“Jennie, why not take a cocktail instead of a lemonade? We want to warm you up. Then you will give us some of your recitations and songs. Won’t you drink a few cocktails for my sake?”
“I would not put the poison into my system for anybody! I do not need that kind of stimulant. You know what kind I need to get warmed up to declaiming and singing!
Female-Impersonate Intoxication.
“‘I am a-thirst, but not for wine;
The stimulant I long for is divine;
Poured only from your eyes in mine!
I am a-cold, and lagging lame;
Life creeps along my chilled frame;
Your love will fan it into flame.
I am a-hungered, but the bread I want;