THE SWEET LITTLE MAN.

Tuapeka Times, Volume XLV, Issue 6220, 12 December 1914, Page 1

THE SWEET LITTLE MAN.

tator' quotes Oliver Wendell Holmee' | atinging verses, "The- Sweet Little Mair' (dedicated to the St&y-at-Home Bangers). The verses were written for the Dfenefit of certain "nuts" of Boston, U.S.A., who would not go to tlie war, but-preferred loungingjin ease and criticising their betters. They were a minority, as it is hoped they are a minority now. But the verses did their work •then, and may do it again : All the brave boys under cajwas are sleeping, M of them pressing to march with the van, Far from the home where their sweethearts are weeping; What are you waiting for, sweet little man? You with the terrible warlike moustaches, Fit for a colonel or chief of a clan. You with the waist made for sword-belts and sashes j Where are you shoulder-straps, sweet little manP Bring Mm the buttonlese garment of woman I Oover his face lest it freckle and tau; Muster the Apron-String Guards on the Common— Where are your shoulder-straps, 6weet little man I All the fair maidens about him shall cluster, Pluck the white feathers from bonnet and fan, Make him a plume like a turkey-wing duster— That is the crest .for the sweet little man I