If you scribble on your books,
How disgustable it looks!
Here a word, and there a scrawl,
Silly pictures over all!
Take a paper, or a slate,
If you want to decorate!




[Illustration]

[Illustration: Poor Mother!]


_POOR MOTHER!_


Oh! Isn't it shocking!
Just look at your stocking!
Just look at your brand new boots!
Your waist is all torn
And your trousers are worn--
Just _look_ at the holes in your suits!

Your father is working
All day, without shirking,
To pay for the clothes that you wear;
Your mother is mending
All day, and attending