BY MRS. FREDERICK PETERSON
is for Apples
and also for Air;
Children need both
and we have them to spare.
is for Butter spread
thick on Brown Bread,
Also for Baths
before Breakfast or Bed.
is for Cereals
and Cocoa too;
Consider the Calories
coming to You.
is for Dates,
the kind that You eat,
Deliciously sweet
and far cheaper than Meat.
is the Excellent
Edible Egg,
One daily at least,
dear Children, we beg.
is for Fruits, whether
fresh, dried or stewed;
Dried, at the Grocer’s,
you’ll buy them, if shrewd.
is for Gaining,
as every Child could,
A half pound a Month
is the least that he should.