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Show PLATITUDINIOUS. It was a worthy Senator, the which I will not name, On whom an aggravating wife endeavored to bring shame, But her unspousal efforts naught evoked but cynic grin Wlhoever knew a Senator not wholly free from sin? Pray do not take that statement as original from mo; We recognize our Senators are all that they should be. It was a case of dual pugilism from the first, Of slippers, coachmen, lady friends, and viteous doors that burst; Of treacherous detectives and of meetings clandestine, clande-stine, Such as from time to time in circles commonplace common-place are seen. But scarcely can such things be hurled upon tho heads of men' Whose hairs are white, whose ages number three scoro years and ten. At seventy a man may unreproached his way proceed, And o'n chuck married ladies' 'neath their chins, unblamod the deed, For all is called paternal; I myself am free to say I wish I were paternal, for I sometimes feel th.it way. A septuagenarian's considered free from vice, And is called Platonic, which is synonym for "nice." Town Topics. |
