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THE DOUBLE STANDARD by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS

Poet Analysis

First Line: IMPORTANT IS THE NATION'S HEALTH
Last Line: SAYS ADVERTISING MR. HYDE
Subject(s): EDITORS; NEWSPAPERS; PUBLISHING; WRITING & WRITERS; JOURNALISM; JOURNALISTS; PUBLISHERS;

IMPORTANT is the nation's health.
Naught is the question of the shekel.
Ill fares the land that worships wealth!"
Says Editorial Dr. Jekyll.

@2"Do you get up with pains or cricks?
Do you have stitches in the side?
Buy Dr. Killman's Vit-E-Lix!"@1

Says Advertising Mr. Hyde

"Down with the greedy grafters who
The land's escutcheon do bespeckle!
Three cheers for the Red, White, and Blue!"
Says Editorial Dr. Jekyll.

@2"Does zero weather give you chills?
Insomnia leave you weary-eyed?
Buy Phakem's Phony Purple Pills!"@1

Says Advertising Mr. Hyde

"Better than gold an honest name."
"Be true, and let the envious heckle."
"Be fair, whoever wins the game,"
Says Editorial Dr. Jekyll.

@2"Lost Energy? Ambition? Calm?
GET DR. FIERCE'S GILDED GUIDE!"
REMEMBER BIDDY BUNKEM'S BALM!"@1

Says Advertising Mr. Hyde



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