PROEM.[a]

We are coming to the rescue, Just a hundred strong; With fun and pun and epigram, And laughter, wit, and song; With badinage and repartee, And humor quaint or bold, And stories that are stories, Not several æons old; With parody and nondescript, Burlesque and satire keen, And irony and playful jest, So that it may be seen That women are not quite so dull: We come—a merry throng; Yes, we're coming to the rescue, And just a hundred strong.