There Is Pardon Me, Thank You, and Please,
And Keeping Mum at Table–
Our kiddies are absorbing these
As well as they are able.
There’s Not Throw Food, and After You;
There’s May I, and Excuse me;
And I’ll Not Pout if I Can’t Do,
Or Mother should refuse me.
Sometimes, this father wants to say,
They’ll NEVER learn, and yet
THESE are the parents who’ll–one day–
Teach THEIR kids etiquettcl
by Ray Romine Saturday, September 20, 1952
