The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-09-28
MRS. BASCOM'S THINGS.

object. rnd where she has abolutely moth
ing To do.
Then she expects her to bs happy.
And IL isn't human nature 20 De-at lenst
| it ism z in old peoples nature.
II wish you could 500 mothers room.
| John-Brussels carpet, lace curtains, Gle
giant rugs and "a folding bod. And moth
| or IL horribly afraid OF that bed-thinks
sre is going To bs folded up in 10 some
| might. she wanted sally 10 give her IA
bedstead, but Sally said this matched the
set and was perfectly safe. 80 Door moth
| er goes To bed in fear end rembling every
night.
| "Then, of course. It has mattress;
| and mother says that she gets so cold in
the night that her bones just ache, ana
| she lies there and thinks how good it
| woald feel 10 have tho feathers come up
around her back. Isn't that pitful,
John? You know, she always slept on
feathers 1 spoke To Sally about it, and
| told hor / would got YOU to send her
feather bed right down. But sally was
| quite stlff about it-said she didn't
think il best for mother 20 sleep on foath-
ers--it wasn't healthy.
And then the next dav she went down
town and bought down quilt for moth
cr's bed-paid $50 for it. Wasn't that
more like her? Sally wants mother 10
be happy. but the wants her to oe happy
in her way.
Jonn Basoom got up eXcitedly.
IN send that feather bed TO mother
tomorrow, h. said, and write 10 sally
tn get her a decent Christian bedstead TO
nRtch her set, and I'll pay for il.
"On, no, you won't, John. Mother
wouldn't have you do 1T for the world.
But she misses her things, / know. We
| were on the street one day ana passed by
"a secondhand store. noticed that
mother had stopped and | went back.
She was standing there looking at tho
sheet-irnn stove, and the tears were run.
ming down h3r cheeks "Oh, Lizzie,
she said, this is just like my old Even
imp star. -
John Bascom blow his nose vigorous
But, john" continued his wife. "it
isn't just the homo things that mother
misses-it is the home feeling. Without
meaning TO do it, sally never lets her
luse sight OF the fact that size is living in
her house. Ola people like TO potter
around and feel that they are OF use.
sally never will let mother do a thing.
she says the servants are there to do the
work and she wants hef 10 rost. And so
she rests till she is tired to death. she
says she just longs sometimes to get hold OF
a dishpan full OF dishes
sally had told me before apout
mothers putting on a gingham apron
and going into the kitchen the first Mon
day morning TO 90 the dishes and let the
b
had 10 tell her plainly tbal she never let
anybody interfere with the servants
work Think OF making her feel that she
was interfering, whom SHE wanted TO help.
lone day i was sewing III her room.
She began cutting the scraps into carpet
rags-from sheer force of habit could
see. | We been doing this ell my life. >
she said. when | laughed, and forgot.
It is second nature. 1 SUPPOSE. anu |
love TO do IL. | have nice lot OF white
- 20. fkNW..x l.a
cause they would make somebody such
good carpet rags. Get them out, | said,
and sew them for my carpet. They are
iust what | need.
John, you ought to have seen how
interestd she was. In ten minutes We
an animated discussion of dyes. just then
sally walked in.
why, mother, she said, what in
the world are you doing"
+" I'm just making some carpet rags
for Lizzie, daughter, mother said. ue-
! precatiugly.
" 4 think wouldn't do .ttat sort OF
, work here. she said. The fuZZ gets IN
> the carpcts, and Lizzie doesn't really
want them, | know.
You ought to have seen mothers face
{ change-every bit Of interest faded out oi
IT, | felt so provoked at Sally. She put
, tho rags away and said: Il won't do il
| | if you think ia better not, daughter.
J hadn't anything Else to do,
And, John, sally wen5 down the mex
D day and got tabloC over, and som,
rope silk anu flIsellc, and don't know
{ what all, ana gave them TO mother, nnC
r told er she thought she would tinu tina
! mach nicer than sewing rags. And s.
! poor mother whose hands are trained &
knitting and darning and mendinR, i
r laUoring now with uluselle, anu yearni NJ
, | for carpet rags
4 And John Bascom' s heart was vearninI
i for his mother.
u Liz zie, " he said. with mans helr
= lossness." whit can we do?"
: "lv We thought 10 all out, John"
John brightonei. to had great conf
Y dence IN his wife 5 resources.
y "No'Il write and ASK mother TO COM
! and spend the winter with Us. | arrange
e trat before | LETT. And then, if IL is as
. think, ana motcur is Lappier here tina
/. there wo'lI Just .eep hcr-aLd sail
II oil pleasantly settled anG nobody vii
Il have any feeling
How easv aud natural it seemed
a III go Gown and got her myself,
John said. 81 N going to .Ioltorson Cit
J. next week. anyway.
y And SO Il WAS settled.
is \ few hours later. ss Mr. Bascom WA
le sinKing into ST. m Der his wife viii
awak" asked: j mn, who bought mot q
az : u d EseninE STAR "Whv-y, Me-
u Sun l1u'lsCtll. bhlDk. III not sure
The hook would show. -
10 Whit uuokg'
10 "Huv. tho ac'ount boo,, that tho sale
- wSr' put down in.
- "Oh, of course Where is t9'
IT. In tic llwer mart Of the bookcase
80 with my paper. Whyy'
IN "On, nothin0. 60 on tn sleep
II 4 wcck later ..ohn BlsClu stnrtcl r
" ; Loyis. H. w0s To- To gone four dav'
ir 4 ey were u - days for Mrs. Bas-un
lloy iaa &c, tGcd Co give up the tc
rurm dawn stairs npd shs wAs "hXiU
it nm . 'tnf ppnple tnu'E liEo ia sir..