WHY THEY MARRIED
TEXT AND ILLUSTRATIONS
BY
JAMES MONTGOMERY FLAGG
new york
life publishing company
1906
Copyright 1906
LIFE PUBLISHING COMPANY
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ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
DEDICATED
TO SEVERAL OBLIGING MARRIED COUPLES
WHO HAVE POSED
FOR SOME OF THESE PORTRAITS
Don’t be ashamed to let us know
Why you tried matrimony,
For others brave the under-tow
For reasons quite as funny;
We give these little facts away,
Perhaps it is a treason,
Don’t marry in an off-hand way,
Be sure “there’s a reason!”
Why you tried matrimony,
For others brave the under-tow
For reasons quite as funny;
We give these little facts away,
Perhaps it is a treason,
Don’t marry in an off-hand way,
Be sure “there’s a reason!”
STUNG!
He was a gentle and sensitive chap,
He married the forceful Miss Howe,
He wanted her sympathy, did the poor yap—
He has everyone’s sympathy now!
He married the forceful Miss Howe,
He wanted her sympathy, did the poor yap—
He has everyone’s sympathy now!
SHE KEPT HER WORD.
Maud hung onto straps in the Subway and “L,”
No man ever said “Take my seat!”
She swore that she’d marry the first one who did—
The next day her husband did meet!
No man ever said “Take my seat!”
She swore that she’d marry the first one who did—
The next day her husband did meet!
SKIDDOO!
When your wife jams her hat on and packs up her bag
And says “I shall go back to mother!”
If you sniff she
And says “I shall go back to mother!”
If you sniff she
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