That the lowest of fallen women are better than most of the men.

* * *

Ten-year Mary saw her mother

Dolled all up—skirt “a la sport.”

“Mama, when will I be grown up

And can wear my dresses short?”

* * *

Ahoy, Liza’s Fig Tree!

Returning from France, a colored trooper was awakened from his nap on the deck by a companion who shouted to him to get up and look at a passing sail boat.