Her usual inaugural address,
To those young ladies who joined yesterday.
(March.—Enter the Princess, over bridge, attended by eight “daughters of the plow.” All courtesy profoundly.)
Princess. Women of Adamant—fair neophytes,
Who pant for the instruction we can give,
Attend, while I unfold a parable:
The elephant is stronger than the man,
Yet man subdues him. Why? The elephant
Is elephantine everywhere but here (tapping forehead),
And Man, who’s brain is to the elephant’s