Life — September 1, 1904 — page 16: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

The Fall Girl. THOUSAND sing the girl of Spring— The maid of fluff and laces ; A thousand more their fancies pour To tell the June bride's graces ; The Summer girl of smile and curl Occasions rhyming scraw]— And now is due a tribute to The bonny girl of Fall. The Fall Girl— The tall girl— In blue or gray or brown; In tailor-made She is arrayed— She's coming back to town, We celebrate the graduate Demure in mull or challis ; The tennis girl, with skirts awhirl, Evokes a rhyming rally ; We softly chant the débutante At her initial ball— Where is the Muse of him who views The bonny girl of Fall? The Fall Girl— ‘The small girl— In blue or gray or brown ; A rare delight Unto the sight— She's coming back to town, From head to feet she’s trim and neat; Her cheeks are full of color That makes the glow the maples show Seem dim, and cold, and duller. Now come the days of smoky haze And distant wiater’s call In autumn's blur—Hats off to Her, The bonny girl of Fall! The Fall Girl— She's all girl, In blue or gray or brown, Or any hue That's swagger-new— She's coming back to town, Wilbur D, Nesbit. On the Roof of the New Skyscraper. ANITOR'S SON (peering J over the edge): Daddy, what's that thing down in the street that looks like a lead- pencil ? Janitor (gazing through spy- glass): That, my boy—that must be Trinity Church spire. Copyright. 1904, as lirn HE reformers turn the rascals out, and then make it easy for them to get in again. THE FALL GIRL. comicbooks.com