Tal me not, yu knocking fallers, Life ban only empty dream; Dar ban planty fun, ay tal yu, Ef yu try Yohn Yohnson's scheme. Yohn ban yust a section foreman, Vorking hard vay up on Soo; He ban yust so glad in morning As ven all his vork ban tru. "Vork," says Yohn, "ban vat yu mak it, Ef yu tenk das vork ban hard, Yu skol having planty headaches,-- Yes, yu bet yure life, old pard; But ay alvays yerk my coat off, Grab my shovel and my pick, And dis yob ant seem lak hard von Ef ay du it purty qvick." Yohn ban foreman over fallers. He ant have to vork, yu see; But, yu bet, he ant no loafer, And he yust digs in, by yee! "Listen, Olaf," he skol tal me, "Making living ant no trick, And the hardest yob ban easy Ef you only du it qvick!" Let us den be op and yumping, Always glad to plow tru drift; Ven our vork ban done, den let us Give some oder faller lift. Den, ay bet yu, old Saint Peter, He skol tenk ve're purty slick; Ve can go tru gates, ay bet yu, Ef ve only du it qvick! INDEX OF AUTHORS AND GROUPS. Adams, Mary M. 275 Anderson, Rasmus B. 228 Baer, Libbie C. 273 Baker, Ray Stannard 85-99 Birge, E. A. 224 Blaisdell, J. A. 279 Bond, Leda 271 Brayley, Berton 265 Brown, Neal 284 Brown, S. W. 283 Carlton, Carrie 276 Centers of Literary Activity 172, 184, 219 Chamberlain, Mrs. 276 Chase, Wilfred E. 281 Coe, E. D. 270 Comstock, George C. 242 Davidson, J. N. 281 Thomas, Herbert Dickinson 260 Ferber, Edna 163 Flower, Elliott 202 Gale, Zona 114 Garland, Hamlin 13 Grayson, David 99 Griswold, Hattie T. 189 Henderson, J. R. 274