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WRITE HERE PLEASE: A study of an Australian autograph albumpage 4 (cont ... )Some verse were personalised to remind 'Maggie' of everlasting friendship:  When the summer sun is sinking And your thoughts from care are free Of the thousand things you're thinking Will you sometimes think of me? I write this to remind you In case you forget, That you still keep your place In my memory yet. Longer verse included: 'Tis not an eye that is never moist That sees the absurd so often, 'Tis not the lips that have never voiced Deep woe that a smile can soften; But since there are burdens I may not bear, And brows I have helped to wrinkle, Be patient reader, and let me share, In making the red eyes wrinkle.  Boots go on feet; so do men, Boots have soles; so do men, Boots sometimes get tight; so do men, A boot will shine, if polished, so does a man. Some boots are imitation calf; so are some men. Boots are tanned; so are men in their youth. A boot when old gets wrinkled and hard, so does a man. A boot to be of much account must have a mate; so must a man. The less understanding there is in a boot the bigger it feels, so it is with a man. And 'shorter' responded with: Chew me this, chew me that, And chew me a pound of mutton fat. A friend in need sis a friend indeed. And others played on words: I have never met 'Miss Wisdom”, But I have often met misfortune. The following verse appears to contain the names of several friends as play on words: Why doesn't Mabel Love me? Why doesn't Phyllis Dare Why can't Pauline Chase me? We'd make a matchless pair. I cannot Marie Studholme She's rich 'they say', I'm poor, Now my trouble's doubled, I cannot Carrie Moore. Some pages were drawn up to allow short contributions inside a border. These included pages with two-inch leaves or squares where a number of people could contribute. Some of these simply had a signature and date. These show how 'Maggie' had visited England during the WW1 years with Mr H J Miles noting 'you left from Kent on the 28th February 1913, for Australia.  There were silly verses too: Remember me in the river Remember me in the lake Remember me on your wedding day And don't forget the cake! It was in a restaurant they met, Romeo and Juliet. Rome(owed) what Juli(et). May your life be as sweet as roses And your husband as meek as Moses.   |