New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-10-03
The Coming Tower
MARY or THE MARBLE HEART.
REEL ONE.

,,v Ellen Duncan a most attractive Maid
Nov" ~ in the mountains and her heart unafraid-
She & al things fearfu-bears and raenakes and then
- is rather mportanO she was unafrad Of Men,
t"D she rather liked them-that is only the start;
49, Romeo Romantic cracked her Marble Heart.
bo which of course till the my tale begins
~l read little further you'll learn all the outs and ms
,,i,e Vern Mccormack is the hero of my song
vi s~o,t,re gentle reader you will not require long
Ie"-sis.e his qualities already known fame
10 'pfeeed (raher subtly) by his rpe-barreled
Az - tennis was terrbe-he champion, in fact
DE he played singles all the stands simply packed
ST. 10 iizirc citizens who watched with heartbeat high
~ clean the very courts up-paying only with
~, ~ 70 him as when speak about his dancing
step was amazing his Tros enhancing.
-. 80 made pile money, giving lessons and then,
~ he bought Motor Cars-let seehe has ten
=. his tennis is a trife-and his dancing doesn't matter
o. We think about his singing which is really worth the chatter
took to Vaudeville when Mccormack thought he'd sing
lady once hear him. went and pawned her Wedding Ring)
" ~ looks and for fgure-why, Adonis wasn't in it
hove cot TO change the F-um here. beg wait minute!
, flicker! goes the hI-um. Now we're Reel Number Two
~ 81 "Narhe Hearted Mary" Is it interesting you?
y indeed the Work good much better than the plot
c. rov isn't she a Wonder though? Two Dollars is lott
Wv they get all Moonlight stuff You that knows?
lem told that Geraldine and Scott there it goes:
Well our Hero Miss Mary at dance summer night
And he fell Just ike Of brick-was mad about her. quite
And they together frequently in fact they had the floor
d he showed twenty wrinkles that she'd before
We admit made hit with Mistress Mary right away
And affairs pretty serious when she went around next day
- observe him on Tennis Courts beat everybody
d stop at the Country Clubhouse for great big Silver Cup
Asr lunch he called Mary and sang all the afternoon
her the Mountains her about the Moon
And his voice that youmade feel all queer inside,
,d seemed that aversion to the the slide
g sang his blooming head off, while she sat and dried her
m thought thought that he would take her surprise
@ got I'D from Senway and he took her hands in his
IA second Douglas Fairbanks, he there he Wiz
% told loved herand he asked her. there and then,
she'd marry him that evening at a quarter unto ten
TH her that his r0son dere ii. e. his All in AID
M he sadbut did matter? Did she stumble? Not ata
She arose and walked the and gazed into the CRATE
And she yawned I've and Dress it's getting very late
He exclaimed You've wrecked my life" She merely murmured
an s. sorry
she's still Miss Mary Duncan; else Mrs Morre
wee.
The war thus far produced little poetry that sticks in the
mind Our the instant of somersaung to press
copet from Condolences Bereaved Ones In
The Ottawa. Canada, Evening Journal 1t
The Canadian lst Contingent $4,000 the Seas
An6 saved situation a the battle of Ypres.
Concluding stanza of "The Master Bakers Best Friend
ognr poem read by F. Stakeholder the annual banquet
Topeka Kansas. Sept Is, 1915:
No doubt you have guessed
Who helps him in this busy nive.
i not, l will tell you the rest,
S his beloved-wife.