Vintage EXCUSE THIS HOUSE...A MOTHER'S VERSE Counted Cross Stitch PANEL that measures 11-3/4" x 23".  Cross Stitch is in nice, clean, unused condition with one speck under the word "shine" (about middle of panel) and one spot at the bottom edge as highlighted in the last photo.  Verse reads:

Some houses try to hide the fact 
That children shelter there, 
Ours boasts of it quite openly,
The signs are everywhere.

For smears are on the windows,
Little smudges on the doors,
I should apologize I guess
For toys strewn on the floor.

But I sat down with the children
And we played and laughed and read,
And if the doorbell doesn't shine,
Their eyes will shine instead.

For when at times I'm forced to choose
The one job or the other,
I want to be a housewife
But first I'll be a Mother  

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