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I
THE
UP.To.DATE
BARTENDERS
cum:
55
EUGENE‘FIELD’S TOAST
TO
THE
LADIES
The
wimmin!
So let
us
all;
yes.
by that love
which all
our lives
rejoices.
By
those dear
eyes
that speak to
us
with love’:
seraphic voices.
By
those dear arms that
will
infold
us
when
we
sleep
forever.
By
those dear lips that kiss
the
lips
that may give
answer
never.
By
mem’ries
lurkin’
in our hearts
an’
all our
eyes
bedimmin’.
We’ll
drink
a
health to those we love
an’
who love
us—thc wimmin!
Here’s
lovers
two
to the
maiden true.
And
four
to
the
maid caressing.
But
the
wayward girl with lips
that
curl
Keeps
twenty
lovers guessing.
RIP
VAN
WINKLE
TOAST.
Here
is
your
goot helt.
Und
your
family’s goot helt.
Und
may you all live
long
und brosper.