NORTH SHORE BREEZE and Reminder 15 
The man with the mortarboard on 
his head 
Will have a word with the country 
now ; 
He will point with pride and view 
with dread, 
And he'll wrinkle his 
brow. 
The hoarded wisdom of all the years 
Will venture its wings in the 
summer sun. 
And the graduate, rubbing his throb- 
bing ears, 
Will wonder if Philadelphia won. 
agitated 
The man with the mortarboard on his 
head 
Will fling his arms to the bending 
skies ; 
He will say the things that should be 
said, 
And tender the counsel of the wise. 
The studious wisdom that reappears 
Once in a year shall fiash its wits, 
And the graduate, rubbing his drum- 
ming ears, 
Will wonder if Cobb got any hits. 
June gets it name from Juno, who 
typified women in ancient mythology. 
The portrait was so faithfully drawn 
that when the Romans devised money 
the first mint was called the Temple 
of Juno, as something primarily for 
women. This subsequently. proved 
to be a fact, for though the Romans 
built other mints from time to time, 
they were never able to make money 
as fast as the women could spend it, 
and the empire finally fell. 
The good old summer-time is here 
To fill the reading lamp with bugs, 
And the busy moth begins to clear 
The stumpage from the winter 
rugs. 
The cry for harvest hands will make 
It well for tramps to travel nights, 
And the summer camper will forsake 
His comfort for mosquito bites. 
There is no other mood compares 
to that which tends to turning back. 
Or poor men or with millionaires, it 
hits them just as hard a whack. They 
want to live like Daniel Boone and 
sleep upon a bed of boughs, their 
leading coverlet the moon, and all the 
cramps the law allows. A tin cup 
and a wooden spoon are such as 
kings may well possess. The lilting 
laughter of the loon is coming to 
them, nothing less. They shiver in 
the dew and damp, and all but per- 
ish in the rain, but let the season but 
revamp, and they are into it again. 
They want to live near Nature’s 
heart, and what with sour dough, dirt 
and grit, revive the Mother’s passing 
art and let her paddle them a bit. 
At any rate, the tolls debate. 
Will reach the outer locks at last, 
And the welcome sliced cucumber 
plate 
Will wear its edge off being passed. 
The calf will gambol on the green 
And show his ma some fancy 
stunts, 
The bathing suit will intervene 
To show us all four limbs at once. 
The bridegroom will look into eyes 
That have it on the brightest star, 
And the railroad folders will advise 
The fisherman to travel far. 
Huerta will get out on the aist. 
This being the longest day in the year, 
he has selected it as probably com- 
porting better than any other day 
with his policy of taking his time 
about quitting. He will begin to get 
out early in the day, and will be en- 
tirely out by the time the day closes. 
It will then be possible to have the 
summer solstice, which would other- 
wise be marred by Huerta’s disre- 
spect for our wishes in this matter. 
The solstice will therefore be free to 
see what it can do with members of 
Congress who want to take a rest 
this summer without completing the 
President’s program. It will possi- 
bly occur to some of these gentlemen 
during the singular phenomena at- 
tending the solstice that there will be 
time to rest when some easy-going 
person like Mr. Roosevelt or Mr. 
Taft gets back in the White House. 
Our Mexican policy will be made 
a little plainer all the time in June. 
As we have already indicated, we will 
hold onto what we are holding onto 
until a stable constitutional govern- 
ment is established. We will want 
an election held outdoors where we 
can see it, and we will want to test 
the stability of the government by fir- 
ing a few shots at midnight and other 
unexpected moments around the Na- 
tional - Palace. If everybody con- 
tinues to sleep well and there is no 
rush to windows or any diving under 
beds, we will discharge the patient 
and withdraw our army and navy. If 
anything else is to be required, it will 
be indicated from time to time during 
the month. There are 30 days in the 
month. 
The first 21 days of June will be 
under the influence of Gemini the 
Twins, the third sign of the zodiac. 
Persons born in this sign, in addition 
to being twins ordinarily, are ex- 
tremely cautious, and always take 
seats near the fire escape. They are 
about the last people to be won over 
to any cause, and are, therefore, not 
of very much value to progress for 
usually coming in after they are no 
longer needed. Most of the people 
opposed to woman suffrage in this 
country are Geminists, as opposed to 
feminists, and being for the most part 
twins, they are proving a great ob- 
staclés wcliheslast cine days Or sie 
month will be under the influence of 
Cancer the Crab, the fourth sign of 
iheszodides.) = Cancer people are ive 
most acquisitive known. ‘They virtu- 
ally own the earth. Mr. Rockerfel- 
ler, who was born in this sign, is a 
fain sample. = [heysare. however; a 
crabbed lot, which is not particularly 
true of Mr. Rockefeller, who is dis- 
posed to be genial since the Standard 
Oil Trust was Oil Trust was dis- 
solved into paying him dividends 26 
ways. ‘The moon will be full on the 
eighth. 
And then July will swing the gate, 
With freedom in ascendance, 
And all of us will celebrate 
Our partial independence. 
THE Power oF NIAGARA. 
As great as is the power of Niagara 
Falls as a water power proposition, 
the scenic greatness of Niagara sur- 
passes its commercial value. For 
years there has been a battle between 
the government and those who would 
carry off the “whole works” if they 
were permitted to do so, in order to 
run electro-chemical interests. One 
of the best authorities in the country 
has declared that the water now 
thundering over Niagara represents 
the equivalent of 1,000,000 tons of 
coal a week, and in a year’s time one- 
tenth of the entire coal consumption 
of the United States. This authority 
does not enthuse over the conserva- 
tion of scenery. He says the govern- 
ment policy at Niagara is nothing 
short of criminal waste. The U. S. 
government has been quite ready to 
“split the difference” with the men 
who want the water power of Niag- 
ara, but Uncle Sam is wise enough to 
know that unless he holds on tight 
that the water power interests will be 
very likely to shoot everything that 
looks like scenic beauty over disap- 
pearing commercial water wheels. 
He who postpones the day for liv- 
ing as he knows he ought to do is like 
the fool who sits by the river and 
waits till it flows by; but it glides and 
will glide on till all time—Horace, 
