Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-08-03

Y oU ask Aunt Mary If she VIII
v 40 and Uncle Henry. who is a
bachelor and glad of II and the
nelghbors aud then you plan
for whole week 1T Is to be quiet
day beneath the trees" you explain
and at the time you are perfectly serl-
Gus. The day before the day you arise
at daylight aud put a ham on to boil;
bake four loavcs of bread and make
two cakes. Then you spend the after
noon ironing your duck suit and Nell
lies linen dress, the one with the pink
bows, and Johnnle's duck suit ana
the babys white dress. Then YOU
spend the evening putting your own
hair In curriers'; Nellie's hair in cur
lcrs and the babies hair in curriers'.
after you have made the whole family
bath and johnnie scrub himself Tir-
cd, absolutely worn out. but radiant
with anticnatin and dreaming of to-
morrow'S treat you drop to sleep
somewhere near the hour of mid
night,
PACKING THE LUNCH.
You are up again at daylight next
morning; You peck the lunch, dress
Nellie and Johnnie and the baby ana
finally yourself and then unpack the
lunch because YOU forgot knives and
forks the first time. Then you spank
Johnnie because he went out IN tho
back yard and falls in a mud puddle
and change his trousers and then you
unpack the lunch again because you
forgot to put in the ham the second
time Then all white and starched
YOU start out for the car. As your
car hoves III sight you remember you
have forgotten your purse so as the
car passes you send Johnnie back to
the house. As the third car is pass
ing he arrives GREATNESS and by signs
and gulps let's you know you forgot to
give him the key to the back door
You put the baby in Nellie's arms and
go back yourself You can't find
your purse: you spend "A half hour
locking for 1t and then remember IL
is in the lunch basket. You rush back
t. the corner and open the basket.
The purse Is under the ham at the
bottom. Four cars go by while YOU
are unpacking and repacking the
lunch. Johnnie trys to sneak cookie
and rips the paper bag wide open. The
cookies spin out on the ground. Fail
ing to land On his ear You send him
back for another bag, remembering
this time to send the key. Three more
cars pass when you are finally waiting.
Your shirtwaist is limp and your Sc
rcnity shattered but during the ride
10 inc depot you receiver yum 'AullS
of delicious anticipation.
THOSE DEAR CHILDREN.
As the car turns the corner at the
station the rain is pulling out, You
race for it but II gains steadily, You
give up and go into the waiting room.
The man behind the ticket window in
forms YOU the train which has just
left is the last one until afternoon.
Johnnie whimpers and baby cries.
Nellie Is hungry and wants sum
pin to eat" So does Johnnie and 50
does baby--you know he does because
there's never been a moment when
he didn't--so you unpack the hamp>
err and distribute chocolate covered
cookies among the squally trio. Cry
ing ceases as pink little faces become
covered with the sticky chocolate.
You search for a handkerchief and
remember II is in the purse which you
dropped absent mindedly In the lunch
basket You open 1t again and while
you are getting your handkerchief
the children get a glimpse Of the
cookie bag. The glimpse is enough
they set up general appeal for an
| other cookie ana thei; combined cry
| ing sde-raclSs the mol" your lips
We're forming.
TERRORS OF AN OPEN CAR.
As the cookie supply is nearing an
| end another train backs up in front
of the waiting room and you push
your precious ones through the crowd
into a seat. Johnnie gets out on the
end of the seat and as IL is an open