Valentines
Valentine from Senator Margaret Chase Smith to Al Friendly of the Washington Post February 14, 1953 Valentine to Senator Margaret Chase Smith, February 13, 1960	Ode to Senator Margaret Chase Smith Some doltish printer, short on talent, Crude, misogynous, ungallant, Doubtless drunk, beset with fidgets, Has went and done transposed the digits. Fie upon you, churlish printer, Who changed our Maggie's spring to winter! Were wisdom, mellowness or wit the gauge Then centuries would be her age But if 'twere charm and youthful sheen The figure should have read 16. We grieve for our perverse chronologies, And send her love, with our apologies. Al Friendly, Washington Post February 12, 1953 Ode from the Aged to the Young Some search for a clue, but in vain, Of the age of the Lady from Maine. The secret's now out Although there's some doubt How much she may be on the wane. Senator Margaret Chase Smith February 14, 1953
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