The English long ago gave up trying to remember their kings by sheer will power. They devised a jingle to help them"First William the Norman, then William his son," etc. Last week in Harper's Bazaar, Jingleer Ogden Nash tried to do the same for U.S. citizens and their Presidents. Samples:
One is for Washington, Glorious George, In statesmanship dauntless As at Valley Forge.
Fourth, Madison comes, Two loves in his life, CONSTITUTION, his child, And Dolly, his wife.
Seven for Jackson, Old Hickory, Andy, With gun or with government Equally handy.
Seventeen, Andrew Johnson Through disaster admitted, Unlettered, unlucky, Impeached and acquitted.
Then Arthur, then...
