The smells are stonger than they were,
The nuts are getting worse;
The wino's cheeks are redder still,
Easy Rose is out of town.
The boys at Charlie's wear gayer clothes,
And Harry a scarlet gown
Lest I should be old-fashioned,
I'll put this stinker on.

--Emmie Dickyson, "My Side Of Town," from
Poems For All Occassions, Even Yours
(New York: Blunt Instrument Press, 1901), p. 2,594.