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The Umpire
RIPPLING RHYMES
To Suit The Times
All Sorts of Themes Embracin'
Some Gay
Some Sad
Some not so Bad
AS
WRITTEN BY
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 areextended to the editors and publishers of Harper's Magazine, Harper'sWeekly, The Ladies' Home Journal, System, The Magazine of Business, ThePopular Magazine, Collier's Weekly, The Smart Set Magazine, TheAmerican 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 theappearance of prose the rhythm is perfect and the philosophy that runsthrough his lines is illumined by an irresistible humor. There is aquaintness about his style that makes his writings a continuing delight.
I began to read Walt twenty-five years ago and although he has drawnupon his intellectual store constantly for more than a quarter of acentury the fountain of his genius still is flowing with undiminishedvolume and the waters are as pure as in the idealistic days of hisyouth.
I have shared the satisfaction that his increasing fame has brought himand have encouraged him to publish this collection that his readers,now numbering people of many lands, may have permanent companionshipwith him.
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