Rippling Rhymes

Rippling Rhymes, by Walt Mason

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Title: Rippling Rhymes
Author: Walt Mason

Release Date: September 21, 2007 [eBook #22692]
Language: English
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RIPPLING RHYMES
To Suit The Times All Sorts of Themes Embracin'
Some Gay Some Sad Some not so Bad
AS
WRITTEN BY
(Signature of)
WALT MASON

[Frontispiece: The Umpire]

Chicago A. C. McClurg & Co. 1913 Copyright A. C. McClurg & Co. 1913 Published October, 1913 Copyrighted in Great Britain
For permission to use copyright prose poems in this book thanks are extended to the editors and publishers of Harper's Magazine, Harper's Weekly, The Ladies' Home Journal, System, The Magazine of Business, The Popular Magazine, Collier's Weekly, The Smart Set Magazine, The American Magazine and Lippincott's Magazine.

To
GEORGE MATTHEW ADAMS
Who teaches poets how to win. And helps to make the glad world grin, And sticks to friends through thick and thin.

ONE MOMENT, PLEASE!
Walt Mason's poetry is in a class by itself. Although having the appearance of prose the rhythm is perfect and the philosophy that runs through his lines is illumined by an irresistible humor. There is a quaintness about his style that makes his writings a continuing delight.
I began to read Walt twenty-five years ago and although he has drawn upon his intellectual store constantly for more than a quarter of a century the fountain of his genius still is flowing with undiminished volume and the waters are as pure as in the idealistic days of his youth.
I have shared the satisfaction that his increasing fame has brought him and have encouraged him to publish this collection that his readers, now numbering people of many lands, may have permanent companionship with him.
(Signature of)
William Jennings Bryan

CONTENTS
Title First Published in
Morning in Kansas Editorial Influence . . . . . Newspaperdom Farm Machinery The Strong Men . . . . . . . . Popular Magazine The Snowy Day The Poor Man's Club . . . . . Collier's Weekly Words and Deeds A Day of Rest Use Your Head . . . . . . . . The Butler Way The Gloomy Fan The Purist . . . . . . . . . . Lippincott's Magazine Qualifications . . . . . . . . System Magazine The Pompous Man Inefficient Men . . . . . . . Popular Magazine Life's Injustice The Politician Random Shots Look Pleasant, Please . . . . Ladies Home Journal Courage . . . . . . . . . . . Harper's Weekly Play Ball The Old Songs Guessing vs. Knowing . . . . . System Magazine When Women Vote . . . . . . . Ladies Home journal The Agent at the Door Good and Bad Times . . . . . . System Magazine Buccaneers . . . . . . . . . . Popular Magazine St. Patrick's Day Naming the Baby . . . . . . . Harper's Weekly Won at Last . . . . . . . . . Smart Set Magazine The Greatest Thing The Umpire . . . . . . . . . . Popular Magazine The Two Merchants . . . . . . System Magazine Today's Motto Some Protests The Workers . . . . . . . . . Collier's Weekly The Utilitarian . . . . . . . Harper's Weekly Fireside Adventures . . . . . Popular Magazine Hunting a Job Old and New The Handy Editor . . . . . . . Newspaperdom The Sleeper Wakes In Horseland Inauguration Day, 1913 . . . . Collier's Weekly Prayer of the Heathen Theory and Practice . . . . . Smart Set Magazine Fool and Sage Then and Now . . . . . . . . . Smart Set Magazine The Sleeper Fooling Around . . . . . . . . The Butler Way Guess Who Trying Again . . . . . . . . . Smart Set Magazine Iconoclasm . . . . . . . . . . Harper's Magazine Gathering Roses The Future Sport Taking Advice Post-Mortem Industry . . . . . Smart Set Magazine The Conqueror The Truthful Merchant . . . . System Magazine Standing Pat . . . . . . . . . Collier's Magazine The Outcast Ode to Kansas Domestic Happiness . . . . . . Smart