A MAN'S IDEAL
A lovely little keeper of the home
Absorbed in menu books; yet erudite
When I need counsel. Quick at repartee,
And slow to anger. Modest as a flower,
Yet scintillant and radiant as a star.
Unmercenary in her mould of mind,
While opulent and dainty in her tastes.
A nature generous and free, albeit
The incarnation of economy.
She must be chaste as proud Diana was,
Yet warm as Venus. To all others cold
As some white glacier glittering in the sun;
To me as ardent as the sensuous rose
That yields its sweetness to the burrowing bee.
All ignorant of evil in the world
And innocent as any cloistered nun,
Yet wise as Phryne in the arts of love
When I come thirsting to her nectared lips.
Clothed to the pretty lobe of her pink ears
For other eyes alway; for mine alone
The feast of sculptured throat and breasts of snow
Gleaming through billows of seductive lace.
Good as the best—and tempting as the worst—
A saint, a siren, and a paradox.
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BEYOND RECALL
"I regret to say, madam, that your little son betrays every symptom of degeneration."
"But, doctor, is there no hope for him?"
"I fear not. I understand that he has read every book in his Sunday-school library."
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A SOCIAL NOTE
Miss Mental Pabulum, of Boston, who is an enthusiastic yachtswoman, has given orders that, during the ensuing yachting season, the crew of her yacht, the Trigonometry, should refer to "a spanking breeze" as "a maternal zephyr."
