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196 Another insists upon punch and perdrix,
 * Lobster-salad, champagne, and, by way

Of a novelty only, those pearls of our sea,
 * Stewed oysters from Lynn-Haven Bay.

Miss Flounce, the young milliner, blue-eyed and bright,
 * In the front parlor over her shop,

“Entertains,” as the phrase is, a party to-night,
 * Upon peanuts and ginger-pop.

And Miss Fleece, who’s a hosier, and not quite as young,
 * But is wealthier far than Miss Flounce,

She “entertains” also to-night with cold tongue,
 * Smoked herring, and cherry-bounce.

In praise of cold water the Theban bard spoke,
 * He of Teos sang sweetly of wine;

Miss Flounce is a Pindar in cashmere and cloak,
 * Miss Fleece an Anacreon divine.

The Montagues carry the day in Swamp Place;
 * In Pike Street the Capulets reign;

A limonadière is the badge of one race,
 * Of the other a flask of champagne.

Now as each the same evening her soirée announces,
 * What better, he asks, can be done

Than drink water from eight until ten with the Flounces,
 * And then wine with the Fleeces till one!