Just Work: A Poem

462 IMPROVEMENT ERA. to co-operate with the representatives of the labor element in their demands. The situation in Russia from the standpoint of liberal government, religious freedom, and redress, is one now inviting the attention of the whole civilized world. Salt Lake City, Utah.

JUST WORK. (For the Improvement Era ) When things are looking black as sin, And trouble seems your nearest kin, And you grow sick of strife and din, Don't shirk; Just work ; For you follow this small light, Then everything must come out right. When purse and clothing both grow thin, Just rub this lamp of Aladdin: Take any spade, but dig right in ; Don't shirk; Just work; For if you follow this small light, Then everything must come out right. When you grow sad with ' 'might have been, ' ' There's just one way that you can win, And that's with vim again begin; — Don't shirk; Just work; For if you follow this small light, Then everything must come out right. Annie Pike Greenwood. Garden City, Kansas.