{"id":9270,"date":"2023-04-19T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newspaperhistory.com\/?p=9270"},"modified":"2023-04-19T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-04-19T05:00:00","slug":"when-the-little-feller-grins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/when-the-little-feller-grins\/","title":{"rendered":"When the Little Feller Grins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>From the <a href=\"https:\/\/chroniclingamerica.loc.gov\/lccn\/sn92053934\/1915-04-19\/ed-1\/seq-4\/\">Rock Island Argus, April 19, 1915<\/a>. By W. D. Nesbit.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>They ain\u2019t much to a baby, till it gets to know yer face<br\/>An\u2019 pesters till you take it an\u2019 hug it \u2018round the place,<br\/>An\u2019 grapples at yer whiskers with pudgy-wudgy hands,<br\/>An\u2019 sez a lot o\u2019 gurgles its mother understands.<br\/>An\u2019 the time a gran\u2019dad\u2019s gladness and tickledness begins<br\/>Is when th\u2019 little feller looks up at him an\u2019 grins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>His grin shows that he knows ye, and trusts ye as a friend\u2014<br\/>A baby isn\u2019t growed up an\u2019 never can pretend!\u2014<br\/>His eyes has honest twinkles an\u2019 somehow you know they start<br\/>From \u2018way down in th\u2019 goodness that\u2019s beatin\u2019 in his heart.<br\/>It\u2019s confidence he gives you without no outs and ins<br\/>When he begins to dimple an\u2019 looks at you an\u2019 grins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p>They ain\u2019t much to a baby, but in its grin you know<br\/>You\u2019re seein\u2019 lots o\u2019 sunshine you lost long, long ago;<br\/>It makes you feel religious\u2014a baby\u2019s heart is clean<br\/>An\u2019 when it gives its favor it\u2019s purpose isn\u2019t mean\u2014<br\/>You think the Lord\u2019s forgiven a hull lot o\u2019 your sins<br\/>When that fat little feller looks up at you an\u2019 grins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From the Rock Island Argus, April 19, 1915. By W. D. Nesbit. They ain\u2019t much to a baby, till it gets to know yer faceAn\u2019 pesters till you take it an\u2019 hug it \u2018round the place,An\u2019 grapples at yer whiskers with pudgy-wudgy hands,An\u2019 sez a lot o\u2019 gurgles its mother understands.An\u2019 the time a gran\u2019dad\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[300],"class_list":["post-9270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newspapers","category-rock-island-argus","tag-w-d-nesbit"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9270\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/desperaudio.com\/newspaperpoetry\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}