James Montgomery Flagg

“ Al Higgins thought he married well when he got Sally Brown,
For very well connected was his “poil,”
Connected too with all the finest families in the town—
By telephone—She was a “Hello-Goil”!
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“DON’T.”
These foolish happy people here,
Mehitabel and Harry,
Disdaining quite those words of “Punch”
To those about to marry! ”

“ Mr. Tootles rides on trolley cars a good bit of his life,
His little wife goes with him for the ride;
A friend asked why he married such a tiny little wife—
“She’s so easy to get on with!” he replied. ”

“ He married her because she didn’t swagger like a man,
Nor did she stand with feet apart, toes in,
She wasn’t a “good fellow,” thickly coated with a tan—
She was merely lovely, really feminine!
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STRONGER THAN MERE LOVE. ”