Makes A Fool Of Himself

BY KAR1, K1TT1UDUE, -Xia a myslery, si', 1 'uld nevev unraYoi,- Thoügh l've thoüght of ii ïiimy a time, ffith a wisli tor Hio Uuth and a freedoui trom cavil, That 1 fancy was truly sublimo - W'hy it is thut a man, be k never hü elevor, Makas a fooi of himself with tliegirls ; 0 gigle aud wiigglui and twaddlas wliencver Hu gets by the side of tlie sii'sIVheii you meet hlm outside wilh tlie masculin geiider, A sensible man lie appears ; And you cannot imagine why be slionld surrender Hi smise at the sight of tue " dears." Uut you see liim agaiu iu the parlor, urrouuded By crinoline, roses, and curls, And lo, what a eb mge ! for he makes a ooniouBded Fooi of himself when he gets with the girlf . Ho smiles and he suiirks and he makes pretty speeches, Or wffic'unuly picks up a fan, And silly, more billy he growi till he reaches Tlio very Tig end of a man. And still with au air which he thinks vety takii.g, lïis pooi l;ttle moustache ho twirls, AuJ he seems nol to know.tho pootfeUów, he'e making A fooi of himself wilh the fcÜÏS, With sueh üke poèforalaBttes the evening he jasses, And he bows and .■-rapes wheu he leaves ; But scaice is he gone eiv the fiiii-lovittg iasses Ar iaughing al hini in sleoves. thile he, with immense saUsfaction interr.al, Goes hüuieward to dieaui of' the curls, Aud iie bas no suspidon of what au iuforual FujI Ue lias mado of himself with the iris.