Classic Poem

Ho, Porter! Sweep the drawing-room
With all your might and main
And sterilize each cloth and broom —
Babette is on the train.

Ho, Engineer! Keep day and night
A steady eye and brain,
And read the semaphores aright —
Babette is on the train.

Conductor, scan your orders well,
And scan them once again.
Let tower unto tower tell,
Babette is on the train.

Railroaders all, along the way,
By river, hill, and plain,
Stern vigil keep thro' night and day —
Babette is on the train.
W HELEN , for the Big Four .
C URTIS , for the Southern .