D. Dalziel

Name: A Parody on Princess Ida
Author: D. Dalziel

A Parody on Princess Ida

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“A Parody on Princess Ida”, is a work by D. Dalziel. It explores elements such as Alton, Castle Adamant and Chicago.

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D. Dalziel, A Parody on Princess Ida

“ With the prince and his two friends checking their baggage and then to the gardens at Castle Adamant, a charming retreat on the line of the Chicago and Alton Railroad. In the distance can be seen the steel tracks of the Chicago and Alton Railroad glittering in the noonday sun. The air is calm and balmy, disturbed only by the occasional song of some bird, or the musical hum of a distant train on the Alton Line, as it whizzes with lightning speed along the track. ”

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D. Dalziel, A Parody on Princess Ida

“ It is true also—this fact I cannot deny—that the equipment of the Alton Line is as near perfection as human ingenuity can make it. That their train service is perfect, their cars superb, their track as smooth as the skin on my face, and that they run the only through train worth taking between Chicago and Kansas City, and all points West. I can say this fearlessly. Their tracks are but steel, their cars merely wood and metal, and we have nothing to fear from wood and metal. ”

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D. Dalziel, A Parody on Princess Ida

“ The Alton Train,
With sweet refrain,
Brought us, here we are!
Flying lightly,
Whizzing sprightly,
O’er the Alton Track.
We expect to
All invite you
When we journey back.
HILARION—Hush, scoffer! Despite the advantages of our remarkably excellent line, it is proper for you to remember that you can’t work off any tickets here in this college of learning. These ladies are going to do wonderful things, I am told. List to their intentions:
They intend to live alone
From us men; from us men. ”

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D. Dalziel, A Parody on Princess Ida

“ To say a single word against the fav’rite Alton Line.
To speak in praise of anything goes hard against the grain,
But I really never was upon such a perfect train.
I had dinner in a dining car, which every want could fill,
And I drank my health quite frequently, and didn’t pay my bill.
You see I try to make myself as pleasant as I can,
Yet! Everybody says I’m such a disagreeable man,
And I can’t think why.
HILARION CHECKS HIS BAGGAGE.
ON THE DINING CAR.
GAMA—So this is the royal castle of the Chicago and Alton Railroad? ”

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D. Dalziel, A Parody on Princess Ida

“ She’s in Castle Adamant foresworn to all men, surrounded by a hundred maidens fair, who think as she does.
HILD.—Surely we can win her over?
GAMA—Not you! She and her companions will have nothing to do with anything masculine. One young lady brought a mail phaeton with her to the castle and she was expelled. When the time comes for the fast mail for Kansas City over your line to pass, the young ladies shut themselves in the basement cellar. Perhaps the never failing graces of your Alton men may win her. ”

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D. Dalziel, A Parody on Princess Ida

“ It is true that they dress with exquisite taste, that their manners are those which Lord Chesterfield so highly commended, that they belong to the only railroad corporation in the world which even I can look upon with feelings akin to admiration. ”

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D. Dalziel, A Parody on Princess Ida

“ Your service must be done by yourselves. No obsequious porters will brush your boots or carry about your bundle. And so, if you think well of this, there are here one hundred maidens fair who are prepared to love and welcome you. Will you try to give the fullness of your love to them? ”

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D. Dalziel, A Parody on Princess Ida

“ She is also expelled for looking out of her window when the Chicago and Alton train was passing.
BLANCHE—I was only looking out for the sleepers, they are so—
LADY P.—Enough! Looking out for sleepers is not a square game to play. Even horrid man condemns it. And now, young ladies, prepare yourselves, for your Princess Ida will be here directly to read you the lessons of the day. ”

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D. Dalziel, A Parody on Princess Ida

“ They tell me she has foresworn men—never having had anything to do with them she probably does not know what she loses. But they say she has shut herself up in the Castle Adamant accompanied by a number of devotees. ”

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