H is for Henri’s young Red Top, the shaver Whom Cubies regard with aversion and spite. His life-like appearance has won their disfavor: “He might walk right out of the picture!” they quaver,-- “Why, only to think of it fills us with fright!” --H is for Henri’s young Red Top the shaver. [Illustration: H] I’s for the Cubies’ Immense Intuition,-- “The only real need of an artist,” they say: “Without it we all would go straight to perdition!” Between you and me, I’ve a sneaking suspicion The Cubies themselves appear well on the way! --I’s for the Cubies’ Immense Intuition. [Illustration: I] J’s for the Jam in the Cubies’ headquarters, And the Jar that they gave us, the first time we met; And that same Jar of Jam from across the blue waters Is quite unexcelled among those the importers Have wafted us over the ocean as yet. --J’s for the Jam in the Cubies’ headquarters. [Illustration: J] K’s for Kandinsky’s Kute “improvisations”-- The Kubies abound in delight for his art: They say there’s a Klue to his Kryptic Kreations. By means of Picabia’s deep ratiocinations Some day we may really decipher his heart. --K’s for Kandinsky’s Kute “improvisations.” [Illustration: K] L is for Life that is “still,” as they name it, Or “nature” that’s “dead,” as you readily see. When you think how it’s treated, you really can’t blame it. You’d wish, in it’s place, _you_ were dead. Just the same it Is shocking how cruel the Cubies can be! --L is for Life that is “still,” as they name it. [Illustration: L] M’s for Matisse’s Mam’selle Marguerite, (With whom all the Cubies are madly in love;) Her manner is so prepossessing and sweet That, if she but had them, we’d fall at her feet! (In her eyes, what a mingling of serpent and dove!) --M’s for Matisse’s Mam’selle Marguerite. [Illustration: M] N’s for the Nudes that the Cubies portray,-- We willingly vouch for their perfect propriety, Even while some we regard with dismay,-- For instance, the lady as long as Broadway: With all due respect, we don’t crave her society! --N’s for the Nudes that the Cubies portray. [Illustration: N] O’s for Objective and Optical Art, (The kind we’ve been used to, these long years gone by,) Which the Cubie Objects to with all of his heart: “Make the Object Subjective,” he says, “at the start,-- Just a matter of Grammar, as easy as pie!” --O’s for Objective and Optical Art. [Illustration: O] P’s for Picasso, Picabia and Party (Who deal in abstractions, distractions and such.) When, with vision chaotic and expletives hearty, You beg of a Cubie their sense to impart, he Profoundly makes answer: “In little is much.” --P’s for Picasso, Picabia and Party. [Illustration: P]