(_Sign on Ashland Ave.: "Vlk the Florist."_)
For flowers fragrant, sweet as milk,
Be sure to call on Florist Vlk.
Roses, lilies, for the folks
Can be purchased down at Vlk's.
Of bouquets there is no lack
At the flower shop of Vlk.
Orchids, pansies, daisies, phlox,
All are sold at Florist Vlk's.
A wondrous place, a shop de luxe
Is this here store of William Vlk's.
F. E. C. Jr.
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The Boston aggregation, by the way (a witty New Yorker, a musician,
informed us), is sometimes referred to as the Swiss Family Higginson and
the Bocheton Symphony orchestra.
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Touching on musical criticism, a Chicago writer who visited St. Louis to
report a music festival had a few drinks before the opening concert. His
telegraphed review began: "Music is frozen architecture."
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Aside from his super-mathematics, Dr. Einstein is understandable. He
prefers Bach to Wagner, Shakespeare to Goethe, and he would rather walk
in the valleys than climb the mountains.
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