Tag Archive for: Family

The Family Reading-Table

The Family Reading-Table 3444 Father's busy roading of "The Graft That's All About": Mother's wondering when the next magazine comes out; Aunty hasn't finished with "The Lifting of the r Lid," Little Johnny's busy with "The Life of Captain…

A Memory

A Memory Emily Sargent Lewis 572 My mother died when I was four, That's why I can't remember more Of what she used to do and say So long ago I'm six to-day I know one day she climbed with me, Way up into the apple tree, The flowers fell…

A Very Conservative Man

A Very Conservative Man 1156 He doesn't believe half the stories he hears- He's a very conservative man The papers, he says, spread unwarranted fears- He's a very conservative map The troubles we hear of he mlidly de clares, Most often are…

Vassar Faith

Vassar Faith 5441 With my faith in the destiny of woman's higher education thus rudely shattered, I rested for a moment near an open window of Main, from which floated the clear tones of a musical Freshman, who seemed to be practicing the…

The Open Door

The Open Door 3435 Young Mother Hubbard, two years wed, Left one day all alone In Husband's mother's house, observed Poor Fido beg a bone So to a cupboard straight she hied And, flinging back the deal door wide, Let loose not one bone,…

A Familu Club Lyric

A Family Club Lyric 403 At a Family club jinks last week Larry Harris made his bow as a lyric writer Nothing preten tious did Larry serve up for the edification of his club pals, but in his jingles he gave expression to a sentiment that…

Baby In Church

Baby In Church 416-1 Aunt Nellie bad fashioned a dainty thing Of Hamburg and ribbon and lace, And mamma had said, as she settled it round Our beautiful baby's face, Where the dimples play and the laughter Hes Like sunbeams hid in her…

The Reason For It

The Reason For It 4866 For It Although she braved the breakers, She couldn't swim at all, But when she donned her bathing suit And flung aside her shawl And in the sand disported To show her ankie trim This girl of ancient family Was…

Misrepresetative Women

Misrepresetative Women 907 Harry Graham in two previous books has provided much sport for those fond of humorous verse His new book, "Misrepresentative Women," is equally entertaining and it is well illustrated by Dan Sayre Groesbeck The…

“Where Do You Go From Here?

"WHERE DO YOU GO FROM HERE? 4003 Human nature is pretty much alike the world over and all of the family are more or less curious in regard to circuses and circus people and natur ally ask questions of various kinds concerning when …

Fuller And Warren

Fuller and Warren 1274 Te sons of Columbia, your attention I crave While & sorrowful altty I tell Which happened of late in old Initiana state Of a hero whom fow could excel Ilks Ramson, be courted the foy of his life And intended to make…

The Girl Who Used To Be

The Girl Who Used to Be 1212 Here's an end to loving; here we part," you say; "Life, the cruel master, has to have his way We have had our pleasant vision, you and I- Now the daylight calls me: I must say good-by" Glib your tongue to frame…

A Child’s Prayer

A Child's Prayer 1222 Father, while I pray to Thee, May Thy love descend on me; I am but a little child, Make me strong and pure and mild; Pardon every wrong I do, Help me love the good and true; From Thee comes my dally food, Loving…

A Family,

A Family 4001 Whenever a man's to be shot in the back And the shooter escape by a hypocrite's tack: When a bully is wanted to stand in the dark And without word or warning, to make for his mark One unsuspecting, unknowing, unarmed, All…

The Thoughtless Farmer

The Thoughtless Farmer 5978 A Parody-Speech for a Boy A thoughtless farmer so they say, Carelessly threw his crops away; So far beyond his reach they flew, The farmer knew not what to do For in them was a season's work, Ills family's toil,…

The Secret Of It

The Secret of It 575 My love has often said to me, "My love I know you're plain; But married life with you, my sweet, has brought me naught but gain Let other women sing and dance, or even write a book, Yet you're above them all in charm- remember,…

Kiss Her

Kiss Her 574 At the last annual dinner of the Friendly Hans of St Patrick, In New York, Thomas Augustin Daly of Phila- delphia had something to say of the joys of married life, and he told how to preserve these joys in this poem: Say,…

A Defense Of Father

A Defense of Father 6411 Nobody knows the money it takes To keep the home together; Nobody knows of the debt it makes, Nobody knows-but father Nobody's told that the boys need shoes And girls hats with a feather: Nobody else old clothes…

Father William

Father William By Lewis Carroll 891 You are old Father William, the young man wald And your half has become very whites And yet you incremantly stand on your head Do you think, at your age, it is right?" "In my youth," Father William reptied…

The Skaters

The Skaters Grant Cook 2332 The rising moon, Dispels the gloom, And throws her beams on frozen lake, afar: A pathway, bright With mellow light, Where skaters skim across the amber bar With swinging stride And graceful glide, The skaters…