The Evening critic., 1882-08-31
TlLLIE TO MILLIE,
a Snd Wall From Cape May on the
Disappearance of Our Gallant Sons
of Mars.

CONGRESS HALL, CAPE MAY,
August 81, 1882.
Dear Mlily: We're sorry that you've all gone
But, my dear, tls1ucky that your crowd didn't
Any longer, for since the LII. Corps took their
The Cape has been dun and our glrlsa sad
sight.
The spot where tho corps camp was laid Is
And the lawn. where they gambolcd Is no
longer fair,
And down on the beach and out In tho billows,
IT'S weary and lonely and we now wear tho
From the cnmp-ground where lately tho gal.
Located, has been gathered a ton OF sold
stumps"
OF cigars, and no ond Of sweetest love letters,
That bound n few soldiers in Cupid's close
letters.
Why, this very morning as l wandered down
there,
picked up lock Of most lovely black hair,
All tied up and knotted in dainty blue ribbon,
And marked-"To my only, my sweet Charley
Gibbon"
Out on tho ball grounds where Kalbfus played
well, .
And young Johnny Clarvoe and willy Wise fell
TO doing their best, It Is blank, sad and lonely,
And TO enllven IL up Is TO bring them back
only.
In the parlor It's quiet, no songs are heard
Cause George Scott and Ham Leach are not
here to bow
To our liberal applause, and to sing oor ana
O'cr
The songs that pleased and amused us be-
fore,
We miss Captain Miller with flowers and
plums,
And his famous sweet song-"when the Bride
groom Comes"
And Saior.Jlm willett with his dandy white
hat,
Which sometimes was lofty and sometimes
looked fiat.
OF Captain Burt Ross, we can all truly say,
wa nd
With his gallant and thoroughly exercised
Who drilled better than VIII ever be seen here
again.
For little Bob Larner we are all weeping yet,
Cause with our girls little Bob was Il pct
He danced SO, and made himself useful as
And smashed" the whole crowd, from spins.cr
to belle.
Captain Goddard We miss for his amiablo man.
ners,
And the aptness with which ho peeled our
bananas.
And Lieutenant Cowle has place In our
hearts,
Admiral Clagett is missed too, so gentle and
Was he that our too.too, lum.tum Oscar
Wilde
Was struck with his manners, and, hear, took
him In,
And played 1t upon him my dear, what a
sin?
Captain Dalton we'd like very much to have
back,
With his Jokes, Of which he seemed not to
lack,
And gay Captain Wheeler and Lieutenant
Dury,
And Captain George Dreitbarth, fair, fat and
fluffy
Tom Bivans, tho man with tho very rcd nose,
Is not missed by tho girls very much sup
pose,
| And ignored us and growied when we laughed
at his hair.
We all fell In love though with dear Colonel
Moore;
He don't know 1t, but down here there's many
Heart, that pines and longs, dear, to see him
| again,
And 10 laugh and enjoy his merry refrain.
With child, man and woman the Colonel took
Indeed how greatly I'm unable to tell,
But sIilly,.w we love him and think he's Just
And look forward to time whom We once more
shall meet.
Though some of the soldiers declared him a
And sprightly George Tucker is missed by us
For his afrable ways and his grace at football
Dan Leach we found gallant, and, though moi
| q soldier,
Was useful as many and than some was much
While the aJumbo," the "skceter' and the
Are responsible for much of what our distress
DR.. Ashford's departure with grief our hear
For we not only miss him, but miss, too, his
And dare say that some of us girls wouldn'
To take his physic again If brought up TO Q
oh, Milly, my, darling, Adiutant Harrison
And ask him, my dear, II he won't be so kind
10 hunt up the private who took Jennie Mays
From the line on the beach whore her bathing
suit hangs.
The poor girl is wretched-she looks like
fright
And by the loss Of her bangs has to stay In I'll
night.
Please get and return them, and do 1t wlthou
laughter,
And seek your reward In the uncertain here
after.
Captain Dyer, who graced so his ruGlcd night
shirt,
Slipped away, like spirit, though on tn
alert
We ali were, to give him a hearty farewell
And ask him 10 como again with us soon b
dwell.
Tho band, too, dear creatures, how nicely the
played;
Into many heart, dear, they've all made
raid;
And sousa, the leader, could have "mashed
But he's marricd; fact we consider pity.
But, dear, l must close; it's getting quit
dark,
McGriflin ia coming this evening to spark,
And though he's not dressed out In shakos an
: brass,
For beau, dear, at present the creature will
Pass.
Tomorrow we leave here for old Ocean Grove
, Where, II you remember, met my first Low,
Little Hicks, who married May Gardner, tn
wretch,
Because he considered that girl grer
SKETCH"
Good night, dear. Please tender my heartieE
.. To sweet Tommy Noyes, who cooed like
one night on the balcony with his expe
quartet,
i And retired In Disgrace most frightfully wet,
;, / To all whom I've failed to name In this letter
Q Il Give love, and say that we girls Will be bett,
3 When once moro were home to "prom on u
;, ave."
S And able each one n gay beau, dear, to have.
y A kiss and a hug for yourself, darling Milly.
From your chum and always endearing-
5 TILLIE.
y Prepare the Boys for school.
i / Knowing that tho boys must DO comfortab
/ | clothed 10 meet the requirement We have o
| derpu Our cOmDletc fall stock of boys ClOt