The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-01
Cinthy's Bingham Apron.


Cinthy looked Grossly at the fresh bingham
apron which mamma took from a drawer
20, mamma, please can't | give up wearing
aprons :"
mo, dear, wish you to wear them"
Please, mamma, don't make me-"
Come, dear, put it on" answered mamma dt
cidedly
The little girl obeyed slowly The tears were in
her eyes. Ever since Sadie West the new girl at
school, had come, she had hated her long aprons
Sadie wore such pretty frocks and never had on an
apron
"Why, Cinthy that is such pretty apron" said
grandma, the gngham is so fine and the blue so
clear. and that nice embroidery on the neck and
wrists"
But l hate aprons" Cinthy winked hard to
keep back the tears. She did not want to go to
school with red eyes.
81 sorry" said mamma gravely, "but you
must protect your dress. Those two serges must
do you all winter for school. GU couldn't keep
them clean without aprons"
1t beautiful crisp morning in October
And warm enough for Cinthy to go out without
Jacket. She started for school feeling very cross
indeed Mamma unkind she thought, to make
her wear aprons when she hated them so.
Glow nice Sadie West looks without them
guess she thinks we are all dreadfully countrified
here. It is so much more stylish without aprons
Nv serge dresses really pretty. But can
see them when | have to these horrid aprons"
Her way led across empty lot In one corner
of it large pile of lumber. As her glance
fell upon this she stopped suddenly. An idea had
come to her.
NI'll Just do it," she murmured. She looked
hurriedlY around; there was one in sight. She
placed her school satchel on the ground hastily
unbuttoned her apron, and folding it up thrust it
behind the lumber pile.
Now Sadie can see how pretty my dress IS
And that am not countrifed, if all the other girls
are" She looked complaceutly down at her blue
fro w no
way home after school None of the other girls live
up my way"
Greatly to her disappointment. Sadie West was
not at school that day. The two following days
Cinthy hid her apron behind the lumber pile. But
both of those days Sadie West was absent from
school. Some one said that she was sick
On the third morning Cinthy getting
ready for school, mamma said: GLOW clean your
apron is, dear. Why it is fresh enough for you to
wear again today"
The little girl felt her face flushing, and she did
not look at mamma.
"My little girl is getting very careful" went on
mamma with a smile, and she bent and kissed Gin
thy.
Cinthy felt uncomfortable, but she thought, 'I
can't help it. Mamma is old-fashioned, she
would not make me aprons. Sadie West, who
has always lived in the city doesn't wear them. |
hope she will be at school this morning"
Just then papa came into the and said,
~Cinthy. have to drive to the Springs I'll take
YOU to school on the way. Hurry down. the buggy
is waiting"
Sadie thought with dismay that now she would
not be able to take off her apron. But of course
there was nothing for her to do but run down and
get into the buggy with papa.
The first person that she when she went into
the school yard was Sadie West
She came running up to Cnthy. ooh, Cnthy,"
she exclaimed. "you've got your pretty blue
apron Mamma is making aprons. | told
her how all the girls here wore them. She says it
is splendid idea to them. do get nv
dresses so spotted, you see." And Sadie laughed
gaily
girls went at once to their class
Cinthy was much bewildered, and as the morn
inc wore on she felt thoroughly ashamed.
Mamma knew best. Of course she did. And
obont # as soon as get home" And she did
Emily S. Windsor.