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cartoon sketch by T. Gilbert White, from the end papers of the text, used as page border, with 4 small identical running ducklings, seen sideways

From Mother’s Geese, by George Barr Baker, George C. Chappell, and Oliver Herford, pictured by T. Gilbert White; Dodd, Mead & Company; New York, 1906 [unpaginated].




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Cartoon by T. Gilbert White, of a Green Duck, looking at him from behind, his head is turned to the left and he has a fat cigar in his mouth, this is seen once at the close of the book on the end-papers, used here to illustrate the webpages



Mother’s Geese


[Part 3]

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Black and White pen and ink Cartoon by T. Gilbert White, of two twin beds, in one a man is sleeping, in the other one is sitting up holding his head.


REGGIE and Richard were two
     pretty men.
Who lay in their beds till the clock
   struck ten.
Then up starts Reggie and looks in
     the sky,
“Oh Richard, dear Richard, the
     sun’s on high.”
“Oh shut up,” said Richard, “and
     pull the blinds tight,
Since father’s in Wall street, let us
     sleep till night.”

G. B. B.




Black and White pen and ink Cartoon by T. Gilbert White, of a thin man in a toga at a desk, and a taller man holding a ring across from him.


PRETTY-FAKE, pretty-fake
     Jeweler’s man,
Make me a fake as fast as you
     can.
Mix it and fix it and mark it
   with “R,”
And say, “It’s a Ruby,” and sell
     it to Pa.

G. C.




Black and White pen and ink Cartoon by T. Gilbert White, of a boy in a toga with a cut-away coat, looking at a girl with a dress an a striped Egyptian style hat


LITTLE Belle Peep
Has lost her sleep,
And can’t tell where to find it.
In the season’s height
She’ll dance all night
And never seem to mind it.
For she must keep pace
In the social race,
Or she’ll soon be left behind it.

O. H.




Black and White pen and ink Cartoon by T. Gilbert White, of a man in a toga, holding up his arms as if to to motion 'Halt' to a line of five women.


THERE was an old Mormon
     who lived in a flat,
He had so many wives he said,
     "Where am I at ?"
To some he gave taffy, to some he
     talked fake,
And then he went daffy and jumped
     in the lake.

G. C.




Black and White pen and ink Cartoon by T. Gilbert White, a man with a top hat on, leaning on a table which has a bunny rabbit on hopping towards a goblet.


LITTLE Mister O'Shay
Sat in a buffet,
Sipping a petit Verre,
When a pink and green rabbit
Attempted to grab it,
And gave him a terrible scare.

O. H.




Black and White pen and ink Cartoon by T. Gilbert White, A horrified lady in a mock Egyptian gown and hat, holding a mirror in one hand. Her left hand is held out straight holding off a bowing skeleton in jester's dress


THERE was a young woman
       who had three fads,
Beauty and Cupid and Fun.
Beauty grew old and Cupid grew
     cold,
Fun got lost and left her a scold,
And there was an end of the three
       fads
Beauty and Cupid and Fun.

G. B. B.




Black and White pen and ink Cartoon by T. Gilbert White, A lady holding a rifle is sitting on the ground next to a man smoking a cigarette in jodhpurs and riding boots. Both have mock Egyptian scarves on


LITTLE Miss Muffet
She wanted to rough it
To shoot mountain goats like
              A man, sir !
But a very Rough-rider
Came and sat down beside her
And said, “I’m the goat: what’s
              The answer ?”

G. C.




Black and White pen and ink Cartoon by T. Gilbert White, Four dancers in the same stylized pose around two couples, one arguing, one kissing


WHAT are little plays made of,
What are little plays made of ?
      Scandals and spice and things
         not quite nice
      Sprinkled with dollars and
         done in a trice,
   And that’s what little plays are
      made of.


What are little books made of,
What are little books made of ?
      Little fake tales and little fake
         wails
      Printed and pictured and turned
         out in bales,
   And that’s what little books are
       made of.

G. B. B.




Black and White pen and ink Cartoon by T. Gilbert White, of a woman with her hands to her mouth, talking to another woman.


LITTLE Bo-peep has lost her
     sleep
And does n’t know where to find it.
Though it’s not right to play Bridge
     all night,
She never seems to mind it.

Little Bo-peep beware of Black sheep,
They may n’t have yet malign’d you,
But leave ’em alone or they’ll go
     home
Leaving their tales behind you.

G. C.




Black and White pen and ink Cartoon by T. Gilbert White, of two men walking down a street lined with lampposts.


LITTLE Boy Blue, come blow
     your coin,
Mine is all gone and yours is all
     goin'.
Where is the man who waits on
     Black Sheep ?
Why, he’s under the ice-box, fast
     asleep.

G. C.




Black and White pen and ink Cartoon by T. Gilbert White, of three men in togas, sitting around a poker table, all are smoking.


I HAD a little straight-flush,
     It’s hue was apple-red,
I lent it to an Old Friend
     (Will someone hold my head ?)
He dropped it ! and slopped it,
     And picked up half the pack.
I would n’t lend that straight-flush
        now
(If I could get it back).

G. C.




Black and White pen and ink Cartoon by T. Gilbert White, of three men talking, in togas, and each one is holding a martini glass.


RUB a dub dub,
        Three men at the club !
And what do you thing
They had ?
Veuve cliquot in cases,
And ’stremely red faces,
And all of them bound for
        The bad !

G. C.




Black and White pen and ink Cartoon by T. Gilbert White, a couple, then a row of women with umbrellas below it, exactly alike, then two rows of children, exactly alike, an then four rows of cats, also identical.


AS I was going to St. Ives
I met a man with seven wives.
Every wife had seven kids,
Every kid has seven cats,
Every cat had seven kits,
Every kit had seven fits,
Kits, cats, fits, brats --
Was the man committing race-
     suicide ?

G. C.




Black and White pen and ink Cartoon by T. Gilbert White, of Theodore roosevelt, in a toga, greeting a woman with six kids. A shoe house is in the background.


AN Anti-Race-Suicide Mother,
     they say,
Had so many kids for whose clothes
     she must pay
That all of her Life she had lived in
     a Stew,
In despair that her flock she never
     could shoe,
“Oh shoe-fearing woman,” cried they
     of the wise,
“Take your troubles to Teddy, they
     are just his size.”
So she took the advice of her neigh-
     bors farsighted.
And presented her tribe to the only
     De-lighted.
“Oh, ho !” and “Ah, me !” with
     Rooseveltian fervor
He exclaimed, “I perceive you’re your
     country’s preserver.
“Believe me, dear lady, I’m your
     ethical brother,
“And therefore am proud you’re so
     often a mother.
“Here’s my photograph, signed by
     me, treasure it softly;
“And here’s a big stick, which use
     early and oftly.
“Remember, the childless, the rich,
     are benighted,
“You are poor, but have children —
     and I am delighted.”

G. B. B.




Black and White pen and ink Cartoon by T. Gilbert White, of a woman talking to a man, in shorts and sandals. A cat is in the background, with its back turned.


“CHATTER cat, chatter cat,
Where have you been ?”
“I’ve been in society
Slanging the Queen !”

Chatter cat, chatter cat,
Why did you do it ?”
“Because she was pretty,
And I made her rue it.”

G. B. B.




Black and White pen and ink Cartoon by T. Gilbert White, of a crowned fat man in a toga, with a lon cap, whose train is carried by two boys. A queen in a pie is in the background.


OLD King Coal was of trusts
       the soul,
And of trusts the soul was he.
He raised his price and lost his
          weight,
     “For of Kings I’m King,” said
     he.
Old King Coal was a firey soul,
     And a firey soul was he.
He roasted folks in metres foul,
     For he was a gas trustee.

Old King Coal was a merry old soul,
     And a merry old soul was he.
He baked his wife in an upper crust
     Of high society.

G. B. B.

Black and white pen and ink Cartoon by T. Gilbert White, inside covers, of a triumphal procession of a woman in a black gown, riding a lion, with several geese with the heads of men running in front of her, and two Roman soldiers with long lances riding prancing horse behind her.



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