Ohio College of Dental Surgery - Alethian Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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min $113 QBahen $utket t Down to DateJ How dear to my heart are the scenes of my childhood When fond recollection presents them to view; The orchard, the meadow, the dear tangled wildwood, And all the loved spots that my infancy knew. Yet one thing I can but recall with a shudder- I wonder I live now the story to tell: Of how I oft drank from the 01d oaken bucket, The germ-breeding bucket that hung in the well, How 0ft as a boy, when returning from working, I came from the meadows where long I had toiled, And seized the rude bucket where microbes were lurking, T0 drink of the water, unfiltered, unboiled! REFRAIN. I have caught typhoid, marasmus, 0r measles; I wonder that ever I lived to grow up, For using that unhygienic old bucket Instead of employing a sterilized cup. I thought it was sweet from the brim to receive it; The draught so refreshing could not fail to please; Ah, foolish I was, for I could not believe it; That water no doubt contained germs of disease. tTwas strange that in days of my earliest childhood The bells of the village had not toiled my knell For drinking bacteria out Of that bucket, The non-sterile bucket that hung- in the well. The old oaken bucket, the germ-laden bucket The death-dealing bucket that hung in the well.

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He: What is the difference between an egg and a horse ?'t She: I give it up, ' He: IiAn egg iu og-g, while :1 horse is a gee-gce. Sec? HHe sent his boy to college And now he cries, alack! He spent ten thousand dollars And got a quarterback.b He loved his Dinah dearly, And he sighed to her one night, ttDinah, could you love me ? And she whispered, HDinah might. In the cistern little Willie Threw his little sister Lillie. Papa missed his little daughter: Now they sterilize the water. BRIGHT YOUTH. Dr. Way, tsternlyyetIMaloney, you are late this morn- ing. Maloncy-itYes, sir. The snow and sleet was so bad that every step I took I slipped back two. Dr. Way- Tut, tut! What exaggeration! If you slipped back two steps for every one you took forward, how did you ever get here at all ?h Maloney tinnocentlyyePlease, sir, I started to walk homeU 17.5 HYour dues are due, the treasurer 'Observed to McAdoo. hPlease make no undue ado, sir, But do juat what is due, Your dues, I say, are Overdnee Undo the due dues, do!u FATHERLY DI SCIPLINE. She came into his study gently. t'tI hate to disturb you, dearehHe looked up-Iibut, it is after eleven and Dick haq not come home yet-andeit is the second time this week he has stayed out. I did not wish to speak to you-bute but a boy of seventeeneh She faltered. He was looking at her with a strange fixed expression. I understand. Leave him to me, I shall wait up until he comes inf IIDonit be harsh with himf she said, pleadingly. IIOh, I am 50 sorry I told you! Remember, he has always been such a good hoy-J, HMy dear, you have nothing further to do with this; I request you not to interfere. You had better go quietly to your room. I ask you to do soeI want him to find me here, when he sees fit to return to his home? She retired, with her mother heart anxiously beating, and waited until the click of a latch-key sounded in the street door. She listened, tremblingly-ready to rush 011th a penitent peacemaker. She heard: IIDiCk, is that you P , Yes, sir. ttls the dOg in the hall ?'I Yes, sir. HWelletum out the gas! Good night !

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SOME DRASTIC QUESTIONS. Welre all aware that Anna Held Exactly what John Drew, But what weld like to know is just How much coin Kryle Bellew. Does Hackett cut the ice he did? Does Tony Pastor pray? If you canlt answer these, perhaps, Our old friend Edna May. Does Lillian Russell through her lines? ls Ciccy Loftus tall? 15 Sothern cold by nature, and When Primrose did he fall? IS Mansfield tract-able? If 50, Can he be called a plot? Would Goodwin be a bad one if Gillette him? Maybe not. But all these questions simple are Compared with this, to me: Was Mayerbeer a relative Of Mr. Beerbohn Tree? You must rock the baby, His mother sternly said ; Johnny got a lot of stonese Of course, the baby's dead. 127 There was an old maid in Peru Who thirty-One languages knew ; With one pair of lungs She worked thirty-two tongues; I don't wonder shels single, do you? Three is a crowd, and there were threee He, the parlor lamp, and she. Two is a company, and! no doubt That is why the lamp went Out CUTE LITTLE WILLIE. Little Willie wrecked a traine Many innocents were slain! Papa said, when Willie ran: What a happy little man! Little Willie put some poison in his papals tea; Little VVilliels papa died in great agony. Mamma sighed and looked quite vexed, Then she said: llDear, clear! what next ?ll Little Willie hung his sister; She was dead before they missed her! Little Williels full of tricks. Ailft he cute? Hels only six! I now take my pen in hand To tell the solemn fact to all: The night falls, but doesn't break, The morning breaks, but doesnlt fall.