Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 137, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 December 1904 — FOXY BELLES. [ARTICLE]

FOXY BELLES.

(Catholic Standard and Times.) O! the belles! Summer belles; What a plentitude of heartaches their giddiness compels; How they giggle, giggle, giggle In the sea-breeze-laden night! How their victims squirm and giggle In an ecstacy of fright! How they hurt When they flirt. When with ghoulish glee they gloat On the squirming of a fellow when they have him by the throat. O! the belles! Brazen belles; How they conjure, scheme and plan To entrap the summer man — The ribbon counter gentlemen who masquerade as swells. O! the belles! Greedy belles; How they wring, wring, wring Soda water, everything, From the pockets of those “cash!”exclaiming swells! O! the belles! Foxy belles; ' What a wealth of hints they fling To compel the pleasant ring, Diamond ring! Ah! the heart-engaging ring Of the golden wedding bells, bells, hells, bells, bellB! O! the belles!