Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 September 1920 — THE MARION-ETTE [ARTICLE]

THE MARION-ETTE

In Marion Town there’s a wonderful show, Backed by Penrose and Smoot and Co., the marvelous puppet clown —• The Marion-ette of Marion Town. The great manikin of the age That ever was seen on porch or stage; Worked by wires and wheels, et cet — A most* remarkable Maion-ette. It dances to any old tune you please And straddles the League with the greatest ease, It’s Pro and it’s Anti Suffragette, A most remarkable Marion-ette. Though a puppet, it really seems to speak, But behind the scenes stands a powerful “clique” To furnish big woyds and phrases set For this awfully ingenious Marionette. Its sonorous gabble brings equal cheer To the son of toil and the profiteer, For the drys it’s dry, and the wets it’s wet, This very ambiguous Marion ette. Its favorite word is “normalcy,” Which means “get back to what used to be.” Good old Reaction’s one best bet Is this truly reliable Marion-ette; This hoary back-number-ful, phony stage-thunder-ful, Perfectly wonderful Marionette! —Oliver Herford in New York World.