Deportmental ditties : and other verses . 17 B Deportmental Ditties. Never ask your Uncle Moses If the colour of his nose isArtificial, manufactured, or inherited. When your elderly Aunt Lizzie Is unusually busy,Do not badger her with booby-traps unmerited. (If you soak her wig in whiskey, Twill insure her feeling flustered; But to make her really frisky You should fill her boots with mustard.) Hold your tongues, if you are able, More especially at table,Which is not the place for juvenile loquacity. Grown-up folks are kittle cattle, And they tire of childish prattleUnredeemed by any symptoms

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Deportmental ditties : and other verses . 17 B Deportmental Ditties. Never ask your Uncle Moses If the colour of his nose isArtificial, manufactured, or inherited. When your elderly Aunt Lizzie Is unusually busy,Do not badger her with booby-traps unmerited. (If you soak her wig in whiskey, Twill insure her feeling flustered; But to make her really frisky You should fill her boots with mustard.) Hold your tongues, if you are able, More especially at table,Which is not the place for juvenile loquacity. Grown-up folks are kittle cattle, And they tire of childish prattleUnredeemed by any symptoms of sagacity. If it lies twixt you and Father To provide your guests with chatter, Please remember they would ratherThat you left it to the latter! 18 No. THE CHOICE OF A PROFESSION

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