Why children need plentiful food
He nextly proceeds to relate:
Their capacity's larger than you'd
Be disposed to infer from their weight;
They're growing in bulk and in height,
They're normally active as grigs,
And exercise breeds appetite--
This stanza is absolute SPRIGGS.
Last of all, with an eloquent plea
For porridge at breakfast in place
Of the loaf, and for oatcake at tea
A similar gap to efface;
For potatoless dinners--with rice,
For puddings of maize and of figs,
Which are filling, nutritious and nice--
Thus ends the Epistle of SPRIGGS.
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[Illustration: _Short-sighted Lady._ "THAT'S RATHER AN AFFECTIONATE
COUPLE."
_Her Friend._ "THAT'S MY HUSBAND." _Short-sighted Lady._ "OH, I'M SO
SORRY."
_Her Friend._ "AND I'M SORRY, TOO, FOR I SEE HE'S GOT HIS LIGHT OVERCOAT
ON, AND I TOLD HIM NEVER TO WEAR IT WHEN BRINGING HOME THE COALS."]
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"The L.C.C. had decided to grant only L5,300 amongst L21,000 teachers,
which would average a shilling a head per week.
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