~A Fin de Siecle Girl.~
She studies Henrik Ibsen "to cultivate her mind,"
And reads Shakespeare and Browning through and through;
Meanwhile she knits her brows—it is the only kind
Of fancy work this modern maid can do.
Concordiensis.
~Her Reason.~
Once a learned Boston maiden
Was besought for one sweet kiss;
"Only one," he softly pleaded,
But the maid's reply was this:
"I am quite surprised you ask it,
When you know physicians say
That for spreading dire contagion
Kissing is the surest way.
"Though I own that what you ask me
Would be pure, unbounded bliss,
Yet, from hygienic reasons,
I cannot allow a kiss."
JAMES P. SAWYER. Yale Record.
~The Cruel Maid.~
One summer night, in twilight dim,
A fellow wooed a maiden prim.
Around her waist, with, some alarm,
The naughty man had put his arm.