Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: THE LATEST FAD NANNETTE is just the dearest girl; To her I vow my love and duty; From slipper-tip to shining curl She 's my ideal of dainty beauty. She's all a fiancee should be, No words are fond enough to praise her; But life has lost its charm for me Since Nan became a crystal-gazer. The passing fad of each new day Has caught her somewhat fickle fancy; It nearly took my breath away When she went in for Chiromancy. She studied Psychical Research, And Hypnotism did n't faze her; She even joined the Buddhist church; But now she is a crystal-gazer. Some of her fads I rather liked, — Her cult of Ibsen, or of Browning, Her swagger costume when she biked, Her Dress Reform and Delsarte gowning; THE LATEST FAD I liked it when she tried to cook Crabs a la Newburg in her blazer; But life takes on a different look Since Nan became a crystal-gazer. Her fervid gaze she concentrates, — That crystal ball her constant focus; She ardently invokes the Fates And all their mystic hocus-pocus, With muscles tense, and head erect, Until the gleaming crystal sways her (I 've known it to have that effect, Though I am not a crystal-gazer). Of course I know it's but a freak, The very latest London notion; She may forget it in a week And find some other new devotion. But with my heart too long she's played, - I wonder if it would amaze her If I should woo another maid While Nan remains a crystal-gazer. THE POSTER GIRL'S DEFENCE TT was an Artless Poster Girl pinned up against my wall, She was tremendous ugly, she was exceeding tall; I was gazing at her idly, and I think I must have slept, For that poster maiden lifted up her poster voice, and wept. She said between her poster sobs, " I think it's rather rough T...