Show week before christmas eldest girl dadi dads awful grumpy nowadays discretion I 1 must use for a diamond ring I 1 have craze and if I 1 load him up with praise t perhaps ho be will the needful raise if I 1 mind ry ny pa Ps and Qs the next girl may always get gets the best of dad her faults hell all excuse the way sho she works him makes mo me mad right now when I 1 need gowns so bad but maybe they can mn still bo be had if I 1 mind my Ps and Qs ti the c eldest bo boy v i I 1 wonder when I 1 ask dad for A watch if hell refuse perhaps hell think it kinder raw in view of what I 1 vo ve had before but maybe I 1 can make him thaw if I 1 mina my Ps and Qs the next bo boys j aw rats jim thinks hes bally smart cause he can dad but ay say he lie ought to hare have a heart and not be hogging all the tart but maybe I 1 can get a part if it I 1 mind my Ps and Qs Q the kids hooray I 1 next week old santa claus will come with his hi bull moose hoose well get got a lot of toys because became we were ve washed our faces and our paws and done up all the household chores and minded Ps and Qs dad dads looking sick these days but yet with care he may enthuse and pay my millinery debt and ad buy that hind handsome somo toilet set ill 11 feed him well and see you bet I 1 mind my Ps and Qs dad doggone it all I 1 I 1 the lot were standing in my shoes they think im fooled with tommyrot and past neglect have quite forgot such wheedling makes me nie blazing hot by heck back ill take to booze I 1 MRS GRUNDY |