Salt Lake Tribune | 1901-12-08 | Page 23 | Shopping

SHOPPING r 1 By William Wallace Whitelock f I went with you the other day j AshopplntT In the rain I love ou 7 I you very dearly > i But well never go again < r We tramped around this blessed town Full twenty miles I know And I carried all tho bundles for You said twas safer so Wo went Into a mammoth store I To get a spool of thread I And In a tiny shop to buy A wardrobe and n bed ITo I-To savo ten cents on taffeta I You mado me take a cab And wo kept It then two hours To match a shado of drab Wo couldnt find the proper thing In satin on Broadway But VQ found It out In Harlem At ho closing of the clay And then when wet nnd weary Wo struck tho homeward track j You held your umbrella so Ij 1 It trickled down my back At last when home sweet home was reached You found that I had lost I A yard of silk a remnant that > t Had boon reduced in cost T Oh you auld It didnt matter 1 That It really vouldnt do But I went ana found that remnant t t And I found pneumonia too