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Show JUST FOLKS j By EDGAR A. GUEST. e lcn(.l MOTHER Mothers never change, I guea. In their tender thought ulnes.V. Makes no difference, that you grow Up to fortv years or no. onee you cough, you'll find that she Sees ou as you used to be. An' she wants to tell to you All the thlngathat you mustMo. Just show symptoms of a cold. She'll forget that you've grown old. Tlu.ugh there's silver In your hair, Still you ne d a mother's care. An' she'll ask you things like these "Von still wearing b. v. d.'s" Summer days have long since gone, You should have your flannels on." Grown and married an' maybe Father of a family, Hut t mother yon are still Jui. her boy when you arc ill, Just the lad that used to need. Plasters made of mustard eed. An' sh thinks she has to.seo That you get your flaxseed tea-Mothers tea-Mothers never change, I guess, In thelf tender t houghf ulness. All her gentle long life through She is bertf on nursing you; An' olthouph you may be grown ffbo still clalmn you rot her own, An' to her you 11 always be Just a voungster at her knee. ou 1 |