{"id":8944,"date":"2022-12-24T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-24T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newspaperhistory.com\/?p=8944"},"modified":"2022-12-24T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-24T06:00:00","slug":"the-right-spirit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/the-right-spirit\/","title":{"rendered":"The Right Spirit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>From <a href=\"https:\/\/chroniclingamerica.loc.gov\/lccn\/sn85038485\/1914-12-24\/ed-1\/seq-4\/\">The Birmingham Age Herald, December 24, 1914<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m very glad to be alive,\u201d<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A sturdy fellow said,<br\/>\u201cAlthough \u2019tis true I seldom thrive<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And I\u2019m not often fed<br\/>On dainty dishes. Still, I get<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A good substantial fare<br\/>And manage to keep out of debt<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;By taking proper care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis suit I have on isn\u2019t what<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;You might consider fine,<br\/>But then that sort is never got<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;For seven ninety-nine.<br\/>And while my overcoat was bought<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;At least three years ago,<br\/>It keeps me warm when I am caught<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Where winds of winter blow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAll luxuries I rather think<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I\u2019ll ever be denied;<br\/>No costly wines are mine to drink,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I walk instead of ride.<br\/>But, nevertheless, as you\u2019ll infer,<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I\u2019m far from being blue.<br\/>What\u2019s that? A Merry Christmas, sir?<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Why, thanks. The same to you!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From The Birmingham Age Herald, December 24, 1914. \u201cI\u2019m very glad to be alive,\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A sturdy fellow said,\u201cAlthough \u2019tis true I seldom thrive&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And I\u2019m not often fedOn dainty dishes. Still, I get&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A good substantial fareAnd manage to keep out of debt&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;By taking proper care. \u201cThis suit I have on isn\u2019t what&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;You might consider fine,But then that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8944","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers","category-the-birmingham-age-herald"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8944","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=8944"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8944\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}