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Show 102___________________________________U. of U. Chronicle Year BookSoliloquiesBy B. E. and V. B. - CollaboratorsFAIRCHILD SHERMAN - "I wish 1 was a little girl 'Cause then I'd have the right To change my name when I got big To something not so light."For just the other day it was, A man came up to me, And, lookin' at me queerly, asked, 'Your name, what might it be?'"And when I answered 'Fairchild, sir,' And straightened up my figger, Why, then he said, 'Well, did you think I took you for a nigger?' "FOX -"If I should let my native witFlow free as impulse leads,'Twould quite unfit my doting friendsFor any kind of deeds.They'd split their sides with bursts of mirth.Each woman, child and man!And so I never dare to beAs funny as I can!"Mr. CORY, a la Milton -"Oh, whence shall I betake myself, Oh, whither hie me to?I wander on in endless grief the whole world through,Seeking one spot in fruitless quest,Where vengeful man will not destroy my rest.Sadly I hear at every door the stern word 'hence.'Oh, for what deed of mine is this the recompense?At Peter's gate I knocked, and turned away in fear-Alas ! he thundered out to me, 'Pass quickly on-don't loiter here.' I'HOUSE -"Ich habe nicht the Zeitgeiut!C'est tres, tres malheureuseWhen professeurs must dodge the winksQf Madchens studieuse!Je dare not marcher pas a pas-Much less to pirouette--L'age des tenebres c'est here!Cette age de la coquette!" |