Made laws for dress and outward show;
Whose vests were poems, whose coats were dreams
Of gorgeous beauty, so it seems;
Who figured in the public gaze
A 'Star turn' with his courtly ways;
Who fixed the style of a cravat,
Lord of Appeal anent a hat.
And My Lord Chesterfield was quite
The model of the most polite
Wrote famous letters. It's a shame,
A settee has usurped his name.
Dr. Johnson And Dr. Johnson at his ease
1709-1784 Sipped his tea at the 'Cheshire Cheese,'
Or at the 'Mitre' of renown,
Spreading his wit throughout the Town.
Garrick When Garrick as the 'Moody Dane'
Drew the Town to Drury Lane,
Mrs. Siddons Sarah Siddons was all the rage
Tragedy Queen of every age.
Highwaymen armed to the teeth
Waited for prey on Hounslow Heath;
Per contra the Highwayman's pate
Was oft strung up at Tyburn Gate.
Capt. Cook It's only right a History book
1728-1779 Should mark the feats of Captain Cook;
So jot it down in these our Rhymes
That round the World he sailed three times.
Inventions These are the days of much invention
1767 The 'Spinning Jenny' we will mention;
The 'Cotton Mule' and 'Power Loom';
For Authors' names there's lack of room.
Adam Smith In his book 'The Wealth of Nations'
1766 Adam Smith shows the relations
Governing the Art of Trading;
With influences far pervading.
'Man buys as cheaply as he can
And sells as dearly, that's his plan.'
'Supply Demand each other feed
Dearer markets cheap ones bleed.'
Jenner Jenner brings in vaccination,
1796 Boon to every generation;
By similar methods now devised
Many an ill is exorcised.

[Illustration: IRON JELLOIDS The Great Tonic

_NELSON AND WELLINGTON._]

American War In seventeen-sixty and fifteen
1775 Our Taxes raise the Yankees' spleen.
'Unrepresented, you've no right