The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1902-05-08
IN NAME OF PHILANTHROPY


The nawSons were double COUSINS
first iE DAYS Of calm. but second
when storms swept over the land
girls II years old apiece. bright,
fercely energetic and up-to-date.
They owned two adjoining anres-
trail homes, we'll furnished with fath-
ers and and mothers. andfrom cellar
to attic, particularly the attics, with
chairs and things aud with servants
To dust the chairs and things. They
owned also one grandmother in COM
mon. besides two or three others in
severalty.
Said their mothers. whom grand
mother.in-common' illness carried
away. How fortunate that school
is in session; otherwise the girls
might be lonely, n maternal enthu-
siasm resulting IRON long years OF
practice,
The term closed, however, without
the mothers presence to soften the
blow. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES $
illness necessitated longer leave OF
absence, which WAS granted IN n
characteristic message; We're all
right little mothers. Stay as long
as you please Love To gram
This was indorsel by the Fathers
Dawson
That was wlgt the Fathers Daw-
son were for, to indurse. Although
much absorbed in trying to double
the output OF the foundry without
increasing the expenses, they still re-
served the veto poHer at home. But
the responsibility uf the overriding
two-thirls vote led them to preserve
the show OF authority by indorsing,
always and speedily.
The mothers were becoming un-
easy. The daughters We're becoming
unensy, too, Usually when these
restless fits came on the girls were
tactfully guided into the paths OF
philanthropy. Great executive abil-
ity." their mothers said they had,
-aAll- iinllnel hoy cnnll- lreSs-lallS-a az
make scrap books for children's hos
pitfalls ii necessary, but they just
dotted on sales.
When sale was announced their
subordinates drew IL long breath.
The mothers fell to work with IA will,
echoing the remark OF Rosa, the
cook:
Now we knows whore wc'se at. |
can stan on my seets all day maxim
canny, an | doesn't complain, but
its desc yere surprisin's dat gibbs me
de misery in my haid."
The reStlessnesS now worked itself
into Il fever, and as it reached its
height almost simultaneous yin both
girls they started on IA runIrom their
respective homes and met under the
Linden tree on the boundary OF their
ancestral homes.
In breatless duet they exclaimed.
ooh. Sasannah, | have an idea
ooh, Hepsibah, | have an idea
Their names were neitherSusannah
ALWAYS spelled with an ~ nor
Hepsibah Their mothersin youthful
ignorance of what good form would
demand in name later had called
them Nellie and Oracle. The girls
early came to despise these weakly
cognoInens. and wien some Harvard
authority in proud spasm of reform
changed their Uncle Harry's name To
Henry, without sa much as saving,
by your leave, the promptly said.
well change ours. Susanna h
and ttttFPsrtbuiir frey bErHT1p 10 purh
other from that moment. The faith
ers aud mothers at first stoutly
resisted, but might prevailed The
general public now knew no others.
"We'll have IA sale-a fresh air
sale
Then the embryo LADY board"
put their heads together and gave
their executive ability full play.
At night the Fathers Dawson's en-
dorsement was called for.
"A sale? Centainlyr what a relief
When the girls signal lights greeted
each other from their windows, each
Father Dawson started for the tela.
phone.
My DEAR" said Susannah's father
''rest easy A sale is on. They ART
quite capable of managing the Pan
American, you know, and they car
this. The servants, both men anc
maid, must by this time be letter per
feet"