Deportmental ditties : and other verses . Say, Count, is the phrase that an Oil Magnate daughterApplies to the nobleman Fortune has brought her,While he in reply should accost her as Madam,And not (be she never so stony) Macadam ! Militiamen love to be talked to as Major,While Laddie will always delight the Old nickname allotted to barmaids is Ducky,And Judge is reserved for the man from Colonel is probably safest and surestFor those who address an American tourist. MOBAL. Then make it a rule, if youre bent on succeeding,To show evry sign of good birth and good breeding
Deportmental ditties : and other verses . Say, Count, is the phrase that an Oil Magnate daughterApplies to the nobleman Fortune has brought her,While he in reply should accost her as Madam,And not (be she never so stony) Macadam ! Militiamen love to be talked to as Major,While Laddie will always delight the Old nickname allotted to barmaids is Ducky,And Judge is reserved for the man from Colonel is probably safest and surestFor those who address an American tourist. MOBAL. Then make it a rule, if youre bent on succeeding,To show evry sign of good birth and good breeding,To do what is thought comme-il-faut and de rigueur,To browbeat the poor and to bully the nigger;But always assume an obsequious figureTo all who are richer than you are—or bigger. 65 E. No. XIV.—DISCRIMINATION If some accommodating FateWould teach us to discriminate,Or if, instinctively, we hadThe gift of telling good from bad,How much less often would we makeThe unforgiveable mistake! Appearances deceive, alas ! And persons whom we proudly pass As villains of the deepest dyes May be archdeacons in disguise; Even a bishop can insist On looking like a pugilist! Each passer-by, for aught we know,.May be a King incognito ;The brains of Prince or PlutocratMay lurk beneath a seedy hat,A witty tongue lie hid withinThe contours of a feeble chin!66 Discrimination A butcher may b€ Bweet and kind,A sage appear fco have qo mind;An operatic fcenor can Be more a monkey than a man !What false impressions one deriveWhen single men Lead double lives. While staying in New York, one day, I met two brothers, William J. And Jawn D. Bilge. They looked unkempt, And so I viewed them with contempt. Conceive my subsequent despair On finding each a millionaire!
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