From The Topeka State Journal, May 31, 1913.
 By Roy K. Moulton.
 

 The office boy’s grandmother dies
     At least three times a week;
 The bookkeeper develops ills
     Of which he’s apt to speak.
 
 The ribbon clerk abruptly jumps
     His job at 3 p. m.
 He says his kids have got the mumps
     And he must go to them.
 
 The boss does not feel well himself,
     And thinks he needs fresh air;
 He goes out to the baseball park
     And finds his help all there.