Deportmental ditties : and other verses . Politeness [f bald or prone bo catching cold, ;t tip from (Fncle Fred, Who always wears -or so Im (old—Tiro hats upon liis head. With one his homage he performs,His scalp meanwhile the other warn, With health and comfort thus ensured, He waves his beaver in his hand,—Its underling beneath secured By an elastic very gentil, parfit knightIs Uncle Fred, and 50 polite !. If some old lady calls on you, Run down and help her up the stair ;Then—if you happen to have two— Provide her with a chair.(If you possess but one, no more,Make her at home
Deportmental ditties : and other verses . Politeness [f bald or prone bo catching cold, ;t tip from (Fncle Fred, Who always wears -or so Im (old—Tiro hats upon liis head. With one his homage he performs,His scalp meanwhile the other warn, With health and comfort thus ensured, He waves his beaver in his hand,—Its underling beneath secured By an elastic very gentil, parfit knightIs Uncle Fred, and 50 polite !. If some old lady calls on you, Run down and help her up the stair ;Then—if you happen to have two— Provide her with a chair.(If you possess but one, no more,Make her at home upon the floor.) I had a friend in the police, And no one knew exactly where—He teas so terribly obese— To offer him a chair;For though we pushed them up all round,He alivays sat upon the ground. (Good title for a novel that:The Uncle with the Secret Hat.) 39 Deportmental Ditties MOBAL. Be civil, then, to young and old, Especially to persons whoPossess a quantity of gold Which they might leave to more they have, it seems to me,The more polite you ought to be.
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