{"id":8040,"date":"2022-03-26T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-26T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newspaperhistory.com\/?p=8040"},"modified":"2022-03-26T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-03-26T05:00:00","slug":"hints-for-losers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/hints-for-losers\/","title":{"rendered":"Hints for Losers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

From <\/em>The Times Dispatch, March 26, 1914<\/em><\/a>. By Thomas Lomax Hunter.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

My friend, because you didn\u2019t get
    The public office that you sought,
Don\u2019t holler fraud. Don\u2019t squeal and fret.
    Don\u2019t shout aloud that votes were bought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Smile and look pleasant. That\u2019s the plan.
    Don\u2019t talk about the \u201ccampaign lie.\u201d
Say, \u201cWhat most helped that Other Man
    Was that he got more votes than I.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you are gracious and discreet,
    And never whimper or complain,
You will make profit of defeat,
    And get there when you run again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The squealer never can come back,
    Because, you see, the few votes more
That he was plainly shown to lack,
    He cannot win by getting sore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No matter what the game you play,
    No matter what the race you run,
The loser should be brave and gay.
    This spirit gives the game its fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You cannot always win, but you
    Howe\u2019er the wheel of fortune spins,
Can give your vanquisher his due
    And cry, \u201cHurrah! The best man wins!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In him the people most delight
    (Next to the hero with his fame),
Who, having fought his utmost fight
    Now takes his beating gay and game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Instinctively, we feel that he
    Whose courage \u2018neath no beating fell,
Will some day win the victory,
    And wear it modestly and well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then just because the battle\u2019s lost
    Don\u2019t lose your self-control also.
To conquer self at any cost
    Takes half the victory from the foe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shall people say when you pass by,
    \u201cThere goes that sorehead bawler out,\u201d
Or slap you on the back and cry,
    \u201cI hope you\u2019ll win next time, old scout?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From The Times Dispatch, March 26, 1914. By Thomas Lomax Hunter. My friend, because you didn\u2019t get    The public office that you sought,Don\u2019t holler fraud. Don\u2019t squeal and fret.    Don\u2019t shout aloud that votes were bought. Smile and look pleasant. That\u2019s the plan.    Don\u2019t talk about the \u201ccampaign lie.\u201dSay, \u201cWhat most helped […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,20],"tags":[291],"class_list":["post-8040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers","category-the-times-dispatch","tag-thomas-lomax-hunter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8040","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=8040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8040\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}