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FIFTY-FIFTY

... THE first half-century, young man, the sage remarked, Is difficult and slow, with danger, fraught. The batsman, noting how the field is parked. Digs himself in lest prematurely caught. His eye, not yet accustomed to the light, Is apt to make mistakes and see things wrong He treats the pitch in manner most polite, Bats cautiously if he 's to stay there long. So, as with singles slowly mounts ...

Published: Wednesday 04 January 1950
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 243 | Page: Page 37 | Tags: Illustrations  Poem 

Wholly Matrimony

... Exception Though he was poor but young and gay, And she gay, young and poor no less, Their marriage, wonderful to say, Was anything but a success. Justin Richardson ...

Published: Wednesday 04 January 1950
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 31 | Page: Page 34 | Tags: Poem 

Wholly Matrimony: Vital Urge

... ft Wholly Matrimony Vital Urge Matchmaking parents hand in glove, Passion, Propinquity or Love No matter, one of the above Will give young folk the needed shove. Justin Richardson ...

Published: Wednesday 18 January 1950
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 29 | Page: Page 36 | Tags: Poem 

Wholly Matrimony: Ne Plus

... Wholly Matrimony Ne Plus What fuller sight has life, all said and done, Than the young father lifting up their son. Justin Richardson ...

Published: Wednesday 25 January 1950
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 23 | Page: Page 40 | Tags: Poem 

Wholly Matrimony: Riposte

... Wholly Matrimony Riposte He had an errant eye that sometimes sinned And she a jealousy that could not sleep. She used to tell him beauty was skin- deep, And, when she did, he said she was thin-skinned. Justin Richardson ...

Published: Wednesday 01 February 1950
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 39 | Page: Page 36 | Tags: Poem 

Wholly Matrimony: Starlet

... Wholly Matrimony Starlet Miss X craves the publicity That comes from a divorce, Her difficulty is that she Should marry first, of course. Justin Richardson. ...

Published: Wednesday 08 February 1950
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 25 | Page: Page 34 | Tags: Poem 

Wholly Matrimony: Double Harness

... Wholly Matrimony Double Harness Let us in double harness share life's strains Certainly, darling I shall hold the reins. Justin Richardson. ...

Published: Wednesday 15 February 1950
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 21 | Page: Page 34 | Tags: Poem 

Wholly Matrimony: High Hatting

... Wholly Matrimony High Hatting He married beneath him how could he help that A bridegroom's dress imposes the high hat. --Justin Richardson ...

Published: Wednesday 01 March 1950
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 22 | Page: Page 36 | Tags: Poem 

Wholly Matrimony

... Note for the Scientist People who have three daughters try once more, And then it 's fifty-fifty they '11 have four. Those with a son or sons will let things be. Hence all these surplus women. Q.F..D. Justin Richardson ...

Published: Wednesday 08 March 1950
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 41 | Page: Page 38 | Tags: Poem 

Wholly Matrimony

... Illogical Woman Old maids take to religion. In their scale Religion counter-weighs the lack of male. Man is then god-like! But these ancient dailies Would be the foremost to rebut such claims. Justin Richardson m ...

Published: Wednesday 15 March 1950
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 37 | Page: Page 40 | Tags: Poem 

Wholly Matrimony: This and That

... Wholly Matrimony This and That Marriage is this and that and this And unendurable to miss And marriage is that and this and that While single life 's so smooth so flat. Justin Richardson ...

Published: Wednesday 22 March 1950
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 34 | Page: Page 50 | Tags: Poem 

Wholly Matrimony: Anyone's Bet

... Wholly Matrimony Anyone's Bet Justin Richardson Ts love just a gamble, A matter of betting Or is it a gambol, A matter of petting ...

Published: Wednesday 05 April 1950
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 24 | Page: Page 38 | Tags: Poem