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She is hotfoot after Cultyure,

She pursues it with a club.

She breathes a heavy atmosphere

Of literary flub.

No literary shrine so far

But she is there to kneel;

But —

Her favorite line of reading

Is O. Meredith’s “Lucille.”

Of course she’s up on pictures —

Passes for a connoisseur.

On free days at the Institute

You’ll always notice her.

She qualifies approval

Of a Titian or Corot;

But —

She throws a fit of rapture

When she comes to Bouguereau.

And when you talk of music,

She is Music’s devotee.

She will tell you that Beethoven

Always makes her wish to pray;

And “dear old Bach!” His very name

She says, her ear enchants;

But —

Her favorite piece is Weber’s

“Invitation to the Dance.”