LAY OF THE SOCIAL DIARIST

Ladies' Mirror, Volume I, Issue 8, 1 February 1923, Page 30

LAY OF THE SOCIAL DIARIST

Let other scribes with jeers and gibes Pursue the good and great, Or probe the tricks of politics. The secrecies of State; ’Tis mine, as zvith a kindly care Life’s landscape I explore. Simply to notice “ Who zvere There,” To mention “What they Wore.” Week in, zveek out, or ball or rout, On river, lawn, or road. In Fashion’s mart I zvatch the smart, The hierophants of Mode; With zest I note Lord Gorin’s frockcoat And state zvith reverence due That Lady Spink looked zvell in pink Or mauve or grey or blue. Week in, zveek out, zvith zeal devout I find congenial themes In dames in jade or gold-brocade And wondrous colour-schemes; And very seldom do I shrink From noting by the zvay That Lady Spink looked well in pink Or mauve or blue or grey. Although the hats of Lady Ouph Are of preposterous size, I do not venture on reproof, I never criticise; No venom mingles zvith my ink; I find, where-er I rove, That Lady Spink looks zvell in pink Or blue or grey or mauve. And, if the last dread trump should sound At some great social shozv, I knozv I shall be faithful found To Lady Spink and Co.; Not musing upon Heaven or Hell, But noting who zvere there. And zvho zvas drest in “blue de del,” And zvho in “feu d’enfer. — Punch.