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Show ' JUST FOLKS By IMgar A. Gotft o li: MA WANTS SOMETHING M.W Last night Ma said to Pa: "M- dear, The Williamsons are coming here To visit for n week or two An" I must have a talk with you. eW need some things which we must get You promised me a dinner set. An' 1 should like it while they re here." An' Pa looked im an' said: "My dear. A dinner set? Well, I guess not. What's happened to th one we've got '."" "We need a parlor rug." says Ma. "We got a parlor rug." says Pa. "We ought to have another chair," i "You're sittln" in a good one there." "The parlor curtains are a frleht." "When these are washed they look all right." The old muff's pitiful to see," "It still luok.s mighty good to rac," 'The sofa's worn beyond repair ." it doesn't look so bad I swear ' "Gee whiz; ou make me tired," saya Ma. "Why, vvat"s the matter now01' says Pa "You come an' go an' never see How old our stuff ha3 grown to be; It still looks Juat the same to you 'As what it did when it was new. ,An" every time you th'nk It Strang'-That Strang'-That I should like to have a change." I'm gettln' old." says Pa. "Maybe I "You'd like a younger man than mo.'.' j'if this old rug was worn an' thin At night you'd still come walkin' in I An' throw you hat upon a chair I An' never see a single tear; ;So long as any chair could stand An' bear your weight you'd think It grand. If home depended all on' you It never would get something new." "All right." says Pa. "Co buy the stuff! I "But sa, am I still good enough t" |