Garland Globe | 1906-02-10 | Page 5 | To His Wife

! TO HIS WIFE. II The Married Man Send a' Valentine il want soma Hud of a valentine, i To tend to that little wife of mine, j Who's waiting at home formes Not paper Cupidt and elided dart, Nor silly verses, nor satin heart, But something let me see ( Suppose I tend her a bunch of polio, , 1 Some violet or a box of roses S A dollar apiece, you ay? ' J Good Lo,r,, slo would atk me what I meant By (pending to much on sentiment. And flower, anyway I By Jove I I'll get her lome glove I Eh, what? Her ize? Great heavens, I have forgotl Now am I not a dunce? Ala, that a man ho'uld gro w o ttupld I Give me an inspiration, Cupid I I used to have them once. I used to tend her gtovet and ring, Bonbon and flower, fan and things, And kisses to her I carried. But, h, St was all so different thenl Alas I could wo only live over again Those days before we married t 1 might write for her a little rhyme. And I realty would if I had the time And knew what I want to say ; But the grind of work has dulled m brain I Besides I have got to catena train, So I'll write no rhymes to-day. Ah, Weill it is useless trying to thinkl Bring me my check book and pen and ink. Hang sentiment by the neck What's the use of St. Valentine's Day? I'll settle the thing in the same old way, With a forty-dollar check! New York Press,