cake and each jelly-tipped tart

A dumb but an eloquent voucher of a thoughtful

and true mother-heart.

And, neighbors, from things I have noted, I

think it’s a pretty good rule

To size up a mother’s devotion by the grub her

child carries to school.

Those savors that float from my childhood dull

all the delights of my board;

The good things from mother’s old kitchen my