to know everything 

 .save what is worth 

 knowing. 



Religion. 



Truth in matters of 

 religion is simply the 

 opinion that has sur- 

 vived. 



Dangerous. 



A little sincerity is 

 a dangerous thing. 



Good Intentions. 



It is always with 

 the best intentions 

 that the worst work 

 is done. 



Chaiity. 



Charity creates a 

 imiltitude of evils. 



Indeed It Is. 



It is a wise son 

 who knows when to 

 strike his dad for 

 cash. 



Bad Advice. 



Do a man today — 

 for he is likely to do 

 you tomorrow. 



Slowness. 



Gp slow — and get 



left! 



Not Necessary. 



Don 't be foolish 

 and depreciate your- 

 self — your competi- 

 tors are only too glad 

 to do it for you. 



Good Reasoning. 

 It is wise to pay your employees a little 

 more than they are worth ; if you do they 

 will trv to be worth more. 



Distinction 'with a Difference. 



Interest your customer, but don't try to 

 amuse him; he didn't come to you for that 

 purpose. 



Certain. 



If some men were paid only for what they 

 kudw, they would never have more than thirty 

 cents at one time. 



