Show gs By of Helen Mrs Rowland Solomon I daughter hear bear now the Bach- Bach Hymn of or Defiance which he heth th thin Jn secret I M after atter each flirtation and escape from matrimony doth he f upon a pedestal and repeat n f t triumph saying thou seeker after conquest om m tic tyranny i lo I 1 have dodged thee once I II u 10 Id d' d I am still single I many times I 1 have lost the folly of the love game n byer ver r yet lost my head ti hours have I sat with thee I mo and held thy hand hand hand- I WS W'S did I carefully es escape ape the ein I s pursued me t to the utter- utter jar arte of the earth I have walked h beside the sea in Maine Maino and th sands of Il Florida rida and beside cent waters of the Gol Golden len x 1 have not fallen anen Into thy I. I lother ther ether bath hath baited me with withIe is Ie nd dinner parties and ca- ca 4 1 hints yet lunts yet I have not lem em ge st lung clung to me In times of Eb lou u hast plucked the unseen unseen my coat lapel thou hast haste e me e tenderly thou hast wept s out upon my willing shoula i u hast marked me for thine n anointed me with thy pet petri rt ri und nd bathed my forehead with logne yet et I have not lost dance ilance nc and my sens sense of self has kept me mo safe t fed me from the chafing nd mo roe with home cook- cook ut have closed mine eyes and 1 Id I'd strength dad and have not pro- pro I ma age u St vamped in vain Thou me with of pla pla- friendship thou hast goaded me mo Yet Tet all th thy subtlety aUg augh For I have watched my It f n Stunts Stunt of Woman hast thou practiced upon me the me-the the tender tender tender ten ten- der and the chilly the cute and the tho motherly the domestic and the Intellectual intellectual intellectual intel Intel- the chummy and the ous Yet I have been through thy camouflage and am still stin a Bachelor Tell m md oh oil foolish one one why shall shaH shallI I marry Yea Tea wh Why because I 1 find a n. damsel fair fall shall shaH I permit her to an annex annex an- an nex flex me Why shall I contract to pay Indemnity for rOl life lifo Lo now have I all the comforts comforts' of at home at half the expense Whithersoever I wish to go whether er it be to lo India or to my club I am ant free to wander without having to pawn my coat or to perjure my soul Behold I can take tak my days my joys jOS and m my ray loves a la Ja carte cartt as fancy an C I wills wms and my life liCe is not as a red ink table the tile same today yesterday I and forever foreve Therefore do I pling ling to my roy freedom Yea Teas give me liberty or give me mG death Verily verll verily my ray Daughter r so spoke the Bolshevik For every bachelor is a a. Bolshevist at heart and all his boasts are as tho tim wind I So when the psychological moment the Vom Woman n of the Hour shall shaH I walk straight through his barrage of words and lead him blindfold into the I Kingdom of Matrimony I And he shall sign a n. Shameful Peace i Pact and give up his liberty without a struggle S I Selah Salah j I Copyright 1918 by hy the tho Press PreISs Publish Publishing i ling Ing Co the New Newyork York Evening World WorM |