The Gavelyte, April 1914

CEDARVILLE COLLEGE Kiddies' Party .. Parody on "Paul Revere's Ride" (With apoloigiEs to H. W. Lorugfelaow.) Listen my friends and you 1 sihall iheair Of the evenirug ridie of the ,},ate 'Paul Revere On March twenty~thliird in niineite,en-four:teen If you had been wia:tching ·per.h.a.ps , you'd •have seen This g1allarut youth as ,he s1wiftly S1pe1d On bis faithful 1 and •handsome hay btorne named Ted . He siaid to hims 1 eH, "'Irf I can get ourt Without one of t:he~e knowin,g what I'm aibout I'll ride to to,wn a,s fast •as I o~n And there will 'I 1rous 1 e every Oo11'ege 'IIlJall1, And hurry them off to this my ·h'bme For I'll not remain 1hE1re wit!h t!hf'1Se girls, al:l alone." Then he rushed 'to ,the 'barn to hiair,Il'ess Ted But alas, s,aid harnes.s was· •hidden und•e,r the 1bed. It would never do to let the girls ,win t1he ,a,a,y 1 So he t!hf!'ew ·on the s1addle and hurrli1ed away, Leaving the g,irls to plan ,and to !o1tew What would be the next 'best 1 t!hing to do. Meanwhile, the 1boy,s, thiro'U'g,h aliley;s and street, Were eagerly 'listening for voi,ces, so soft 1and s 1 weet And the measured tread of rthesie maiMens ,gay As they quietly 'hasitened o,n their way. For s,ame plowed ·tibirough muid with ial1l their m~ht In hopes to keep out or tibe CoHege •boy,!,/ s'ight. The girls look'ed quite stunnirug in 1th~Lr daiin:ty olorthes, ,vhich no dou1bt made them feel much younger I ,suppose. Y'{ith ·teddy-bears, dolls, ritbbons and curls 'I'hEy made v·ery d1a;inty, s,weet !tittle gi-rls. T 1 bey played several games of cb:i'ld-•hood diays, And acted quite w 11 in many ways. P,aul returned, pre'ceded by sieveral of the 1boys, " ' ho, in order not ,to be sicar d. made ,plenty of noise. Th y filed into the house one byi one, To find nearly all the relires1hments gone. 'Dhu1; for all thc ,se boy,s w1as their sad, s1ad fa.Jte, So tog th r all left at an hour qulite late. • - A Great Time. 5 •