Lillian's Reading

AIRY, fairy Lillian, What a naughty thing to do, By noon had read a Laura Libbey paper novel through. By four o'clock another Tale of love and passion trite She had devoured, and on the third Was well along by night. But in the kitchen, Lillian's Mother toiled with dish and spoon, Endeavoring to work, and get A lunch for dad at noon. She washed the dishes, scrubbed the floors And made each bed by four, And even ironed every waist That lovely Lillian wore. Thus every Laura Libbey book That lovely Lillian reads, Is built on mushy love affairs And mother's noble deeds.