BALLADE OF BOOKS WITHOUT STRAW
When East Is-no longer the Land or Romance, And West ia no longer the Great Open When, hotly inspired by a languorous glance, No hero embarks oh adventuresome chases; When stern retribution no miscreant traces, When -wards never marry their guardians, and when . , Detectives dispense with inscrutable faces— What will the novelists write about then? -;
When legacies given by uncles and aunts No longer are paid on a strictly cash basis, Affording impoverished maidens a chance To da:zle their neighbours with diamonds and laces; When husbands and wives avoid alien embraces, Keep all the Commandments. Irom One unto Ten, And never make scenes in conspicuous placesWhat will the novelists write about then?
When ladles abroad, say in Efi.vpt or France, Shall cease to foil blots by" their charms ;md their graces. Sliftll blush all unseen sfc tbe embassy dance, And fa.il to find fate at «n Ara)> oasis; ' 1 When no man "dropa out" to I've down his disgraces, Tlinn meets the right sirl, ana is huppy again I When rising young lawyer,-, lose all ot thcif cases— Wliat will the novelists write about then? Time, the implacable, sternly effaces All that .16 dearest to women and Wen. Som« day dark Iwrjsa will stop winning races— What will the novelists write about then? -New .York lift, S.X,.i
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 23, 27 January 1923, Page 17
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222BALLADE OF BOOKS WITHOUT STRAW Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 23, 27 January 1923, Page 17
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