The pervading influence of Charles Frohman and the Theatrical Syndicate is reflected in this ballad by Thomas J. Grey, a popular "newspaper poet."

'Twas in a crowded railroad train, a soubrette came down the aisle,
And she sat beside an actor whom she greeted with a smile;
He looked at her with chilly glance and said, 'I guess you forget',
And kept looking for his picture in the pink Police Gazette.
She said, 'Jack dear don't you know me? Just think of days of yore?
He threw her a programme and replied, I'm with Ethel Barrymore,
And I must pick my surroundings, for I'm playing on Broadway.'
She just put some powder on her nose and then to him did say:

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'Since you worked for Frohman you don't know me any...