And the girl should do the driving, For a fellow can't, You know, Unless he's neglectful of what's respectful. In Lover's Lane, Saint Jo. When the high-spirited Eugene Field (1850-1895) was 19 and in his last year at Missouri University, his father died, leaving him a considerable inheritance. He decided to go abroad and spent six months and my patrimony, in France, Italy, Ireland and England. In London he must have suffered great homesickness for the wrote his sentimental poem, Lover's Lane, Saint Jo. The gold-bordered promotional post card, No. 6 of a set, was put out by Women's World magazine and bore Field's picture in the corner. The advertisement on the back of the card read: Woman's World, largest circulation in the world. Send .25 cents for full year's subscription and this set of 12 postcards, sent free and postpaid at once. Woman's World Dept. k.p. Chicago. Each of the 12 postcards contained a different picture and verse, the first two as follows: Saint Jo. Buchanan County, Is leagues and leagues away, And I sit in the gloom of this rented room, And pine to be there today, Yes, with the London fog around me, And the bustling to and fro, I am fretting to be across the sea, In Lover's Lane, Saint Jo. Kansas City Times, October 7, 1972.
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