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Show I JUST FOLKS Ily L21H.AU A. l.VlfT. ! 01 DPISBIOJCED DINNERS. ft wasn't too much work tor her In ' the days of long ago To get a dinner read;, for 4 do?;en j friends or so; The mother never grumbled at the i ooking she must do Or the ilustlng or the sweeping but I she Roomed to smile it through And the times that we were huppwst, beyond the slightest doubt Were when good friends were coming and wo stretched the table out We never thought when we were young to take our friends away And entertain them at a club or in some swell cafe. When moth ex gave u dinner, she would plan It all hersolf And feed the people that .-he liked the bent things on the shelf, Th.-n one Job always fell to me, for I was young and stout, I brought the leaves Ui father when be stretched the table out Th.it good old-fashioned tu'ole 1 .'an see it still today With Its curious legs of varnished Oak round which I used to play. It waan t much to look at, no! as stylish sty-lish or refined i u aa ooatli or as splendid oa the oval modern kind. Bui it always h'id a welcome for our friends to sit about. and though twenty guests were coming. com-ing. w OOUld always stretch it out. I le u ned It from my mother it is j foolish pride to roam, The --nK place to enteilaln your friends is ripht at home Just let them in by dozens, let them lough and sing and play And Coma to love nnd know them In the good old-fashioned way; Home's the place for fun and friendship, friend-ship, home's the nlaee where joy may shout. And If yoti crowd oui- dining room, we'll stretch the table out. I (Copyright, IMS, by Edgar A. Ouest.. rn |