faith, we shall need it--lie down for an aeon or two,
Till the Master of All Good Workmen shall set us to work anew.

And those that were good will be happy: they shall sit in a golden chair;
They shall splash at a ten-league canvas with brushes of comets' hair.
They shall find real saints to draw from--Magdalene, Peter, and Paul;
They shall work for an age at a sitting and never be tired at all!

And only the Master shall praise us, and only the Master shall blame;
And no one shall work for money, and no one shall work for fame,
But each for the joy of the working, and each, in his separate star,
Shall draw the Thing as he sees It for the God of Things as They are!

_Rudyard Kipling._

From "Rudyard Kipling's Verse, 1885-1918."

INDEX BY AUTHORS

A

ADAMS, ST. CLAIR. Born in Arkansas, 1883. University education; European
travel; has resided at one time or another in nearly all sections of
America. Miscellaneous literary and editorial work. _A Problem to Be
Solved; Essentials; Good Intentions; It Won't Stay Blowed; Jaw; Never
Trouble Trouble; Ownership; The Rectifying Years; The Syndicated
Smile; Tit for Tat; Wanted--a Man_.

ALEXANDER, GRIFFITH. Born at Liverpool, Eng., Jan. 15, 1868. Educated
in public schools; came to the United States 1887; been connected with
newspapers in great variety of capacities; President of the American
Press Humorists. _Gray Days; Life; The Grumpy Guy_.

ANONYMOUS. _De Sunflower Ain't de Daisy; Hope; I'm Glad; Is It Raining,
Little Flower?; Keep On Keepin' On; Playing the Game; To the Men Who
Lose_.

APPLETON, EVERARD JACK. Born at Charleston, W. Va., Mar. 24, 1872. Very
little schooling, but had advantages of home literary influences and a
good library; at seventeen went into newspaper work in his home town;
later went to Cincinnati, and worked on the daily _Tribune_, then on
the _Commercial Gazette_; later connected with the Cincinnati
_Times-Star_. For five years he wrote daily column of verse and humor;
besides his newspaper work, he has written over one hundred and fifty
stories, hundreds of poems, many songs, and innumerable jokes,
jingles, cheer-up wall cards, and the like. Author of two books of
poetry, "The Quiet Courage" and "With the Colors." With such intense
work his health broke down, and for a number of years he has been a
chronic invalid, but his cheer and his faith are as bright as ever.
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