{"id":9146,"date":"2023-01-23T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-23T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newspaperhistory.com\/?p=9146"},"modified":"2023-01-23T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T06:00:00","slug":"an-epoch-of-unanimity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/an-epoch-of-unanimity\/","title":{"rendered":"An Epoch of Unanimity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>From the <a href=\"https:\/\/chroniclingamerica.loc.gov\/lccn\/sn83045462\/1915-01-23\/ed-1\/seq-6\/\">Evening Star, January 23, 1915<\/a>. By Philander Johnson.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>A baby is the pet of fate.<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The people who draw near it<br\/>All say that it is something great<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And gather round to cheer it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Its smiles are sought by every one;<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Its frown is viewed with terror,<br\/>And nothing it has said or done<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Is ever called an error.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Alas, these days it must forsake!<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As it is growing older,<br\/>The people who observe it make<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Their criticisms bolder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>Although in life it travels far\u2014<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To high position, maybe\u2014<br\/>No man can be as popular<br\/>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As when he was a baby!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Evening Star, January 23, 1915. By Philander Johnson. A baby is the pet of fate.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The people who draw near itAll say that it is something great&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;And gather round to cheer it. Its smiles are sought by every one;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Its frown is viewed with terror,And nothing it has said or done&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Is ever called an error. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,3],"tags":[248],"class_list":["post-9146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-evening-star","category-newspapers","tag-philander-johnson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9146","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=9146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9146\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}