NOT "TOO OLD AT SIXTY.”

Wairarapa Times-Age, 6 April 1939, Page 6

NOT "TOO OLD AT SIXTY.”

(The Editor.) Sir,— What's the matter Bert? What’s the trouble Joe?' Why not get out in Queen Street And have “a decent go.” You’re both too old to bear a grudge, So why not get our Mayor To referee “A Queen Street Scrap,” (And bring along a chair) For every Councillor who appears. To witness “this great sight” Of two old Mastertonians Each striving for the right. Each battling for “his own Ideal,” Of what is right—or wrong, (If you want a real and squarish deal Why not get Tui Long?) And when you fight “the Sixtieth Round,” (You must be Fifty Nine) Shake hands and Say—ln one more year, Oh Boy! Won’t things be fine? Or why not to go Russell Street To swim in “our new bath” Arrange a match —(in friendly style) So both control your wrath. Call it “The Sixty Argument Race,” And make it “Sixty Paces,” And when you both swim round the track, Please “don’t pull ugly faces,” But strive like men of sixty, (Or near the sixty mark) To play the game—both do the same. And do not “be a nark” . . . Then comes the cry: “They’re off! They’re off!” The excitement is intense As Joe swims gamely right, past Bert (But hits the “New Bath Fence”) Then Bert lines up—and gets ahead, In- fact, he “pips Joe off,” And at the end of “Sixty Rounds,” Old Bert he wins "just by a cough.” But poor old Joe, not quite done, Yells: “You’re a Jolly Japer, We’ll settle this thing—once for all, By a letter to the Paper.” But Bert says: “No—lt’s all off Joe.” I’ve really had enough— And if you want the reason, Your letters are ‘Too Tough.’ ” I am, etc, JIM FOGAN.