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I should like to remark that Dame Rumor / Is the most unalluring of jades. / She has little or no sense of humor, / And her fables are worse than George Ade's. / (Or rather, I mean, if the reader prefers, / That the fables of Ade are much _better_ than hers! )
Her appearance imbues one with loathing, / From her jaundiced, malevolent eyes / To the tinsel she cares to call clothing, / Which is merely a patchwork of lies. / For her garments are such that a child could see through, / And her blouse (need I add? ) is the famed Peek-a-boo!