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Show oo JUST FOLKS By Edcar A. Guest .4 1 WHEN MOTHER'S SEWING BUTTONS ON When mother's sewing buttons on Their littlo garments, one by one, I settle down contented there And watch here in her rocking chair She's at the task she likes the best Each little walsl and underwest She fondles In a mother's way, And notes each mpn of sturdy play And shakes her h id and says to me: ' I wonder how 'his came to be?" There's BOmething in her patient eyes, As In and out uer needle flies, Which seems to tell the joy she takes In every little stuch she makes; An hour of peace has settled down, Hushed Is the clamor of the town, And even I am different then. For I forsake the ways of men And see about the garments there Bright visions of a happy pair Buttons are closely linked to joy. Each little girl m! little boy Who dare to climb the garden fence Buys that delight at their expense; Buttons are childhood's tattle tales Swifter than telegrams or mails They fly to tell of moments glad That little boys and girls have had, And mother reads the storieB there From every vacant space and tear. She sweetly smiles and says to me; "How sturdy they have grown to be! j It keeps me busy to repair I The shirts and things they have to I chuckle as I watch her sew, j For joy has set the room aglow. And In the picture I can see The strength which means so much to j Though scene is good to look upon When mother's sewing buttons on Loans made by France during th war to her allies were about $12,000.-000,000 $12,000.-000,000 francs. |