The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-02-12

Irs everywhere that wonAen fair fnvfts ana
please my eyG
And that on dfess I lay much stress cnnst ana
shan't deny:
ne ENGLISH dame who's all afame with divers
coiofs bright,
Tho Tcnton belle, the ms'moiselie--a live ms
keen delight
Ana yet III say, 70 where may. never ret
have seen
a dress that's quite g grand sight ~ was
that bOmbazfnei
Now you must know twas years ago this Quaint
but noble gown Al
Fiashol ia one day the usual way upon our
SOLEMN town:
Twas Fisk yho sold for sordid gold that grsveiy
Jim F.skl the man who drove span that would
have joyed kfngi
Ana srandmas eye fell with sigh upon that
eQn per "a eenz--
And Erandpa's purse looked much the worse for
grandma's bombazinei
Though ten years old, I'nsver toldth neighbors
OF the gown,
For grandma said: This secret Ned, must not
be breathcd In town.
The sitting room, for days Of gloom. was in
dreadful mess,
When that quaint dame, Miss Kelsey. came To
make tho wondrous dress:
TO Mt and basic and stitch waist with whale
bones in between)
L. precious slow, as all folks know who've made
q bombazinei zz-z-z
With iOrtitudss GEAR grandma stood the trial to
The nerve'w find in womankind can not com.
prehendi
And when twas DONE resolved that none should
guess at the surprise,
Within the press she hid that dress secure from
prying eyes;
For grandma knew thing or two-by which re
mark mean
That SuEiays were the days for her TO wear that
5ombazine!
need not state she got there late, and sailing
up the aisle
With regal grace, on grandma,s face reposed q
conscious smile;
1t fitted so, above. below, and hung 50 wcli ali
round
That there was not one faulty spot critic could
have foundi
How proud was Of her because she looked so
like queenl
And that was why, perhaps that admired the
bombazinel
But there ,Cers those Gas you'd SUPPOSED who
scorned that perfect gown,
For ugly-grained old oats obtained In that New
England town.
The Widow White spat out her spite in one:
ut doesn't ftr
The Packard girls (they wore false curls) all
giggled like IN split;
Sophronia Wade Che sour old maid y she turned
bilious green -----.-,..
When she deserted that Joy and pride, my
grandma's bombazine!
But grandma knew tand did, too) that gown
was wondrous fine
The envious sneers and jaundiced jeers were o
conclusive sign;
Whv grandma said a. x,orx ,haad ~ ~, rs-,.
In town,
And, saying this, he snatched kiss that like to
burst that gown;
But, blushing red, my grandma said: "0h, Isn't
grandpa meanp'
Yet evermore my grandma wore hn favorite
bombazine
And, when she died, that somber pride passed
down to needless heirs
Alas the day twas hung away beneath the
kitchen stairsl
Thence, In due time, with dust and CRIME came
foes on foot and wing
And made their nests and sped their guests In
that once beauteous thing.
IT'S SO, forsooth. Times envious tooth corrodes
each human scene
And 50, at last to ruin passed my grandma's
bombazine
Yet to this day, I'm proud to say, 1t plays .
grateful part
The thoughts IL brings are OF such things as
touch and warm my heart
This gown, my dear, you show me here, I'll own |
is passing fair,
Though I'll confess it's no such dress as grand
ma used to wear;
Yet wear it, do-perchance when you and are
of the scene,
Our boy shall sing this comedy thing as I the
bombazne!
Eugene Field, in Chicago News