by Helen Rowland.

Illustration by E. M. Ashe.


MOKE, and spaghetti, and crimson wine,

And the laughing notes of a violin!

From the Seine, from the Loire, from the Thames, the Rhine,

Hail the guests of the cheap table d’hote—Come in!

What if your hat be a battered one?

What if your coat be a trifle thin?