are in constant use, and we are adding additional houses

He always worked a triple-hinged surprise

To end the scene and make one rub his eyes.

He comes with vaudeville, with stare and leer.

He comes with megaphone and specious cheer.

His troupe, too fat or short or long or lean,

Step from the pages of the magazine

With slapstick or sombrero or with cane:

The rube, the cowboy or the masher vain.