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Decorated by my daughter with her boldest fancy scrawl,
I’m glad to classify these facts by scientific knowledge,
And rejoice I am a mother who has had a course in college.

— Alice Ames Winter (Century Magazine, 1898)

A Serious Time

Put away the beefsteak, Mollie:
Chop the cutlet into hash;
Turn the solids into salads;
Crush potatoes into mash.
Bake the rice in little patties;
Have the mush with dressing mixed,
For the hour is fraught with danger—
Papa’s teeth are being fixed.

Mix the festive pancake batter;
Chop the lobster into bits;
Fry the soft and plastic doughnut
That the grinder never grits;
Cut the bread in yielding slices,
Lay an oyster in betwixt;
Banish all the pleasant solids—
Papa’s teeth are being fixed.

—(Worcester Gazette)

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