ENCUMBRANCES.

Auckland Star, Volume L, Issue 153, 28 June 1919, Page 17

ENCUMBRANCES.

The _Sf west? ! ■ Vo^th • 60Uth and eiu " <!,S arT Te f eager stin ' the hunters roam Seeking a place of more abiding rest horne 1 be vortby of "« name of But thou, 0! mother of a fledgling brood. Shalt find thy task additiontllv hard* ?A ke st „ cl . earl y understood That what they call "encumbrances" are barred. View not with covetous and hungry eye The well-appointed flat. 'Tls not for thee If one among thy babes should chance to cry n," if™?} 4 «*S Tb the calm serenity 0f elte'Me natdom. and the sonnd Of little feet upon the common stair Would irritate the neighbours all around And drive the highly-strung; to sheer despair. T^A rae that oft entimes we all have heard That yet more children are our greatest need. But pray remember that the spoken word Has often no relation to the deed And though, perchance, when all is said and done. To raise a family is not a crime, The game ls stiU to those who, "having none," Can trump the trick and win it every time! —TOUCHSTONE, In the "Dally Mail."