PARCELS FOR THE FRONT

Thames Star, Volume LII, Issue 13820, 9 October 1918, Page 6

PARCELS FOR THE FRONT

(The last days, for posting .Christmas, parcefe to tiha bays at the. front dra,w near. So g&b a move on.)

His parcel is ready; twxw Avho's gc-t a steady, ■■ ,: ■.. " •■,-■" ■• ■. ■ Firm hiand to pub on the" address ? Jus* come;-aloing 1, Daddy; you write like a laddiie, „

Thouig'hiyoiuir aggi and your wrinkles are not growing less. The giood codk was Mother- —there's ne¥m another Could make Billjim's pudding 1, quite right; ■ ; . But each, of usi stirred it,' and, could you have heard iti, Eacti stir tihaiti we (giave was> a prayer that night. It w!as Nell did the . buying, . mor found it was. "trying.," , And thisl is a question: tfiat's moot—• Whethier di'eiaim-oi'-day Cbnnie or twelve-year-old ' Jo^hninie Was quicker amd better at, seeding the fruit.

And now it's all sewn up, and youngster and grown-up : \ Reig(ard d* with masterly prids, , For all the. most clover at, guessing' „ wou|ld n.e)\rer ':' -

.Find out aill flv\t , parcel holds •ludsden, "inside. :

Escaiped' from the others: is on© sigii Motiheir's; .

Frami Dad a warai. grip of the hand j ■• The gii*ls put in kisses; the Vboy •neves.'' lTiissesr ' . -■ ■ A wish that is ■'relight' for a far distant s.ta*and.

With dreams let us bind them—old Billjiim will find them Away in.some trench over there; And, as he is ea,t:ng ? ova- wishes a.nd greetings ;

Will add a sweet sauce to' the lad's bill-of-fare