Gelett Burgess

“ It's afferent when Maysie comes to town.
When Maysie comes to town, she telephones to Harry
To meet her after Willie's disappeared;
She gracefully eludes his importunities to marry.
She drinks a dry Martini, and is cheered.
The neighbors in New Jersey see no men who come to call,
(Though the postman stops at Maysie's with a frown) .
Poor Maysie's "literary"; she's considered sober, very—
It's different when Maysie comes to town.
When Maysie comes to town, she has to call on Walter ”