HOUSEHOLD NEWS.
The reading-lamp ..was • reading And the savings-bank was saving. While the knending-board was- kneading And the shaving-mug was shaving; But the looking-glass was looking In-all different-directions - (While the cuckoo clock was cooking) And was making some reflections. • . -..../. . . - - Then the inking-pad ceased inking. For the look—.-g-glass was jibing . That the drinkink-glass was drinking More than it should be Imbibing; . And the telephone was telling What was mentioned by the mirror, -And the spelling-book was spelling All the' words, to make it clearer. Yes, the writing-desk was writing All the looking-glass' gossip— All the innuendoes biting On the driiikihg-glass it saw sip; - And the prayer-rug was praying That.they should avoid-.a quarrel. And from all that they, were saying Struggled hard to fetch a. anorak - Then the whisk-broom started-whisking-Back and forth to. tell the others * Of how ranch they all were risking. When they should agree as brothers— Suddenly in-, came the mistress, - And she halted at the border I Of tlie room and said in distress, ".Why, the place is in disorder!"
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Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 65, 16 March 1907, Page 9
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172HOUSEHOLD NEWS. Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 65, 16 March 1907, Page 9
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