HOME and COUNTRY
GORDON NIELSON
Ferentosh West W. I.
A Husband's Impression
Of The W. I. Day
The W. I. did meet today,
To plan their work and make it pay.
Before • it starts there's lots of talk
Of weather and frost and lack of crop.
And also the sale was out of luck
For now it's harder to make a buck.
The price of beef is out of line,
And the price of pigs is on a decline.
Thess discussed, they decided to meet.
In the hostess's front room, which is clean arid
neat.
The lounge and the chairs are carefully
brushed
To fool those keen eyes that are looking .
dust.
" O Canada" first, and then comes the creed,
Their corsets are loosened and their voices
are freed.
The babble arises; they all talk at once,
Try figuring it out, you'll feel like- a dunce.
Reports are read out with a semblance of
order,
" Oh, I must go home and feed our poor
boarder."
So the meeting is closed, and then the whole
bunch
Sit gracefully around awaiting their lunch.
When the last car is gone and you've heard
the last shout,
The hostess relaxes, falls flat on the couch.
Those ladies are lovely, each one is a dear;
But thank the good Lord they come just once
a year.
