THE BATTALION
7
SAY BO, DIDJA?
Say Bo, didja ever make a statement
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To the effect that
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Anyone who would write
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The Sweet Young Thing every day
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Was a such and such fool, and
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Furthermore, they could take
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Three royal boots on
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Just back of your lap.
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Then, Bo, didja wander away off
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To New York City, Philadelphia,
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Baltimore, then to the Chemical
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Warefare Camp at Edgewood, Md.,
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And go around camp for a cuple of
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Weeks without combing your hair
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Or giving a whoop whether you
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Lived or died ?
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Then, one night at a dance didja
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Look around and see the one
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And only girl you had ever seen
With features of an Angel,
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And rushe everyone on the floor
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Trying to get a “knock-down.”
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To find you above all had fallen in
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Love at first sight.
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Then, Bo, didja come all the
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Way back to Texas in a trance
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Which even a “flat” could not
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Phase, and, now, writer her every
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Day in the week and Twice on
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Sunday, Aid Mail and Special
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Delivery ?
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Say, Bo, Didja?
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JOHN HOWARD did.
MODERNIZATION IN CHINA
Here comes a letter from this land
of intrigue, graft, warfare, famine,
suffering, chaos, to tell you and the
readers of your excellent papa about
China’s new woman who has had
a share in the “goings-on.”
If a woman in China twenty years
ago, had been given a Rip Van
Winkle sleep, she would be more
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surprised than he was, should she
awake today. Or, if of a better fam
ily, be cooped up at home and stay
there. She was allowed to be seen
only by her husband or brothers.
Now what a change l The modern
Chinese young women skip around
the streets with a spring, grace
and freedom that’s quite refreshing
when one remembers the women for
merly hobbling along on bound feet
supported by amahs. Now girls bob,
shingle, or permanent wave their
hair. That’s a sign of freedom l They
ride bicycles, play tennis, basketball
and engage in other athletics. For
merly the parents arranged their
marriage. Now one often sees the
young ladies walking very affec
tionately arm in arm with their
“best boys,” and the young people
often do the arranging. The dress
used to be the most modest of any
nationality. Now women are often
seen with short sleeves and very
low-necked frocks even at mid-day.
Sometimes they’re seen with the
most up-to-date up-beyond-the-knee
short frocks and flimsy silk hose and
very high-heeled shoes. Indeed the
Chinese girls are quite amusing
flappers sometimes—shocking some
times—so much so that the officials
have felt it necessary to issue procla
mations commanding them to dress
modestly. The girls have even learn
ed to flirt in the most up-4;o-date
way. That's freedom! They danca
in the latest style. They ride horses,
astride, with boots and riding breech
es. “That’s English, you know.”
Once the ideal for girls was that
they be able to do beautiful needle
work at home. Now they are doing
other things. They are clerks in
stores. Some are typists and stenog
raphers. Some are bankers. They
play the organ or piano or other
musical instruments. Some are be
coming movie artists or actresses.
Some are lawyers and judges and
doctors, are teachers and kinder
garteners. They even become soldiers
and sometimes they become Gener
als’ secretaries. Women also become
street-corner politicians and scream
the revolutionary platitudes such as,
“Down with imperialism,” “Give the
people freedom,” to beat the most
zealous men revolutionaries. Rarely
do you see meetings for propaganda
or riots without seeing girls or wo
men taking active part in them, urg-
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Here at Last!
Another Shipment
Packards
and Connelly’s
Calf Dress Shoes
just as before.
(Broad toes of course)
All Fresh and New.
W. F. GIBBS & SON
Here’s hoping the Aggies
ride the Ponies.