["To be fashionable one must have the waist so narrow that there is a strain upon the second button when the jacket is fastened."
Note on Men's Dress.]
Garbed in the very height and pink of fashion,
To-day I sallied forth to greet my fair,
Nursing within my ardent heart a passion
I long had had a craving to declare;
Being convinced that never would there fall so
Goodly a chance again, I mused how she
Was good and kind and beautiful, and also
Expecting me to tea.
And after tea I stood before her, feeling