FRUIT.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLVI, Issue 195, 17 August 1912, Page 6

FRUIT.

He wrote a playlet in one scene, And said it was a nectarine. He grew exceedingly elate "When a producer set a date. Tne leading lady was a peach And all her lines went with <i

screech; But gloomy thoughts succeeded soon— The leading man was such a prune, He felt forebodings of despair, So ill assorted was the pair. The rising catcalls made, him wince— Particularly yells of "quince." Producer swore he'd bought a lemon And changed from "angel" into demon. The critics gave the play a dig, And said it •wasn't worth a fig. Succeeding houses followed suit, And killed the show with chicken fruit.