3
They Are Tlic Vdswssldicrs,
and 1 nere Arezuuri nem;
Seven are Relicts of Officers In Struggle, the Centenary of Which
Commences Tuesday One Js Widow of Hero of War Some Dis
tinguished Descendents of 1812 Fighters.
THE SUXDAT OREGONIAN. PORTLAND, JUNE 23. 1912.
;H'V W -"iil'
B JOHS ELFRXTR VT ATKINS.
CRPRISED you will be to learn
that, although tba War of 1812
. ' vts declared a- century ago, com
lng next Tuesday, 239 widows of that
conflict's veterans still live to enjoy
pensions allowed by the Government.
These old ladles, our nearest links
to our second war with Great Britain,
are now dying off at the rate of about
one a week. At the time of tba Bpan
lsh War there were 2407 of them and
10 years ago they numbered' 1317; five
years ago, 558. They have drawn pen
sions of $12 per month since 1886. From
1878 until that year they had been al
lowed 88. Several of the survivors
boast of having Seen alive when Con
gress declared war, June 18, 1812. But,
needless to add, none of them were
wives during that war.
Only five of these 239 are widows, of
commissioned officers or tne armies
mat rougnt to gain our nnai mueyeuu
ficer of the regular army who served
in inn scrujtKie oi .
This interesting lady Is Mrs. Bally B.
lavis, oi i9Zs bpruce street, mwci
phla. She is the widow of Lieutenant
PaUa,! Gamti1 Xlnvmr- Tl u 17 i of Wil
mlngton. who after gallantly defending
the town of Lewes. Del., against the
$nusn. zougnt wun ahuib.
This quaint old town of Lewes, Just
mi us. 1 1 1 r v.7 11 win vaic ,
folonel Davis' birthplace and when the
isritisn squaaron ancnorea oik na uuuv-
i .. . KAk t mi miHHlA-jLeed
man of 47, was In command of the
militia.
When Admiral" Beresford, landing a
flag of truce upon this beach, demand
ed "20 live bullocks and a proportion
ate quantity of vegetables and hay for
his majesty's squadron" and offered to
py for these supplies. Colonel Davis
replied: "We solemnly refuse to com
mit legal or moral treason at your
command. Do your worst!" History
further records how Beresford replied,
regretting the misery he would inflict
on tne women ana cnuaren oy a duih
bardrr.ent. and how the word came back
to his flagship: "Colonel Davis is a
gallant officer and has taken care of
the ladies." During the 24 hours of
bombardment that followed the British
amp sent run suv snot oi irora io iu
i . - T - V. .. tarMm
the response of a battery posted upon
an eminence anu "j -
Davis' militia, that the most dangerous
oi in. o ii oi ii j b p. ii ii -
and Its cannon silenced. There were
no lives lost in tne mue iown, urn mo
hungry squadron soon put oui ior dm
muda. Commissioned by Madison.
i. ranrH for this vlctorv President
Madison commissioned Davis a lieutenant-colonel
of regulars, and late in
181 Be was iransierreu n i"
mand of the 144th Infantry at New
Orleans. Here, after aiding In Andrew
Jackson's decisive victory, he remained
at Fort Philip until May, 1815. He
. j i -. t - 1 I - n tiin m VMM f f e
the war and then lived in Philadelphia
for a decaae. unui i.oo, wucn t "i
. . . ni.M Wilmington.
lO CUUUUJ - '
where he lived until be answered the
last roll call, in las.
The diamond anniversary of his wed
ding with the present Mrs. Davis, his
second wife, falls within the present
year. When thev were married at Wil
mington in 1837. Just 75 years ago,
she was Miss Sally Janet Jones, al
though after her marriage she adopted
his middle name. Boyer. They had Ave
children, and he lived to be 0.
His widow's 96th birthday falls this
month, and when I Inquired of her son
as to her health the other day he told
me that it was "good." Her husband
having been born in 178 10 yeara be
fore independence was declared their
two lives have thus far spanned 146
years. She has been a widow for 58
years, during all but two of which she
has resided in Philadelphia.
Next in order of their husbands
ranks are two widows of war-of-1812
lieutenants, both of militia. The young
er. Mrs. Catherine Lowman 8andldge,
of Alto. Va, celebrates her 82d birth
day this year. Her husband, Anderson
Terse Tales From
A DANIEL OP TWO MINDS.
A Kentucky blacksmltn was elected
Justice of the Peace The first case he
tried was litigation involving the own
ership of a cow. The lawyers on both
aides were young, ambitious and elo
quent. The lawyer for the plaintiff spoke
for half an hour in his best vein. When
he sat down the new Justice said:
"I've heard enough plaintiff wins."
The lawyer for the other side pro
tested that he had something to say,
too. and that it was unfair to render a
Judgment until both parties to the ac
tion had been heard.
"Go ahead and talk If you want." said
his honor, "but my mind's fully made
up."
The young lawyer went ahead for
an hour. He was a better orator even
than his smiling and triumphant adver
sary. In his remarks on the cow he
Introduced, among other topic, the
American eagle, the Southern cross, the
bonny blue flag and the old Kentucky
home. When he sat down the new Jus
tice said:
"Well. now. don't that beat all? De
tense wins!" Detroit Free Press.
HER SECRET.
"A woman Just can't Keep a secret,"
he declared, opposing a statement.
"Oh. I don't know." contradicted the
fluttery lady. "I've kept my age a se
cret ever since 1 was 24."
"Yes." he replied, "but one of thes
days you will give It away. In time
you will Just simply have to tell it."
"Well." she replied, with confidence,
"I think when a woman has kept a
secret for 20 years she comes pretty
near knowing how to keep it." Laugh-
-ter.
BOTH IN THE SAME BOAT.
A mission worker in New Orleans
was visiting a reformatory near that
city not long ago, when she observed
among the inmates an old acquaintance.
O . vl Pin v'
(T-fTia'son of.
Sandidge. was first lieutenant of a
company of the Eighth Vlrgina Volun
teers, organized In Amherst County, for
the defense of his country against the
British. He was honorably discharged
at Camp Carter in 1815 and Mrs. Sand
idge was married to him 40 years later,
Christmas day, 1855. In less than three
years and a half he died, so she has
been a widow for 63 years. Her home
at Alto Is In the Blue Ridge Moun
tains, a few miles east of Lexington.
The Old Domain state Is the home
also of Mrs. Lucy Ann Frazler Kllgore
of the village of Peters. She Is the
widow of Lieutenant Hiram Kllgore,
who volunteered at Russell Court
House in 1814 and. after serving In the
artillery, was discharged at Norfolk
the following year. He was born 121
years ago, and when they were mar
ried in 1868, he was 77 and she was
40. She" has been a widow for 42 years.
Her 84th birthday falls within this
centennial year of the beginning of the
war in which her husband served.
Her Rare DUtinetioa.
A rare distinction enjoyed by Mrs.
Mary Ann Moore, of Vincennes, IndU, is
that of being not only tne widow oi
an 1812 officer, but a "Real Daughter"
of the revolution. Her father, John
Caldwell, aided In the first stroke for
liberty under Washington, and her hus
band. John Moore, helped put the fin
ishing stroke upon our independence a
generation later. Indeed John Moore
waa already a veteran when the war
of 1812 opened, for he had volunteered
as a private of the Indiana militia in
the Summer of 1811, for the Indian war
of that year, during which he was pro
moted to the rank of corporal. Then,
when the second war with the mother
country broke out he offered his ser
vices as a private of the Indiana
Mounted Riflemen, or "Rangers." In
the same year. 1812, he was elected
ensirn of a company of the First Indi
ana Regiment. The present Mrs. Moore
was hts third wife. She married mm
In old Vinclnnes 68 years ago, when
he was 59 and she was a lass of only
sweet sixteen," his two previous wed
dings having been solemnized, respect
ively, 26 and 16 years previously. She
lived with him for nearly 19 years and
has been a widow since the third year
"cn Miirt&s Wit
50ND0r - THE -
Humorous Pens
a negro lad, long thought to be a model
of Integrity.
"Jim!" exclaimed the mission worker.
"Is It possible I find you here?"
"Yassum." blithely responded the
backslider. 'Tse charged with stealin'
a barrel o" sweet potatoes."
The visitor sighed. "You, Jim!" she
repeated. "I am surprised."
'Yassum,' said Jim. "So was I, or I
wouldn't be here!" Lipplncott's.
A DARK AJfD STORMY KIGHT.
It was a cold Winter night, and the
wind was howling round the trees. The
weary wayfarer was wandering along
without knowing and not much caring
where he was. He had lost Ms way for
hours.
Stop! What Is that? A signpost for
certain I
The weary wayfarer fumbled In his
pocket, and brought out his box of
matchea Luckily there was one left.
Carefully and slowly he toiled up the
signpost and at the top struck the
match to see what waa written there
on. The flickering glare of the match
showed these words: "Try Poofs Pills."
LAST RC41EJT.
Adjutant-General Nathan B. Forest,
of the United Sons of Confederate Vet
erans, told at a banquet in Memphis a
military anecdote.
"A handsome young soldier," he said,
smiling, "lay wounded upon a battle
field. To the friend bending over him
he murmured, hoarsely:
"Tell Caroline my last thoughts
were of her. Say I died with her por
trait pressed to my Hps.
He gulped and added:
"'Tell Minnie and Grace and Harriet
the same thing.'" Washington Star.
OBLIGING.
A young man who had never testified
before was called before the court as a
witness in a, certain case. He was
somewhat flustered over the attention
y. ,
81 aV Kit . - . . - , , ' --i JJl. i I, ' l t ' .m - ' m-t j
of t 9. Civil War. Her 82d birthday oc
curs this year, her husband having first
volunteered his services for his coun
try nearly a. a decade before she was
born.
Another widow of an ensign of the
second war with the mother country is
Mrs. Mary Trader Stephens, of Fair
mont, W. Va. She was born 90 years
ago and was 24 when, in Marshall
County, W. Va, she married Ensign
Silas Stephens, who had enlisted in
Captain James Morgan's company of
the Virginia militia in the Summer of
1812. They were married In the second
year of the Mexican War, Just 65 years
ago next August, and lived together
for 22 years, or until his death in 1860.
Only Two Left.
Only two widows of naval officers
survive to see the centenary of the
war in which their husbands served
their country, and both of these ladles
are relicts of young midshipmen of
that series of brilliant sea victories.
I visited one of these ladles the oth
er day Mrs. Adams Foster, of 2207
Massachusetts avenue, Washington.
She presented me with two buttons
from the uniform which her husband
wore whle serving as clerk to Com
modore Rogers on beard the frigate
President, in 1813-14. He was a son
of Captain James Foster, a cotton man
ufacturer of Danvers, Mass., and was
a boy in his teens when the war of
1812 broke out. In later life he made
a fortune in the coal business In Penn
sylvania. Mrs. Foster, who was Miss
Sarah Jans Burch, married the veteran
QUlP3ANP
that was being paid him and mumbled
his words SO that the young woman
stenographer could not hear them dis
tinctly. He was told' to speak plainly
and to turn toward the stenographer.
"Speak to the stenographer," said the
prosecutor.
At that the young man arose and
with a deep bow to the lady said: "How
do you do." Satire.
OXEIOROXAXCV.
"Ever notice how actual happenings
sometimes tit into dreams?"
"Had experience. I dreamed I was In
my auto on a country road and recall
hearing an explosion. An incandescent
light globe in the room had burst, and
when I woke up I was under the bed
tinkering the springs with my wife's
manicure set." Judge's Library.
Wife "Will you love me, dear, when
my hair Is tray?"
Hubby "Well, I've loved you through
four shades of hair already."
at Washington before the Civil War
and they lived in New Haven and Bal
timore until the time of his death.
Their son. Dr. Romulus A. Foster, is
a major in the Medical Corps, District
of Columbia National Guard.
Mldshtpmaa on "Old Ironsides."
Up at Cambridge, Mass., resides Mrs.
Annie K. Stearns, widow of Joshua B.
Stearns, . who volunteered for service
under Captain Charles Stewart on that
most renowned vessel of our Navy, the
frigate Constitution ("Old Ironsides"),
in August, 1813. The following Sum
mer President Madison rewarded the
young man's gallantry with a commis
sion as midshipman, which he held
until late in 1817. Although Stearns
did not volunteer until after "Old Iron
sides' " famous fight with the Guer
riere, he saw plenty of excitement dur
ing her many later engagements along
our coast. After leaving the Navy he
was in business In Salem and Cam
bridge. He married the present Mrs.
Stearns, his second wife, in 1846, she
having been Miss -Annie K. Wilson.
She has survived him for 36 years. -
While I was making notes concern
ing the "1812 widows" at the Pension
Office the other day, a big .rubber
stamp marked the word "dead" upon
the jacket containing the papers of
one of them, Mrs. Samuel Thackara, of
Haddonfleld, N. J., widow of a private i
of militia. She had lived to be nearly
102 when. May 2, she Joined her hus
band in the realm which no wars dis
turb. '
Of the 239 1812 widows still aurvlv-
Quips and Flings
Maud Muller refused the Judge.
"I shall marry an intelligent agricul
turlst," she cried.
Thus we surmise it was during the
campaign. New York Sun.
Belle Cholly told me last night that
I was the hope of bis after years and
the chance of a lifetime.
Delle Good; what happened after
that?
Belle Why he very naturally em
braced sthe opportunity. Philadelphia
Record.
Wise We had quite a prominent ac
tress as a guest at our house the other
evening.
Ascum Gracious! Didn't you find it
hard to entertain her?
Wise Oh, no! She amused herself
for hours. We Just handed her a bunch
of photographs, among which were sev
eral of her Own. Catholic Standard and
Times.
"I'm thinking of going on a tour of
the Rhine this Summer, and I should
like your advice about the best things
to buy there. You have been there,
haven't you?"
"Yes, but it's a long time ago; I shall
have to refresh my memory. Waiter,
bring me the wine card." Fliegende
Biaetter.. ,
Stern- Say, Is Brown's credit good?
Kern Good? Why, he couldn't even
borrow trouble. Cincinnati Enquirer.
'
. First Savage Fickle weather.
Second Savage Yes. I don't know
which smile to wear. New York Sun.
"This show cost the producer 830,-
000."
I'm glad of it." Washington Her
ald.
- .
Kate That Bragson girl claims to
have made a thousand refusals of mar
riage. Ethel That's true. Whan Gns asked
lng her, she whose husband survived
longest after that conflict Is Mrs. Em
ma M. Gardenshire, of Dayton, Tenn.
i Her husband, George W. of that name,
was private in a Tennessee regiment,
and as late as October, 1899, was re
ported as living at the age of 101
years 3 months.
The Last Survivor.
He was not. however, the last sur
vivor of the War of 1812. This honor
was lately claimed for a patriarch who
died early this year and whose going
was widely proclaimed in the follow
ing newspaper dispatch:
VETERAN OF 1812 DEAD.
"Columbia, Ky., Feb. 23. Uncle
Johnny Morg, said to be 124 years old,
and the oldest man in the United
States, was found dead in his log
cabin home on Indian Creek, near here.
yesterday. Ho -was a veteran of the
War of 1812, and more than ha'.f a
century ago was reputed to he one or
the best boxers in the South. He had
no relatives.
"Uncle Johnny was born in Germany
and came to this country 100 years ago,
enlisting at once in the army. He
knew many noted men, among them
President Jackson and Tecumseh, the
Indian chief."
Assured that this man was a pension
er if a veteran. I investigated the rec
ords of the pension office, and after fall
ing to find any one or tne .name given
satisfied myBelf that he was the person
who has for years been carried on the
rolls as "John Megg, alias Moor," born
In Hesse, Germany, and whose last rec
orded address was given four years ago
as the village known as Seventy-Six, In
Clinton County, Ky. He died February
18. 1912. or five days previous to the
date of the dispute quoted.
What tne Record Show.
This man was not, however, a veteran
of the war of 1812. His papers show
that in March, 1838, at Buffalo, he en
listed as John Moor in Company G,
Eighth United States Infantry, and that
after serving in the Indian wars he was
discharged in 1841. He was not, more
over, anywhere near the unbelievable
age given In the dispatch quoted. In
her to be his wife she replied: "No, ,
a thousand times no!" Boston Tran
script, f
Rumm What the dickens does Con
gress mean by authorizing the coining
of a half-cent piece?
Dumm Why, It will enable married
women to have a little change now and
then. Cincinnati Enquirer.
.
"That man you sent to Congress
hasn't yet had a chance to speak and
show off what he knows."
"Gash!" exclaimed Farmer Corntoa
seL "That feller always was lucky!"
Washington Star. ,
Nan Lll Garlinghorn must be nearly
40 now. Splendid girl, too. I wonder
why she never married.
Fan It's curious about Lil. She's
been the second choice of more eligible
young men than any girl I ever knew.
Chicago Tribune.
"Your husband is clever. I hear."
"Yes, he can stay out three nights a
week and never give the same excuse
twice." ..
ii yrj v v
his original enlistment papers he de
clared himself as 21 years old, In 1838,
which would mean that he was born in
1817 two years after the close of the
War of 1812 and was, therefore, 95 at
the time of his death, this year. In his
pension declaration filed in 1893 he gave
his age at the time of enlistment as 26
Instead of 21, as stated in the original
papers, filed 55 years previously. If his
last statement was true, he was 100
years old at the tune of his death. At
any rate he was married as late as 1
when, according to his previous admls
sions, he must have been either 72 or 77
years old.
The last survivor of the War of 1812,
according to the evidence gathered by
both the pension bureau and the Society
of the War of 1812. was Hiram cronK
who lived until seven years ago. He
was born April 20, 1800, and enlisted
In the War of 1812 with his father-
Revolutionary veteran and two broth
ers. The date and place of his enlist
ment were August 4, 1814, at Western,
N. Y.
He was then a lad of 14 and moat
of his service was in camp near Lake
Ontario, before his first discharge. The
first night on which he was out of. the
service he spent at Watertown. N. T.,
where he heard the cannonading at
Sacketts Harbor. He returned home
and re-enllsted as a private. After the
war. he learned the shoemaker's trade,
married Mary Thornton, of Western, in
1825, and cleared for himself a farm
at Ava, N. T., where he settled down for
the remainder of his life. He and his
spouse lived together 60 years and had
seven children.
The Last Seven.
Fifteen years ago he was net such a
conspicuous figure as later, there' then
being alive six other survivors of the
second war with Great Britain Elijah
Glenn, Newark, N. J.; Eleazor Smith,
Danbury, N. H.; Hosea Brown, Grants
Pass, Or.; James Hooper, Baltimore;
John Lumberson, also of Baltimore, and
Isaiah Sexton, of Sparta, Mich.
Of these, who, with Hiram Cronk,
formed the "old guard," the last seven
veterans of a great war. Brown was
then (1897) upon the pension records as
105, and both Glenn and Smith as 101.
Three of them. Hooper, Lumberson and
Sexton, were all In their early 90s, while
Cronk was already far advanced in the
ninth decade of his life.
The race for the glory of being the
last survivor was between these four,
and Cronk was an easy winner, for all
of the three younger men died before
the battle of Manila Bay, in 1898, leav
ing Cronk, now 98. in the race against
his elders, Glenn and Smith, -both 102.
And before another year was out both
of these centenarians fell by the way
side, giving Cronk the laurels, which
he wore undisputed for the next six
years.
His honors came quick and fast. New
I Among the Poets
JIM BROWN PESSIMIST. -Jim
Brown, says he to me:
Life ain't what It used to be.
Everybody's money mad,
Things are goln' to the bad.
Politics is shameful now.
Preachers aint as good somehow
As they were when we was young.
Even gospel hymns ain't sung
As they' ought to be, says Jim
Least that's how It seems to him.
Jim Brown says, says he, that men
All were bonester back then;
Merchants all were kinder, too.
Trusted more than what they do;
Women didn't nag the way
Most of 'em takes on today.
Children, he can recollect.
Paid their parents more respect.
Everything Is worse, says he.
Than it was in 'eighty-three.
Jim hangs round th' corner store.
Hasn't worked for months an' more;
From the last Job where be hired
Out to work be- soon was fired.
Mrs. Jim, though, sews an' sews.
Just to keep her kids in clo'es;
It's 'bout all that she can do
T' buy shoes an' feed 'em. too;
Since Jim spends his time in fretting
'Bout bow bad the world is getting.
Detroit Free Press.
DOOXSIDE.
I drank to Burns a draught of bonny
-Doon,
And as the water touched my lips,
behold.
It seemed a scroll before mine eyes
unrolled
At from the cloudy battlements of noon.
'Mortal." wondering, I read, though
man so soon
Departs to his dark chamber in the
mold, ,
The seed of his life's work grows
never old.
If it unto the nations yield a boon.
York State granted him a special pen
sion of 872 a month. In addition to that
already allowed by the Federal Gov
ernment. The Empire State was doubly
proud. In that the Jast survivor of the
Revolution. Daniel Bakeman (who died
at 109H years, in 1869) had also been
one of her sons. After Hiram Cronk
passed his 104th milestone the board
of alderman. New York City, anticipat
ing his death at any moment, resolved
that his remains should He In state la
the City Hall.
A Modern Methuselah.
But this modern Methjuselah was not
yet ready to be mustered out. On his
105th birthday, however, when visited
by a delegation of the Society of the
War of 1812, which came to deliver ad
dresses and install him as an honorary
member, he realized little, or nothing
of the honors paid him, and gave no
attention to his guests. For days ha
had been sleeping the greater part of
the time, and while awake had been
apparently oblivious to what had oc
curred about him. Moreover, he had
grown very deaf, and partly on that
account was unable to carry on a con
versation. Yet he was physically
strong, and could get In and out of his
bed with little difficulty.
At 6 upon a May morning, Just a
fortnight after his installation into the
society, he passed on, leaving upon this
side of the great divide four children
ranging In ages from 66 to 81; also 14
grandchildren and 10 great grand
children. Clad in the uniform of the Veteran
Corps of Artillery of the War et 1612,
his remains were borne to New York
City in a casket draped In a battle flag
of that conflict. A special train car
ried the funeral party, and regulars
from Governors Island, together with
other military organizations, escorted
the body to City Hall, where, during the
first afternoon they lay In state. 60,000
people filed past the catafalque to view
the features of our last soldier of our
final struggle for independence. Next
day a funeral procession, unequaled
save by that which, participated in the
obsequies of General Grant, escorted
the grizzled corpse to its final resting
place in Cypress Hill Cemetery.
Reached Age of 110.
Remarkable were the ages whioh (If
we can believe the records of the War
of 1812 Society) the last 60 veterans of
that struggle attained. In the nineties
the society's list contained names of
34 who had passed the 100-year mark,
one of whom was alleged to be 110; one,
108; three, 106; four, 105, and four 104.
According to these records the honor of
having attained the greatest age (110)
fell to William Jack Haines, of St.
Louis, a veteran of the battle of New
Orleans.
The last survivor among the officers
of this war was, according to the same
society's records. Ensign Dyer Pierce,
of Belvldere, 111. The date of his
death does not appear on the records,
but he was alleged to be 108 years and
1 months old when last heard from.
It may interest you also to learn
what the blood of the great heroes of
1812-15 is achieving today. The great
victor of Lake Erie, Oliver Hazard
Perry's grandson, Thomas Sergeant
Perry, is a distinguished Boston author
and member of the National Institute
of Art and Letters. He is, on the ma
ternal side, a great great-grandson of
Benjamin Franklin. Commodore Por
ter's great-grandson, David D. 3d, is
a major of marines. General William
Henry Harrison's great-grandson, Rus
sell B., was Inspector general of volun
teers in the war with Spain, and li now
practicing law in Indianapolis.
The blood of two other famous war
riors of 1812-16 helped win the Spanish
war. These were Major-General Joe
Wheeler, U. S. A., the grandson of Gen
eral William Hull, and General Alex
ander Macomb's great-grandson. Cap
tain Alexander Macomb Wetherell, U.
S. A., who was killed at the battle of
Santiago. Admiral Dewey, too, Is
proud of the fact that he Is the grand
son of a War of 1812 veteran Captalri
Simeon Dewey, of Vermont.
(Copyright, 1912, by John Elfreth Wat-
kins.)
of the Daily Press
So fares the singer of these banks sad
braes;
So springs and twines his sonl abeot
man's dream.
That still he seems to live, to bs
not far,
To be a part of nature like his lays,
And like the mavis here, and like this
stream.
And like the ageless glory of
star."
C. G. Blanden, in Chicago Post.
SHIRTWAIST DAYS.
Whether pink or white or blue,
Whether prim or peek-s-boo.
Here's a welcome unto you.
Pretty waist!
Of all Summer comers blest.
You're the brightest and the b...,
Every Wintry clothing pest
You've effaced.
Oh, but aren't we glad to be
From those "ladles' suits" set (res.
And the ugly crochety
Pony coat!
As the May time flowers save
Country glade from Winter's grave.
So you give the' city pave
Summer's note.
Trim and dainty, tried and true.
You are democratic, toe.
For the Many, like the Few,
Hail your fame.
At her factory maohine
Sadie wears you; Fashion's queen
In her gleaming limousine
Does the same.
Welcome, little Summer waist!
Though they say you're not straight
laced, .
Let such pedantry be placed
Out of view.
Chic and charming, new and neat,
What has Earth that's half so sweet-
Save the girls, who bless tba street.
Wearing yonT.
inni io7.o