WHEN MOTHER IS AWAY.
The house is such a dreary place when mother is away; There isn’t fun in anythin#, no matter what you play. The dolls just sit as stupid, and act so still and queer— They always say such funny things when mother’s by to hear. The little china tea-set looks so lonesome wait in# ‘here; There’s no fun playing party and eatin# only air! It isn’t like the lovely things you most believe you see Upon the plates and saucers, when mother comes to tea. There's no use doing up your hair, and dressing up in style, You know it’s iust pretending, and you’re Betty all the while ; You never hear a whisper from the chairs against the w all; “Dear me, what splendid lady now is coming here to call!” The pictures in the picture-books are never half so fine, The stories won’t come out and talk for any pains of mine; An houi goes so slowly, it’s almost like a day— The house is such a lonely place when mother is away. —“Good Housekeeping.”
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White Ribbon, Volume 23, Issue 272, 18 February 1918, Page 8
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179WHEN MOTHER IS AWAY. White Ribbon, Volume 23, Issue 272, 18 February 1918, Page 8
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