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THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN, PORTLAND, MAY 24, 1908.
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SHE CROSSES BPvOOKLYN BRIDGE
The rush hour crush at Brooklyn Bridge
Is famed both far and wide.
And it is known that maids (and fellows
too) have nearly died
From being squeezed too tight when on
their way to Brooklyn homes.
And men have often lost their hats and
women their side combs.
Fair Fluffy was invited to a "tea on
Prospect Slope,
And with her aunt the girl set forth With
Brooklyn crowds to cope.
They reached the Bridge at half-past five
and were a bit dismayed ,
To see the surging, fighting mass, the
manners there displayed.
Frail girls are rudely elbowed back or
hurled againstthejcars.
And veterans, battle scarredand tough,
have loudly thanked their stars
That it has been vouchsafed to them to
cross die Bridge alive.
So madly swarm the human. bees-within
that awful hive.
Now, jFluffy might' have used the tunnel,
but she did not think
Of that awe inspiring, rapid firing, new
connecting link.
And so she took her skirt in hand, her
pretty shoulders squared.
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wholly passed away ?
" That knightly deeds to lovely dames have
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A Brooklyn youth espied the maid and
knew her at first sight.
'Here's Fluffy Fvuff les.in this mob. Does
she get home all right ? 1 -
"Does Fluffy Ruffles cross the Bridge un-
harmed?" There came a shout.
And Fluffy rWfles of her fame no longer
had a doubt
The crowds fell back, and Aunt and she
' they helped upon their way,
"And three times three they loudly ave
for Fluffy (so they say).
Each man upon that Flatbush car rose
, 'J with hat in hand
"1 pray, Miss Fluffy, take my seat,
much orefer to stand."
She sat just like a queen enthroned (with
suite) to Prospect Slope. t
And chivalry received a boost that's per
manent, I hope.
Charles Battell Loorra
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(OOPVRJOHT, 908, BY THE
NSW YORK KSIWLD CO.)
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