At the Pit Door
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THE long file of people, two abreast, waiting resignedly for the hour of 7:30 p. m., look round sharply at the open space beside them when the girl with the guitar gives a preliminary strum. They are prepared to welcome anything calculated to chase monotony, for even half-penny comic papers after a time cease to amuse, and those reminiscent of past performances develop, when they pass a certain class, into first-class bores. This is why the guitar girl comes opportunely, and when she lifts up her chin and sings in a raucous voice to a tum-tum accompaniment, the two-abreast crowd listens with all its ears. E 243, at the end of the queue, looks on tolerantly, being a man with musical tastes and consequently of a genial disposition. Here singeth one:
When you meet a nice young person and you feel you've see a worse one,
And you seek a interduction, don't you know,
You are puzzled how to greet her, tho no lady could be neater,
So very shy and strictly comilfo.
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