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Show A Tribute to Father As I've thumbed tonight through this magazine I find the" ads all say "Second Sunday in June is set apart To honor Father's Day." "And these are the things he will cherish, Each so appealing and neat; These are the things you should buy for dad To make his day complete." A carton of cigarettes is one Or a tin of his favorite brand An electric razor, a fine wrist watch Or a ruby for his right hand. And I think of my own dear father As these ads I measure And I wonder, would any of these Have piven dad much Dlea- sure?? Cigarettes, or a pipe or a fancy lighter Would have been quite a joke-None joke-None these he'd have use for, You see, My father didn't smoke. An electric razor he never owned A wrist watch? None at all. The only watch I saw him have Was a pocket "Ingersoll." These weren't the things he cherished cher-ished They held little value for dad. The things he counted as valua-ble valua-ble Were other treasures he had. Once he was radiant with happiness, hap-piness, He couldn't hold back a tear The night his son was chosen Distinguished Man of the Year. Among hs days of supreme hap. piness I've often heard him say, Were each one of his children's Graduation Day. Then when he became grandfather grand-father His Joy was most complete And he said he was the richest man That lived on any street. These things were really his treasure , His friends, his family, his wife His little home, fellowmen's Good will These were his treasures in life; And when we wanted to spend some cash And buy him something or other He'd say "go spend it on the kids Or a little something for mother." His Father's Days were simple affairs Just all of us home for the day, The house would ring with Children's Chil-dren's noise Dad wanted it that way. It's going to be different this year Strangest we've ever had All of us will be home again, Everyone but Dad. Marian Sherratt Hahne June '52 |