Rensselaer Union, Volume 11, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 April 1879 — In the Spring. [ARTICLE]

In the Spring.

In the Spring the female fancy Lightly turns io thoughts of bonnet, With a maxe of gimp and ribbons And a bunch of feathers on it. —Fatherless. And they rush, a stream of beauty, Maidens gay and stately matrons, Round the corners ceaseless flowing— Witching tide of mill’ners’ patrons! ’ f: » On it flows to Mrs. Price's, On to Lulu’s over tmeses, On to Boroughs’, on to Rothrock’s! — Spending nickles, scat'ring ditnea-es! Dimes loom up to many dollars, And those ladies never chalk it!— Gimp and ribbons, lace and feathers, Sap the purse and drain the pocket! Then, kind husbands, fathers, brothers, Brace ye up—'tis gallant duty— Pay the bills without a murmur— Rightful tribute unto beauty.