A WONDROUS GROWING BABY

FIRST LADY: "Just now I heard a story, which sister says is true, About a lovely baby which grew and grew and grew, Because its mother fed it on full gallons of good milk, So that it gained ten pounds a day and looked as fine as silk." SECOND LADY: "I don't believe the story, such diet it would kill A poor wee darling baby—at least, 'twould make it ill." FIRST LADY: "'Tis true, most little babies would have burst and died— But not so with this baby—'Ma Elephant's fond pride.'"