The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-16
THE
MANABOUT
TOWN
5HARRYTUckER

we have been waiting for the chance
to put out beautiful poem. but the
surrounding circumstances have been
against US.
Notwithstanding this condition Of things
we have made up OUR mind to do It, any
way, and hero goes:
,rhe snow, tho snow, tho beautiful snow:
Down where the .wurzburgers fltfully
grow. VI Aa
Down where we gather tho daisies so
nice,
Now covered UP with slush and wet ice.
Down where wc stand on the corner and
freeze, aE
With d cold In Our head. and cough and
sneezo. .'8
Down where It's nice and warm, BY the
stove, 58E
TO nbble and chew the coffee and Glove;
Where buckwheats and sausages taste
And n fellow feels that he would If he
could.
oh. the snow, the beautiful snow;
What makes your coming so backward
and slow? .
Oh, for the time we can wear our boots.
When fellow feels chilly wny down to
when tho barcfooted boys may ride in
their sled,
And ii feels no nice to BIO tucked up in
bed,
we love to set up on q snowy morn.
we look on Jack Frost In wtnering scorn.
Come on, como on, oh, beautiful flakes
we really can't understand why 1t takes
SO long for you to appear on the scene
TO cover the grass and all that IS green:
we can even stand on the platform and
smoke, 81
with seats inside vacant, and that Is
ooh, tho snow the beautiful snow,
FILLING the sky and the earth below
If We only had time to do So, we'd ac-
cept that Invitation extended us to
lambs tongue luncheon at Frank An
thongs, and we think we will make time
anyhow.
FOR. II there IS ono thing we love bet
ter than another its lamb tongues. we
fdote on them, and after we eat dozen
or two we love to sit back In our chair
and indulge In q "silns Johnson. or a
"Man About Town, = and dream things IN
the smoke for the delectation Of our MT
merous friends, who think we are
prince. h 81 Ill X s5
r ,t..L
we would like to be prince. for we
think If we had the income ofan prince
we'd have ~pink tea at our house every
tuesday, and q watermelon feast every
Thursday.
We would, also, pay off our various
and divers little bills. and have q box
Marty ut the Academy every Wednesday
night, and one at the Bijou every Fri
day night.
therefore, our friends must take the
word for tho deed, for we would certain
ly like to DO q prince of the FIRST wa
tor.
And that brings us up to our good
friend, the genial manager. tsS
BY tho genial manager we mean MT.
Charlie Rex, who can pitch pennies at
crack In the floor better than any
other fellow we have on our visiting list,
outside Of Jack Moroso
He can, also, exhibit greater assort-
ment of cigars In various sizes and col
ors than any man, except Captain Tomlin-
son.
we never could understand why he
bought his smokers that way.
We HOBO when he sees these few lines
they may find him we'll and enjoying
good health.
Likewise his man, Friday, otherwise,
Leo, the treasurer, WHO mas q Oh! - wv
plunks against US, because We made a
bad guess. The next tme we get up a
guessing bee with him., we are going to
make sure first.
It gives us much pleasure to record the
| fact that our old friend. Manager Corbin
Shield. Of the Academy Of Music, Nor
folk Is ont only n poet, but an author.
| and we say this in good faith, for he
has just written and had printed In the
virginlan-Pllot, bane-up story Of the
'.Theatrcs Of Norfolk; Their Past and
| Present" u ~
1t required a great amount OF research
and preparation to writeSth torys:and
We have to congra tulate Mr.. Shield.
We read 1t nll through, and now have
1t In our scrap book,
There Is going to be a rummage sale al
cur house after Christmas. We expect
to have q large assortment OF boxes and
bottles, suitable to put things and toi!e,
water In. We shall give due notice OF the
| sale.