OR THE CHINEE BOY AND THE JAPANESE
BUTTERFLY BUMBLEBEE.
AIR--"_Little Ah Sid._" (_With Apologies to
Mr. Louis Meyer._)
Little AH SID
Was a lemon-faced kid,
With a visage as old as an ape's;
Saffron son-of-a-gun,
He was fond of his fun,
And much given to frolics and japes.
Once in his way,
As AH SID was at play,
A big bumblebee flew in the spring.
"Jap butterfly!"
Cried he, winking his eye;
"Me catchee and pull off um wing!"
_Chorus._
"_Kiya, kiya, kyipye, yukakan!
Kiya, kiya, yukakan!_"
Sang little AH SID,
That elderly kid,
As he went for that bee from Japan.
He made a sharp snap
At the golden-ring'd chap,
That innocent butterfly-bee,
Which buzzed and which bummed,
And circled and hummed
Round the head of that little Chinee.
He guessed not the thing
Had no end of a sting,
As he chased him in malice secure,
And he cried with a grin,--
"Buzzy-wuzzy no win!
Me mashee um buttlefly, sure!"
_Chorus._
"_Kiya, kiya, kyipye, yukakan!
Kiya, kiya yukakan!_"
Sang little AH SID,
The Celestial kid,
As he after "um buttlefly" ran.
Little AH SID
Was a pig-headed kid
(As well as pig-tailed). Could he guess
What _kind_ of a fly
Was buzz-wuzzing hard by,
Till he grabbed him--with stinging success.
"_Kiya, kyipye!_"
Yelled AH SID, as that bee
Stung him hard in a sensitive spot.
"_Kiya yukakan!_
Hang um Japanese man,
Um buttlefly velly much hot!"
_Chorus._
"_Kiya, kiya, kyipye yukakan!
Kiya, kiya, yukakan!_"
Howled hopping AH SID,
"Um hurt me, um did,
Um buttlefly bites--in Japan!!!"
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MODERN MANGERS.--Nearly all hotel advertisements prominently announce as
among the principal attractions of each establishment "_separate
tables_." It looks as if the "all-together-_table-d'hôte_-system" had
failed by reason of "incompatibility of temper." Hence the divorce
_a mensâ_. The long table with all the noses in a row down in the
feeding-trough is by this time a remnant of barbarism. Yet the "boxes"
common to the old eating-houses, such for example, as may still be seen
in some parts of London both east and west, were "pernicious snug" and
sufficiently private, too, for business conversation and confidential
communications.
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SERIOUS, VERY! LATEST FROM CHINA.--The Emperor has been consulting his
physician, who, after careful diagnosis, has pronounced "TUNG in bad
condition, and LUNG queer."
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