{"id":7322,"date":"2021-07-31T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-07-31T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newspaperhistory.com\/?p=7322"},"modified":"2021-07-31T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2021-07-31T05:00:00","slug":"the-prime-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/the-prime-need\/","title":{"rendered":"The Prime Need"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>From the <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/chroniclingamerica.loc.gov\/lccn\/sn92053934\/1913-07-31\/ed-1\/seq-4\/\"><em>Rock Island Argus, July 31, 1913<\/em><\/a><em>. By Henry Howland.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She tried this thing and then tried that<br>\u00a0 \u00a0 To keep from growing frightful;<br>She thought when she was like a slat<br>\u00a0 \u00a0 That plumpness was delightful;<br>But, having lost her slenderness,<br>\u00a0 \u00a0 She starved herself and banted;<br>Each added pound brought new distress,<br>\u00a0 \u00a0 And dismally she panted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She tried to fight the wrinkles back<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; By using many lotions;<br>She sighed, \u201cAlas!\u201d and sobbed, \u201cAlack!\u201d<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; And harbored sad emotions;<br>Her eyes, once beautiful, no more<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; Were filled with fine expression;<br>She lost the smile that years before<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; Had been her choice possession.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She tried in many, many ways<br>\u00a0 \u00a0 To keep from growing frightful;<br>Of all things that she valued, praise<br>\u00a0 \u00a0 Was always most delightful;<br>She mourned the hardness of her lot,<br>\u00a0 \u00a0 Her eyes were often tearful\u2014<br>And all because she\u2019d just forgot<br>\u00a0 \u00a0 The need of keeping cheerful.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>She tried this thing and then tried that<br \/>\n    To keep from growing frightful;<br \/>\nShe thought when she was like a slat<br \/>\n    That plumpness was delightful;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[161],"class_list":["post-7322","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers","category-rock-island-argus","tag-henry-howland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7322","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7322"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7322\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7322"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7322"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7322"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}