Salt Lake Tribune | 1906-07-21 | Page 4 | Minnehaha's Shirtwaist

MINNEHAHA'S SHIRTWAIST. The newspapers assert that a crusade, far from puritanical. Is being waged in America against the neek-a-boo ahlrt-waist. ahlrt-waist. Cable from London. Then appeared fair Minnehaha, Minnohana, Laughing Wafer Spoko ehe thus to Hiawatha, Thus she spoke and made him liston: "Can't you take a little notice? Can't you see I need some clothing? Must you always spend your wampum All on bowa and feathered arrows? Will you see your little wlfey Going to a luncheon party Looking like a last year's bird's nest? Can you never, never, never. Get a move at leaBt approaching Something like zC gentle hustle?" Up spoke then the Hiawatha: "What wouldst have, O Minnehaha.'" Then her heart wa.s tilled with gladncsa "Ma!" she cried. "I'd have a shirtwaist Of the brand, called peokaboowls," Thereupon did Hiawatha Ille him to the nearest knot-hole; Cut a piece from out the knot-hole; Then ho found a darning needle And constructed such a snlrtwalst As would make the heart of maiden Sing for Joy to see such beauty. Thus we see. In the beginning, Minnehaha, Laughing Water, Fairest maid of the Dakotap, Made her husband. Hiawatha, Get a move nkln to hustle, And construct a lovely shlrtwalt With a needle and a knot-hole. Of tho kind called peakaboowis. New York World