New-York tribune., 1905-01-22
BALLADE OF THE RISING PUFF.

BALLADE OF THE RISING PUFF
What's this that the thoroughfares we see?
we've seen the thing before Of course ae Dear mel
ra our rans waeb bt b ia o6s nS
These bqiging bags that we again perceive
Oh welcome welcome lego mutton sleevel
How tempus fugits! Twas in ninety-three
Or ninety-fve. the latest that your sway
And 'puffed' each subject up with such array
That man-staid man-was hlled with dire dis
What lengths-nay. breadths and heights-before
You'll go to this time. mono in sooth can say;
But welcome. welcome, lego mutton sleeve!
Now some win cry. What fools these mortals be.
BY Inortals. meaning matds-to mutely stray
Wherever mode shall point but not so we:
We would not censure, chide or twit ther-nayI
The stout tbs true may pout a bit and grieve
But spare maids long have prayed for just this
So welcome welcome. lego mutton sleeve!
Envoi.
Dame Fashion, Ma'am, to you We decd our lay
That soul sincere whene'er we may
Sing welcome. welcome. leg-O-mutton sleeve!
-Puck.
Kitaiso. Japanese scientist, afirms that one
hour of sunshine will kill most OF the germs of
consumption and other diseases that are to be
found in the dust of city streets. Pure air and
sunshine worth more than all the drugs in the
pharmacop@a Of medicine but they are not
enough, has been shown in that land Of sun
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Anne Jane-No, Clara, you aren't pretty. But
suppose the young who calls upon you tells
you you are the most beautiful woman in the
Clara-Yes but it is after I have lowered the
gaslight.-(Boston Transcript.
Out in the West oysters are more often seen in
cans than in shells. An economical housekeeper
conceived the brilliant idea of making one set OF
'half-shells serve for a second meal. She gave
one dinner and had another on for the next night
Gha had ste fba half
dinner and she just ordered the cook to save
the shells She purchased oysters in the bulk and
gave orders for them to be placed in the shells
and served the other had been the night before
1t happened that little cousin Johnny was at the
seaside last summer and an oyster expert
looked at the oysters before him in quizzical
manner for few minutes, and then said in a loud
shrill voice: why. mamma, look what funny
oysters. All of mine grow the wrong way in the
Shells
The Author (after the first productionl-Weu
Feminine Friend~It was lust lovely Who aa
signed the heavenly dresses?-(Town and Country
The Circuit Court of Chicago has granted the
petition of Eugene F. Damn for the changing of
his name. His attorney was Mr.. Booz who dis
coursed eloquentiy and persuasiveIy on the srhar
rassment OF being called Damn without showing
the slightest self-consciousness about the name
Booz.
why are you pouting. EtheI2'
Jack said was beautiful told him he must
be shortsghted."
What did he say
''Why. the horrid thing said perhaps he was
Qondon Ttt-Bits.
At the Holland Society banquet at the Waldorf
Astoria Dr. Schurmau's proposal that I'm 1909 there
be held here in Manhattan worthy tercentennIal
celebration of the landing of Hendrix Hudson on
September Q. 1909 and the consequent beginning OF
Northumberland, was greeted with "tumultuous
applause" There is time enough ahead for New
York 20 organize for such celebration and ON n
scale commensurate with the significance OF tbn
event and the greatness OF the metropolis OF the
New World. The only question is. Is there sum
cient public spirit in NewYork to take up the
movement with the earnestness and thoroughness
requisite TO success?
Customer-How is II that the price OF a neck
of potatoes remains % cents far I'm the season
ia think the price would become lager as the
season advanced.
Croeer-It would madam only it's much easier
to change the size or the pecks-tBaltinore Ameri-