THE CYCLE AND THE CAMERA.
The Cycle and the Camera
Were resting side by side,
When suddenly the Cycle ask'd,
"Why is it you don't ride?"
"Why not?" exclaim'd the Camera,
Taking a secret "shot."
"To do so is considered
As easy just as 'pot.'"
"But now I come to think again,"
The Cycle cried, "I guess,
Although the notion isn't bad,
I like it less and less.
"You see, of reputation I
Have still a little left.
And if I went about with you,
Of all I'd be bereft.
"Of 'spoony' folk you are the dread;
You 'take them' reckless-lee;
You 'spot' the spouse delinquent when
He's out upon the spree.
"In fact you do a heap of things
You ought to leave undone."
The Cam'ra murmur'd musingly,
"I have a heap of fun!"
"An Empiresario."—Mr. George Edwardes.
