. Slings and arrows . herIn response to the pleaOf their publishersThat their likenessesMust be in readinessTo spread broadcastThroughout the newspapersOf the country?They are arrayed,Or unarrayed,In costumes That would put to shameThe most garbless appealOf the many fair charmersWho decorateThe Follies Or the latest masterpieceOf musical comedy. 21 THE MUFFLER CUT-OUTER HIS ideaOf joyous ridingIs to make a racket,And the easiest way-Is to openHis muffler city and countryHe speeds, And whenever he reachesAn especially quiet spot,He shatters the offenseless airAnd the earsOf all
. Slings and arrows . herIn response to the pleaOf their publishersThat their likenessesMust be in readinessTo spread broadcastThroughout the newspapersOf the country?They are arrayed,Or unarrayed,In costumes That would put to shameThe most garbless appealOf the many fair charmersWho decorateThe Follies Or the latest masterpieceOf musical comedy. 21 THE MUFFLER CUT-OUTER HIS ideaOf joyous ridingIs to make a racket,And the easiest way-Is to openHis muffler city and countryHe speeds, And whenever he reachesAn especially quiet spot,He shatters the offenseless airAnd the earsOf all within his his passingComes a grateful silenceTo heal the blows of sound. 22 THE BELL IN-HAND NOW are its glories departed IAfter a century and a quarterOf sober ale and sandwichesThe good old Bell-in-HandOpened its doorsFor a timeTo multitudes drunkWith the clamorous spiritOf Ponzied finance,And laterTo the baseAnd sordid purposesOf a counting roomFor a firmWhich is erectingA buildingAcross the alley. 23. THE HEAD-UNCOVERER WE must show respectFor the flag,We are told,By uncovering our headsWhen it isCarried by usIn this, of course,Is the most meaninglessAnd trivialOutward showOf patriotism,For many a hatIs doffed only becauseIts wearerDislikes To make himselfConspicuousBy refusing to followCustom or the crowd. 25 THE SLANGSTERS WITH their dope And their phone,Their cut it out,And their bunk,Their get my goat And a thousandOther vilenessesOf speech, Those who are supposedTo speak The English languageSeem to thinkThat slangIs the only meansFor the expressionOf their perhaps it is,For those who use itMay have no ideasThat can be voicedOtherwise. 26 THE FASHIONABLE ONE WITH shoulder sleeves,Knee skirts,Reticulated hosiery,And gauzy corsageThat rises a few inchesAbove the waist-line —These may not beThe technical terms,But they are Certainly understandable —She braves the summer heat,And presumably is happy,Not becauseShe is cool,But becau
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