Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 162
from books and les-sons. Many a tired lad or lassie must wish thathe or she could fly away from the school-roomand share in the good times that these littlefolk of the artists brush are having. But if occasionally these pictures make theschool-room seem all the darker and the text-books more dull… … THE ART OF DOING WITHOUT There s a beautiful art that is sadly ne-glected,And daily I wonder to see it rejectedBy some who d be healthy and wealthy and wiseBy just condescending to open their eyesAnd look at things fairly, with never a pout —I refer to the fine art of doing without. Why, thats…
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