Excerpt from Punch, Vol. 136: January-June, 1909

Greatly intrigued that Age should snatch A boon to boys denied, I asked her: Can you tell me why You cast a preferential eye n older heads with thinner thatch? Is it the brains inside?

From brows on which no sign of toil Had come from thinking hard Their locks were trained in lengthy streaks (it must have taken weeks and weeks) And plastered down with care and oil And slabs of potted lard.

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