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Burton Jay Smith and Willametta Turnepseed letters, January-May, 1943

1943-01-21 Page 18

Children "I don't mind being a grand-father," Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg remarked to his wife when informed of the birth of his first grandchild; "but I'm a little dubious about being married to a grandmother." - Harlan Miller: Quoted in Encyclopedia of Creative Thought. Edited by Martha Lupton (Maxwell Drake.) Train your child in the way you now know you should have gone your-self. - Spurgeon. The boy gathers materials for a temple, and then when he is thirty concludes to build a woodshed. - Thoreau. When a boy has a fight, mother says, "Did you get hurt?" Father says, "Did you spoil your clothes?" Brother says, "Did you lick him?" - F.M. Knowles: Cheerful Year Boo. (Henry Holt and Company.) A teacher asked her class the difference between "results" and "consequences." A bright girl replied, "Results are what you expect, and consequences are what you get." - Edwin Hamlin Carr: Putnam's Ready Speech-maker (Putnam's Sons.) 
Defeat by Barbara A. Jones I know the puppy's very new, And I know that he's lonely too-- But puppy's place is in the shed, And now with you, deep down in bed. Tears will not move me--not at all, not even though he's soft and small, and knows you when you come from play; the shed's his place, and there he'll stay, and I must take him down, because--- yes he has lovely soft big paws, And yes, I love his ears that flop.... Now, mind: not underneath! On top. Even the Family Pooch! by Rebecca Welty Dunn Beloved canine, come to me; Rest your silky head on my knee. Faithful friend, you're gentle and good, But you are much too fond of food. As a pup  you were quite fragile, Now you're far from being agile. Your circumference is large. You navigate just like a barge. Alas! I fear it is your sad fate To fall heir to the family trait. A woman's work is never done-- Come on! I'll take us for a run.

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Children "I don't mind being a grand-father," Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg remarked to his wife when informed of the birth of his first grandchild; "but I'm a little dubious about being married to a grandmother." - Harlan Miller: Quoted in Encyclopedia of Creative Thought. Edited by Martha Lupton (Maxwell Drake.) Train your child in the way you now know you should have gone your-self. - Spurgeon. The boy gathers materials for a temple, and then when he is thirty concludes to build a woodshed. - Thoreau. When a boy has a fight, mother says, "Did you get hurt?" Father says, "Did you spoil your clothes?" Brother says, "Did you lick him?" - F.M. Knowles: Cheerful Year Boo. (Henry Holt and Company.) A teacher asked her class the difference between "results" and "consequences." A bright girl replied, "Results are what you expect, and consequences are what you get." - Edwin Hamlin Carr: Putnam's Ready Speech-maker (Putnam's Sons.) Defeat by Barbara A. Jones I know the puppy's very new, And I know that he's lonely too-- But puppy's place is in the shed, And now with you, deep down in bed. Tears will not move me--not at all, not even though he's soft and small, and knows you when you come from play; the shed's his place, and there he'll stay, and I must take him down, because--- yes he has lovely soft big paws, And yes, I love his ears that flop.... Now, mind: not underneath! On top. Even the Family Pooch! by Rebecca Welty Dunn Beloved canine, come to me; Rest your silky head on my knee. Faithful friend, you're gentle and good, But you are much too fond of food. As a pup you were quite fragile, Now you're far from being agile. Your circumference is large. You navigate just like a barge. Alas! I fear it is your sad fate To fall heir to the family trait. A woman's work is never done-- Come on! I'll take us for a run.