The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-12-18
AUNT
JURITHH'S
GIFT.

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We we're all eager to see the present
Aunt Juritha pronounced with a long
j. would give to our bonny bFide-not
that We expected a princely gift for
aunt, fathers oldest sister, was not im-
mensely wealthy-but she had what
most people were pleased to call pecu-
liarly sensible notions so when the day
before the wedding her black servant
drove up to the back door and with the
aid OF our man set IN the shadow q the
crimson rambler that glorihed our back
porch an enormous pine box addressed
IN aunt's prim, regular writing to Miss
Juritha Jasper Castieton, we could
hardly wait to open IT,
Closely packed with excelsior we're
number Of thick brown paper-covered
parcels, a few Of which were very large.
On top Of an lay letter
Dear Niece and Namesake Jurilha,
It read in making my selection Of a
present have taken into consideration
two facts First that your husband-to-
be. though "a rising lawyer in a
stirring country town. has not yet risen
high enough to enable his wife to keep a
servant; second. that you have been
employed as teacher in a high school
since your graduation three years ago a
condition not conducive 20 the acquisi-
Cen 81 much kitchen knowledge.
Your kitchen viii be your workshop
for a time at least, and my present shall
be something 10 make work easier IN
that shop. Ny FIRST intention was to
buy you a kitchen stove with the twen-
ty-hve dollars / felt could put into a
gift. BUT after mature reflection con-
clnded that your husband would pur-
chase what you deem the essentials, and
Ii would be better out Of my age and ex-
perience 10 select and supply you with
some things that a young housekeeper
might not think of chasing among the
absolute ncccssaries. or might through
inexpcricnce forget TO purchase until
the money saved for household furnish
ings was gone.
u trust niece. that you viii be sensi-
blc enough to feel no modification IN
placing my present beside your more
aesthetic gifts. since Il IS my wish that il
be displayed.
"Afectouaiely. your aunt
"Juriiha Jasper Castleton.'
Wonderingly we unwrapped the par
GELS and read The words Of advice or ex-
planadon written on the cards tied with
narrow white satin ribbons 20 each arti-
Gle. A plain little ociagon walnut-cased
clock with a hook for hanging on the
wall. bore a card which said, "Punctu.
ality is the politeness Of kings, and Of
cooks This timekeper. niece. win hell
you to get the rising young lawyer
meals on time. and thereby aid mate
rally in keeping peace in the family"
A hand-woven bushcl basket was Ia.
beled. "For chips and kindling,' and
two smaller baskets, Useful receptaclel
IN tie kitchen" A card tied to a hearsl
broom and a cnryed-hack stove brusl
read. "When ashes settle on the bek
ing-top Of your stove and biscuits re
fuse TO brown. use the broom; whei
rust crawls over It's sides, use polish ans
the brush"
A slate with a pencil tied 10 il ha'
written on It's face, Hang this On th
kitchen wall. my dear, and when
needed purchase occurs to you, write
down and copy when you start to mar
Ect II win save forgetting and Incl
dentaiiv heip keen the family lif
smooth
The words on the piacard on tn
mighty and sharp shears were. "lol
win find numberlcss uses for these 4
the kitchen. niece Use them instead o
a knife IN dressing a fowl for they vii
cut bones like knife sill butter, an
YOU viii escape cut fingers.
Keep the salt dry" spoke from ih
hard wood sah-box. and Keep you
sugar from ants from the polishe
sugar cabinet
A paseboard box held a polshe
hard wood comb case. two wire comb
and a walnut framed mirror. with wir
ready for hanging. and The card tucke
in the mirror frame said My deal
when the door bell rings and finds So
in ihe kitchen. these articles will
useful. IN that they win tell you whe,h
ct there is -four on your checks. an
enable you 20 stra.ghieu your hair b
fore facing your guest
There were two lamps and a iauter
in the great box One Of the iamr
was haf-botomed glass lamp wit
the bowl inciosed IN tin and with a q
handie and reflector The other lam
was Of the hght-spreading kind thi
eroccrs hang from their ceilings. an
the card attached % iis tin shade sail
There cannot be TOO much light
tie kitchen suspend this so that j
rays wIn fan most directly on yoi
stove
In a satn-i'nci box ct their own /
Chrsiy scf-a hread-kniic. a Cak
knife. a parcr These are things
have found Do impossible % keep hou
without ran the auuts comment 'sn
niece. in addition 70 using the lari