The New Way

In moodiness he went to work,

     And moody he returned;

And though his wife tried to be nice,

     Her time of talk was spurned.

He would not say a word to her,

     Till by and by she took

A flat from off the kitchen range,

     Which in his face she shook.

Then frightened he appealed to her,

     “Don’t throw for love of Mike,

I cannot talk to you because

     I’m on a silent strike!”

Oct. 1, 1910