Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1922-10-18
HER LITTLE BOY


HER LITTLE BOY
Always a little boy to her,
No matter how old he's grown.
Her eyes are blind to the strands of
gray;
She's deaf to his manly tone.
His voice is the same as the day he
asked
What makes the old cat purr?'
Ever and ever he's just the same
A little boy, to her.
Always a little boy, to her,
She heeds not the lines of care
That furrow his face--to her it is still
AS it was in his boyhood fair.
His hopes and his joys are as dear to
her
AS they were in his small-boy days
He never changes; to her he's still
my little boy" she says.
Always a little boy, to her,
And to him she's the mother fair
With the laughing eyes and the cheer
ing smile
OF the boyhood days back there,
Back lneTe, somewhere IN the InlSl Ol
years
Back there with childish joy,
And to her he is never the man we see,
But always her little boy"
Always little boy, to her,
The ceaseless march of years
Goes rapidly by, but it's drumbeats die
Ere they ever reach her ears.
The smile that she sees is the smile of
youth
The wrinkles are dimples of joy,
His hair, with it's gray, is as sunny as
May
He is always her little boy"
Josh Wink.
Dear NJ. BIS:
Greetings to you all. Aunt Madge
asked me why people now had less
time to use than in the olden days. l
sometimes think that the labor savers
are labor makers 1t is really more
work to care for some of the machines
than to do the work in the old -fash-
toned ways
! lately read book entitled My
Son." by William Carleton, from which
l am sending a quotation:
Did you ever stop to think that half
the energy of modern business men is
devoted to creating a demand for new
articles? They spend as much money
making us women think we want a
new thing. as they do in supplying that
new thing. For years they have been
busy creating new demands in u.s. until
we are overburdened. Perhaps some
times these new things do save us
work, but in good many cases they
end by making us more work. It's a
lot easier to decrease the amount of
work necessary to be done than it is to
find an easier way of doing unneces-
sary work.
know how quiet the house seemed
to IS. j. Y" after the little one was
gone. l have a little grandson, four
years old, and it certainly seems lone
some after he goes to his home. My
family have all been with me this sum-
mer. but are now gone to their own
homes and work. except the youngest
son. whose work is here
l hoped to be at the reunion, but was
too busy. l then planned to go to
Bluehill fair. 1 always enjoy a day
there, as meet many friends and rela-
tives. The day came, and also seven
visitors for few days, so Of course I
had to stay at home. l am now think
ing of few days in Rockland.
My gladioli are done blossoming. !
picked the last of them yesterday. but
the dahlias are still fresh and bright.
Does any one remember hanging
plant that was called "otaheite," now
called strawberry begonia?
hope all the sick members are gain
| ing in health, and that our band may
| be unbroken during the winter that is
| coming.
''Vashti."
You have given a good answer to
my question in regard to LESS time,
| and l am glad also of the quotation
| So many times in our reading we
| come across few sentences which
| seem to US especially good and prac-
| teal, and even explanatory. Why
cannot more of US follow "Vashti's'
example and send them to the col.
umn?
My selections may not always be
| what would suit most of you, and
| the more variety of ideas the better.
Some of you may have read reports
of the New England exposition, but
I am using some clippings in regard
to it. Probably most of you know
Maine was represented by a depart
ment there,
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AT THE EXPOSITION.
Perfect weather all the week al
lowed the women folks" to wear their
hest with a mind free from care as re-