THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE, MAY 24, 1908.
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SHE' CROSSES BROOKLYN BRIDGE
The rush hour crush at Brooklyn Bridge
is famed both far and wide.
And it is known that maids (and felfows
too) have nearly died
From being squeezed too tight when on
their way to Brooklyn homes,
And men have often lost their hats and
women their side combs.
Fair Flufry was invited to a "tea" on
Prospect Slope,
And with her aunt the girl set forth With
Brooklyn crowds to cope.
They reached the Bridge at half'past five
and were a bit dismayed
To see the surging, fighting mass the
manners there displayed
Frail girls are rudely elbowed back or
hurled againstlhejcars.
And veterans, battle scarredamd tough,
have loudly thanked their stars
That it has been vouchsafed to them to
cross the Bridge alive,
So madly swarm the human bees within
that awful hive.
Now, Flufry might have used the tunnel,
but she did not think
Of that awe inspiring, rapid firing, new
connecting link.
And so she took her skirt in. hand, her
pretty shoulders squared.
And with her aunt behind her to the Flat'
bush tracks she fared,
Who says that ancient chivalry has
wholly passed away ?
That knightly deeds to lovely dames have
long since had their day ?
A Brooklyn youth espied the maid and
knew her at first sight.
'Here' s Flufry Ruffles, in this mob. Does
she get home all right ?
Does Fluffy Ruffles cross the Bridge urv
harmed r There came a shout,
And Flufry Ruffles of her fame no longer
had a doubt
The crowds fell back, and Aunt and she
they helped upon their way,
And three times three they loudly -gave
for Flufry (so they say).
Each man upon that Flatbush car rose up
with hat in hand
"I pray, Miss Flufry, take my seat, I'd
much prefer to stand'
She sat just like a iueen enthroned (with
suite) to Prospect Slope.
And chivalry received a boost that s per-
manent, I hope.
Charles Battell Loorras
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(CQPYR1QHT, 1908, BY THE
NEW YORK HERALD CO.)
All Rijhtj Koenred.
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