Gelett Burgess,
The Martyr of the Suburbs
(1905)
“ 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 ”
