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Show ou THE CHANGE. She used to help her mother with the dishes after ea, ' aa - , . mrL ijl . , .... She often swept the parlor and was useful as could be. A month ago, not longer, she would even mop the floor. But sister isn't helping with the housework house-work any more. She has changed into a lady and wc stagger from tho blow; For her place is in the parlor, now that sister has a beau. Time was she did the dusting and she used to make her bed, But the soft and lily whiteness of her hnnds may change to red And she isn't taking chances; ahe remembers re-members Jf she toiled That the charm of her Complexion and her beauty might be spoiled. So she's reigning In the parlor like some queen of long ago And the work all falls to mother, now that sister has a beau. It must be that sha fancies that she'd lose him, like a fish, If by chance, he should discover that she'd ever washed a dish; !. Or maybe that he'd never come to aee her any more If ho learned his little sweetheart sometimes had to sweep to floo1"- ! But I notice dad and mother In the evening- chuckle low 1 As they watch the ways of sister since she has a steady beau, i , |