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prlng-i a tuiiHlii . tiiiuiitity. and It Is
pi (haps le aue of this rniitualjllltv of tern
prUirriont that, the vernal iroxin Ik repre
sented nw adnrtistl In her fiit youth.
Jft(,(o MiioW that. 410 cne inn tell
wt to do, thi young lady often make a
fugitive ap(.oi nc tn midwinter, melts iv
(tubing In slhl with u, lrij ht glance, and
ni-ipt)ers In a blizzard. .
It was during one of -these spectacular
s'pai Itlotis In" the middle of February,
In li the tiutlrr. of Alountalnvllle T
iHnirtit hirtok and rvrn iRst ycar'e birds'
nr.f fflt a lhilll of life. Uuit the Post
liMifiijRiP Husband decided It whs time for
him I.". begin, hi. gardening.
"t thlk-lir dr.a littlc- pluming today,"
he' Snnrmhced trt'the' Amateur Wife duing
tlielr leisurely M;ndav break fuM.
.Planting', -.Mi February?" gasped Mia
,JjTHj;ofiIxhfd AVIfe. tr
""Arid .wh; not?'- demanded Her Husband.
,ii .his lor4lfet uimintr.. "Spring has ame
to stay, f-l Rno- all (lie signs. Von forget
I a- brytifthr up in the Country," he add-:d.
.''Now u Vnotv y.ou haven't been or. a
f i m- inen, you nor year" old. except
for a 'vachllon. and you don't know a hit
more aboflt planting time than I do." de-rlareil-
Mia. Wife, e
"Successful farming IX a combination- of
sejence and friKtlnct." was Her Husband's
macular reply. "J.. Iiuve the ln.'tlnct-1f
not the science. 1" know this Is an Ideal
day for. piapjine, ai:ct srt would you know
li If you. --hadn't iUed .in 'the' city all youi
Ufa."- : m -,
1 Dut 'dea.1 .. lM -you ever hear of anyonn
plajitlim wda In-HiiH. climate in February?"
"What liaR thut (tot to do. with It? If
cerVboft' ent . h' Jreeedent the world
ivouid never "Mjve ar Inch! Pvcry year
FjttiriK. comeM earlier Hnd earlier in New
tlfrsey. There's no ue armilnj about li
any loniter, I'tix. fsolriu (down, alali a to gei
my Rarden toola- now!"
A w'le worrmn ehrounNrlnR the Inevitable
knowV that there 'la but one thin to do
fSith' II aid t'. J b to', make It UKcful to
hewelf. t
The .Amateur.'Wife amiled her moat radi
ant amlre. , . '
"All trlnht, dear!" Fife aniulesed. "But
If api-lmc la reaMy here I need a new hai
right tMr'.' My Oracle one - Is dreadfully
Klbhy;'. . .1 liaij "thought to wait a wpek or
ko, luH,lf H'a Kql'iK to atity as warm as this
I almpll' can't do lt.'V .
Why. fit course, vnuV ant a aprlnx hat!
Iter ftuah'and j:pl!e1uml his face assumed
J he expre"ipn of one .who l determined to
be rmiBial-ejit at any price. "How much
v'fll It- rpM?" r '
..' Thw,'.'aji ' tfi'o ijilyrwxltated, he added
oa inahlmouil 'Never mind, et aome
!)iiii( yu Uie end l!.!l stand the bill."
'''f ey filled for two horns. Her MuHband
tndhrioiisty. (lu.away 'at the flower bra
,viile r'he wntched nd shivered, but not
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i v Proposed, Forgot it, Loved Anew
"7'rhns'ne.y.;-r.-.'1ias been thrice-shocked
(evci;Jfc,'wllJiin. llie lar!( six months. A
recent dlsfiatrh- nirntlons first a Masonic
.fair lant umip"i-'e wjilch leading persona
took chum en m a grand tani). etc., some
ijt Ihfin. winnlpx.' but more losing. Next
there was ths elwctlon on November 8 last
a't . hit h ' th,e . county went democratic by
.'lity vote. shocUmg everybody pleaaurably
or otherwise. Now every one la scandal
ired (hat a,. youriK: man should prove so
Torsetful as not lo remeniber that he had
proposed marriage o a young woman
within the prrcvdlng twenty-four hours.
The prlnvlpnl In the vase are Mlsa M.va-
clnth I'lo and fniiKla Krsklne Forth. For
some time, snce June, 1906, In fact, Mr.
Forlli has been paying fairly strict atten-
' t(on to Miss Tlo. Jt' la widely known In. the
village thai he "would have proposed to
-Mlsa Plo long ago If he had not been so
-bashful. Kven MIss Plo Is known to have
reeognbjed this defect In the young man
and to haVfc flepfored It privately to her
friends.
, Things; went on' this way for months and
'Months and even the etout hearted young
lady -1aa begun Jo despair when a real
atata company 'gave a free excursion to Its
roperfy near JtoOlnertown, L.. I. Fully 100
' person, went on the excursion and Mr.
Forth Invited Miss Plot tu go. After a light
collation hu,d befcn served by the promoters
the couple went and sat on a log. At length
P asked Miss Plo If she would be hla wife.
, A young woman witness had made af
fidavit that the proposal was made out
right and that Mlsa Plo accepted It.
The'Wx't day;Mlss Plo In conversing with
. tr. Forth, said strtnothlng about a ring. Me
aked'what r(iig ' Xtiss plo replied an en-
- gagemeni x ring. The young man replied
that he was not engaged anj did not pro-
pose ever to marry. " Subsequent question
ing developed ' the terrible fact that Mr.
. Forth -was suffering from amnet-ia of the
most pronounced type, lit remembered all
the events of his life except the last week
and of the events of those seven days he
retained seemingly not a trace of recollec
tln., s Cn '
Gentle ,retoratla methods were tried
lthout avail. . Mr. Forth was led re
peatedly lo the a put where he had proponed
to Miss Plo. Ilia act was sugKested to him
. lOiMlmes In valn-
Mlss Plo took high moral ground, assert
ing that h 'Would- not ceerce the young
loan In any wafr that it was for him to
leclde far hlmserf whetherd fie wanted
her or not; that she Vould not propose to
him, and tUa,t Iba would never be happy If
fhe' felt that aha had brought undue
' pressure to boar upon him.
But If Miss' Plo'a scruples would not
SURE.
&bAr you tur It tam't for
qty -rnortfy you want to. marry
mtf "" "
tit perfectly rare I don't car
for jponey.at aJL 1, spend U I
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AT THE, FLGWtd. QE.0.
dnrliiK to ro into the house after a. rweaier
for fear of disturbing Her Husband'e dream
of spring and her own vision of a new
spring hat. ,
Me planted sweet pesa and nasturtiums,
pansles, poppies and evtn the old-fashioned
phlox In every spot of earth to be
found In their huge backyard.
"I've done a good day's work," announced
the triumphant gardener over a cold Sun
day supper.
"Indeed you have, dear." smiled the
Amateur Wife. "You've been almost as
busy as I'll be tomorrow choosing my new.
spring bonnet. I'm going In on your train,
you know. How long do you think it will
be before the seeds come up?" '
"Oh. not long," the Tost Graduate Hus
band answered, loftily. "A few days of
strong spring sunshine such aa we had to
day should bring them aVive ground. It
louks as if tomorrow would be such an
other brlKht, warm day." '
Then they fell to pleasant planning of
what they would do with all their flowejs.
"We'll have ever so many more than We
can use," said the Ametaur Wife.
"Of course," agreed Her Husband, "but
we ran give the surplus to our neighbors,
or send them to the hospitals." '
"Yes, that's a beautiful Idea," Ilia Wife
exclaimed, enthusiastically.
And shortly after she went to bed and
dreamed sweet dreams of the new spring
millinery creation she was to choose the
next day.
Hut when morning onme the Amateur
Wife could not go to town. '
All the trains out of Monntainville were
stalled in great drifts of snow!. - .
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permit her lo litterferaMn any way thera
were' others; in fact the whole. village, who
were not Involved in any way, who had
only the most friendly Interest In the wel
fare of both and who felt perfectly free' to
act. The Royal Knights paaaed a resolu
tion of censure upon Mr. Forth and two
ministers preached sermons In which they
discussed the case, without, of course, men
tioning any names. Mr. Forth waa made
to feel the sting of his conduct by hla as
sociates. An overwhelming moral pressure
was brought to bear on the "young man,"
Meanwhile Miss Plo went to visit an aunt
tn Connecticut.
It would have been a pity If the young
man had been coerced Into marrying Miss
Plo without loving her. In- a'Bhort time,
however, ha. came to love her, her absence
no doubt conducing to this change. He
went over to her aunt's In Connecticut and
proposed a second tlnie. and the two were
married at once. Mr. Forth and his bride
will not live in Patchogne, Mr. Forth hav
ing auld that he hated the whole village.
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Daily Health Hint
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Saya O. S. Marsden In "The Miracle of
Right Thought": "It la worth your while
to make a determined effort to form a
habit of good cheer during meals and be
fore going to Bleep, because H will have a
powerful Influence on your health."
The Explosion Did It.'
Krnst True went into a Broadway cafe.
nd found a notrlous tightwad standing
before the bar enjoying a drink. Krnest
waa surprised. So far as he remembered
Ihe other man had never been known to
buy a drink not even for himself.
"Well.." aald the actor lo the bartender
"What's happened?"
The man behind the bar amiled.
"The dynamite explosion did It. I gueaa."
he replied.
"1 don't understand." said Krnest.
"Why, the exploajon must have Jarred
him loose from the 15 cents e paid for
that highball," said the bartender -New
York Telegraph.
orfea.es Wlthoat Iuipanltr.
killing-time.
Cuttlng-apera.
Treepasslngon onea attention,
lieu ting carpets.
. I'oachlng eggs.
Smothering the feelings. -Murdering
an air.
Stealing -klasee-Everyhody'e.
Poor Father.
Poor mother weara a worried look
.And sister wears a frown.
And If I venture up the stairs
They send me straightway down
I m going to the drug store now
l'1-on a hurried trip
To get some other kind of dope
For father has the grip. .
I hear him groaning in the night;
Me said hla head would split '
And then he thought his back would break
In Just a little bit;
He told us (hat bis legs were aore
And soon It was his hip,
It seems (hat everything la sick
"hen father has the grip.
The doctor came today and left
Home capsules and he said
To lake one each three houra until
The pain had really fled
,.iv,":.i."r'"" m"n' t'v npura befoie
1 e this pain (he slip. .
I II bet he d find a faster dope "
If he had got the grip."
And then he told ma that he thought
That he was going to die
And ma sa.a: 'No; tliat Isn't so"
And gave the reasons why.
Then j a got mad and told her that
Me didn t want her Ho.
Oh. there's no comtort In our flat
lifii father has the grip!
-T. t. M. la New Vork Telegram.
fOrl". COJ.0NtuN . , - . fa HtRO0fS fjATcAR?r7r) pAKE HJ j
JAKE'S WIFE, Js' LET HER GO! T You MAP THE , SCNStJ (
CARRIE 1 jTVv A CAN GET frrri GooO StHSt ofl N TZ ,
leavinJ: With . 7a L a)AL0Wa,l se aV your husband h X
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Y WEIL AS f A A If I
WM& of ATMLIGA1
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r' lf dahres ebnttnuefl 'any 'lonker '. I should
hire "a wheeled chair. -with ah attendant,
to be. In readiness when I became ex-
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hausted. At ' about '2 o clock the other
nighty at a crowded ball
1 wished for an
ambulance. T had Just nad another fight
with Johnnie the dav before, and I cer
tainly do- despise that man, but I couldn't
help looking around a little bit to see,
out of mere curiosity. If he was there.
My neck waa awfully etlff after a while.
'ell, of course. It la horrid to have a
misunderstanding with people. It was an
awfully sticky dance, anyway, and the
THE OTHER NIGHT."
only momenta I really enjoyed were when
I Bostoned In a corner of a room that
had a window wide open In it with Ned
Wtnton.
There were only three other couples
there, who occupied the other corners.
Hostonlnf Is so restful. You don't have
to make any effort, and Ned does It so well
that I almost fell asleep. We could see
the door from where we were, so I didn't
have to twist my neck around very much
to aee If any one appeared. The trouble
The February Horror.
( Tes, I'll admit, right from the slait,
It's no affair of mine:
But I don't call the fellow smart.
Or delicate or fine
In fact, I think he has demonstrated that
lie was about aeventeen kinds of a lobster,
witless slanderer, the cheapest kind of an
Idiot and other things too numerous to men
tion, who first Invented and brought forth
The 'comic valentine. -T. E. M.
A Rimis, t. Calendar.
St. Valentine, a boon. I crave;
A boon of your bestowing.
It la a heart I would enslave
Without the owner's knowing.
Some men are Just a little shy.
And he among the number:
It would not do for me to sigh
That would our friendship sunder.
For friendship oft to love may turn.
But love to friendship, never!
Dear Patron 8alnt. help him dlseern
That I am good and clever.
1 would not- ask this, dear old Paint.
But 1 I think he loves me;
And only haa that heart ao faint
That never won, fair ladye Ella Hutch
lneon Ellwanger In Upplncott'a.
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WeaM Let Her ttff.
'I'Un t you promise never to do It
again?"
'Yes. sir."
'And I said I'd whip you If you did.
didn't 1?"
"Yes. pa; hut as I didn't keep my prom
ise, I won t hold you to uiira." Cleveland
leader.
fl SUPPOSE YOU'LL
A RULE, i)l9
WOMAN, K
-SOME WITHOUT HtR "
ON UP To THE HOUSE!
LETi Sit ir AN
VtKf POOR JUP6E'
HAD A GOOD
HOME HERE.
PINO SOMETHING
Do To MAKE YOU
-GET I TOU PO NOT
m GLAO.JAica
HAVE TO STAR"7 Yot'
1HA1 YOU RE
CHOKES YET TOR A--WHILE.
WJlL TAKE
TPAY OFF.JAKEfj
NOT SO sum
SHE AIWA1S
WANtEO to
GO INTO THAT
Imk
(Htm lmk Utmli Ciasnfl.
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( at -8 ball la -that- you anV dance ll the
evening with Just one, ttr' two people.
1 houW reft"y Ilka v u arranged
Iso that In between daneluK with the few I
, , , coud--0 ,om, embrola.
ery
or reading. Instead of that, a lot of
pills come along, and because I haven't
the nerve to read or embroider, I dash off
with them. I've found It less tiring to
dance with them than to sit it out. You
don't have to make conversation while
eareering madly around a crowded' room
anyway. I waltzed with 'a great big onion
the other evening, whose name I didn't
catch and never want to, and finally gave
myself up aa lost.
He couldn't ateer very well and I should
have thought he would have been knocked
senseless. Being so enormous, he saved
me some hard blows, but two couples
banged Into us so hard that I didn't see
how we survived at all. One fat man
stepped on my ankle three times, and 1
waa determined to give him a good kick If
I saw him coming my way again, but he
tried another room after that.
My dress was hanging In rags, and when,
bruised, dizzy and sore, we finally slopped,
I wished I was on a desert island. While
mopping his overheated brow he managed
to gasp how much he had enjoyed It. I
didn't mop my overheated brow it seemed
so unwomanly and murmured that I had
suffered much pleasure, too. Agnes seemed
to be having the time of her life.
he's a wonder in a fight like that.
Her clothes never slip their moorings,
her hair never comes off, and I know she
never thinks of desert islands. The com
fortable way to go to a large public ball
would be to hire a suite of rooms for the
night, take a suitcase and a maid and
Just before supper, go and change your
costume and have your hair redressed.
You would then reappear In good form for
your supper parly. If you get very dis
hevelled after supper, have a third gown
with you to fall back upon. Some simple
liltle morning frock by that time. If your
party Is doing the ball thoroughly, it's
much more sensible to order a cereal and
a poached egg and a big cup of coffee for
your second supper. Next year I am goin;
to follow these rules. As it was, we had
BE LONE
TO
FOl
YOU DON'T HAVE
TO l0 A THING? WE
WILL to IT ALL.
IP 700X1 JO ST
TCU JJ5 HOW?
QO OU WANT JJ
TO MAKE UP
THE BEDS. WK1
AND SWEEP
tup rinoR?
YES. OAKE. WE'LL
PUT OUT THE CAT .
THEN WE'RE DONE"
AND NOW. I THINK
YQU'tr BETTER GO
AT YOUR. CHORES.
ITS QUITE LATE !
WE'VE HAD LQTi OF
FtN.ANYWAYilr- WE
DID HAVE a LITTLC
.VVURK TO DO!
A.
EiY M.F
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champagne and toaat covered .with' sort of
fiiccaseed grass, and It didn't seem suit
able somehow. ' I don't see why some peo
ple think champagne is such 'a treat.
I'd rather have a good chocolate soda
any time. Just before we went home I
rather enjoyed myself. I was 'Introduced
to a man who danced perfectly beautiful,
except for kicking occasionally. He
seemed to like me very much.
He was frightfully homely, but I looked
over his shoulder all the time we were
waltzing and forgot about his face. Me
was awfully nice, but, goodness, he did get
warm. 1 discovered to my horror that a
man named Biffin, who seemed to like nie
a good deal, too, was following ua around
and asking me to dance every minute. As
"I WISHED
I WAS ON
ISLAND."
DESERT
he had lamed me severely, besides tearing
a whole yard of my gown off, 1 got dread
fully tired trying to escape him. His Idea
to completely win me seemed to be to talk
sort of gibberish while dancing.
I think he must have been a little nutty.
I was terribly glad (o get home at last
without any more injuries than a large
blister on my foot.
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M. J. FORD.
1130 South Tenth Street.
.'ame and Address. Hctiool. Yur,
Arthur Anderson 2705 Meredith Ave Saratoga ....... ..1901
Rose A. Anderson, 2632 Davenport St '. . .Wcbator 1903
Philip W. Berg, 1334 Ogden St Sherman . .1899
Harold Brown, 2810 Charles St Long '. 105
Mildred H. Benaon. 1904 Lothrop St Lothrop .........1902
Helen Blackmore,' 3704 North Twentieth St Lothrop ......... 1901
Pearl Bourlier, 3938 Gold St Windsor- ..,.1897
Edna Bradsbaw, 2526 Blnney St.... Lothrop 1903
Helen P. Buckles, 2417 Ereklne St. Lake .......... ..1902
Walter Carter, 1411 Jackson St Leavenworth . ... .1903
Blanche Clarke, 4319 Decatur St High . .. . 1893
Ruth Crawford, 2723 Spalding St High 1895
Laurelet A. Dennlson, 2120 Harney St Central ...... .1903
Bessie E. Daniels, Forty-second and Redmond Ave. .Central Park ..... 1899
Lavona Davis, 1623 North Twenty-fourth St .Kellom ..,.,4896
Mildred Daley, 2403 North Twentieth St Lake 1899
Cecil I Elliott, 4303 Saratoga St Central Park. . . 1903
Frank Ecker. 1032 Atlas St St. Joseph. .1894
Margorte.A. Edgellar, 2625 Franklin St Long v.'...- 1904
Delia Eggera, 1814 Clark St Lake "... ..1899
Edwin Ford, 1220 South Tenth St Pacific. ...,4903
Roma Frantz, 312 Woolworth Ave Train ........... 1902
Max Guttman, 893 North Twenty-fifth Ave Kellom i . .1904
Alan Gunnell, 2605 Emmet St
Max Garenman, 1016 Davenport St
Edwin R. Hlnricb. 3506 Woolworth Ave.
Gustave Holm, 1715 Fort St
Helen Hansen, 2470 South Eighteenth St
George D. Johnson. 2413 North Eighteenth St.
Hazel Johnson, 274 8 Fowler Ave
Harry Keiuer, 1602 Military Ave
Alma J. Kirk, 2412 Corby St...;
Inez Klein, 2210 California St.
Julia Kocar, 732 Clark St l.,gh . 1895
Otto Kretschmer, 3021 South Nineteenth St Castellar ...... 4 . 1896
Abe Margolin, 111 North Twelfth St... Cass .1904
Gladys McNaughty, 1408 South Fifteenth St. ..'..: . .Pacific -. ...... i .-.1902
Eda Miller, 2021 Center St Castellar ....... 4897
Gladys Myers, 2511 Indiana Ave..... Kellom, .1903
Angelina Nictero. 2034 Pacific St... Mason .......1904
Margaret CVGrady, 3239 Evans St .Druid Hill. .... . . .1900
George Alvar Paulson, 910 South Fifty-second St. . . .Beals ...... i-. .... 1 901
Eftrl Putney, 3814 Brown St Central Park .... .1903
Esther Peterson, 2406 North Thirtieth
Antoinette Phllbrjck. 1056 Mason
Samuel Rossitto, 1205 Pierce St. . .
Thomas Roulette, 3331 Emmet. St
Charles Shepherd, 1105 South Fifteenth St Comenius
Frank" T. Steirgen,' 833 South Twenty
Mary Scavio, 1114 South Fourteenth St St. Philomena. . . .4897
Leattie M. Staples, 706 South Eighteenth St Leavenworth .....1900
Russell Tlbke 2025 North Twentieth St ..Lake .......1901
Lydia Turlnek, 1021 Bancroft St ....Vinton .1895
Herman Washington. 3915 North Thirtieth St Druid Hill ... , . .1899
Vera Zimmerman, 3117 South Nineteenth St ..German Lutheran .1994
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What the
The entire family from father down to
baby Jennie Is agreed that "there Isn't
anything that pat . can't do" and there
lsn'M. .If any doubt remains In the mind
of anyone upon this point this tale will no
doubt dispel It. writes Anna M. Dennlston
In the Chicago News.
- The cook Is a large, tall woman and aa
she stood before the new fangled kitchen
range she sighed. Then she sat down to
rest and rolled her weary hands In a mis
fit gingham apron. . "Dear me," she said,
"I wish I had an apron made fbr me by a
really, talented party as Misses has her
gowns made by a modiste. Then I think
I'll be looking like somebody while I'm at
my work and not as though I wore a meal
sack." The old-fashioned black cat rose
from a deep sleep by the new fangled
range and stretched her long body till It
looked twice as long a It really was, and
from a dark corner -where she bad laid
her round eyes shone out with their ellllp
tlcal centers shining like Jewels-and spoke.
The cook Jumped and said.
"Oh. am 1 dreaming or why. the cat's
talking!"
Now maybe she was dreaming, hut cats
have been said to talk for ages past and
maybe they do. Anyhow this cat was as
wise as an owl. "Oh, cook," she said,
"here's an apron for you. I knew a tal
ented apron maker and she sent me this
apron for you. I've been sleeping on It,
but I weigh little and so I've not crumpled
It bady at all. It blew Into the window to
day, and well, here It Is!
"Sensible people," said the cat. "think
a good deal even about a kitchen apron.
Now. In kitchens we use fuur a great deal,
and that shows on black. You are liable
to a smirch of black from the stove, and
that shows on white. Why not split the
difference, cook, and look fresh and clean
and neat at the same time? All aprons that
blow Into the windows for people In other
words, the ones that come to them because
they, really belong to them in particular
ami not Just to anybody have a great
many specfdl features. Now, this one is
a black and w hite check. Just large enough
to look sheer and clean. It covers you all
up. It has elbow sleeves, because a cook
always rolls her sleeves up, anyhow, and
it has a higb round neck and Is fitted with
body seams like a dress. It haa strings
that ara all in one piece. M baa strings
to the apron at the aide seams, but they
emerge and pass over the back side pieces
and tie at the walnt line. A string like
this never comes off or breaks, because it
goes all the way around and Is wide enough
to be strong."
The cook put the apron on and in came
the flrft girl., "With all the different kinds
of housework I have to do," she aald, "I
need so. many different kinds of aprons
and nobody pays enough sttentlon lo
aprons."
"That'a so," said (he rat
The first girl ecreamed.
"Yqu have to scrub sometimes." the voice
went on, ."and sometimes you have to
merely dus( snd no telling what you may
have to do. Well, you should classify your
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Cat Said
work, at any rate. There is th cleaning
and there Is the dusting You must' have a
short, dark blue dress and this large calico
apron of the same size to cover it -up com
pletely when you clean, it should be and
Is a trifle larger than the dress. 1 It blew Into
the window a few minutes .In-fore you came
In. It Is exactly suited to you. I tvas about
to take a nap and use it for, a bed. but you
haven't given me time." .
"The first girl gasped . and rubbed her
eyes. "Oh, I must be having a nightmare,"
she said; "the cat's talking.".
Maybe she was, .but the cat went oni
"The cleaning apron. Is made of. f olid dark
gray with a black and white stripe In It.
It looks on. well as anything can look when
It gets wet. Have your dress blue-plain
gingham. Mere s a plain cine-color apron,
gingham edged, with a' neat, crinkly braid
and (his does not so completely cover your
dress. This suits yrtu well when' you are
Just dusting and brushing titf about the
house. In fact. It"s a rather pretty shade
of Alice blue, not too light nor too dark
becoming to you, loo, with your blue eyes,"
and the cat yawned so hard that her mouth
grinned Just the way (he Cheshire cat-did.
which proves (hero really must have been
a Cheshire cat. , 4 .
A Careful Hrlde.
She was a cl(y bride who had never be
fore taken a band In 'housekeeping and
knew but Utile about things In (he kllchen.
A few mornings ago she got after the milk
man. ... . , ,
"Whal'a the matter with your milk," she
said, with great vehemence.
"1 don't know," he replied. "What do
you find wrong with it?"
"Well." she said, "every morning it la
covered with a nasty yellow scum."
"And what do you rlo with the scum
"Why, I sclm It off. of i-mirse, and throw
it in the garbage can." Farmers' (Julde.
COLD HINT
"1 always liked that dresc it W
becoming
Yes. becoming threadbare'"
