The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IV. (of X.) Page 12
A MODERN ADVANTAGE
BY CHARLOTTE BECKER
One morning, when the sun shone bright And all the earth was fair, I met a little city child, Whose ravings rent the air.
"I lucidly can penetrate The Which," I heard him say,-- "The How is, wonderfully, come To clear the limpid way.
"The sentence, rarely, rose and fell From ceiling to the floor; Her words were spotlessly arranged, She gave me, strangely, more."
"What troubles you, my little man?" I dared to ask him then,-- He fixed me with a subtle stare, And said, "Most clearly, when
"You see I'm occupied, it's rude To question of my aims-- I'm going to the adverb school Of Mr. Henry James!"