Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-03-06
WHEN CHILDREN TALK.
ihey Tell All They Know About
Family Skeletons.

eHouSh 10 DflnS the dish back, but |
wasn't to stay. Mammals baking, she
is, and I've just been over to Mrs.
Adams for some butter, because she
didn't have quite enough.
Mamma would have sent me over
here, but she borrowed here the last
time. and she said she s'posed she'd
better return your dish before she bor-
roWed any more butter, and besides she
likes Mrs. Adams butter the best. We
used your butter for cooking. and Mrs.
Adams butter is for table butter this
noon. because mamma used up all her
own for baking, and our butter man
don't come till this afternoon.
Hes a funny man. our butter man is,
and he always puts fork in print of
butter. and then he pushes it off with
his thumb. You get your butter from
town. don't you? We get our from a
butter man, and We have for years and
years-two prints every week except
when we got company, and then maybe
three.
My, it's warm In your house, and
guess Ill take my coat off. so I'll feel it
when 30 out. Mamam said wasn't
to stay, but | guess could for a min
ute. I'm awful fond of cookies, but she
don't give me any till mealtime. L
could eat some just as soon as they're
baked. but she don't let me. Most
everywhere go, though. they offer me
cookie or dOughnut
You and mamma don't bake on the
same day, do you? Mamma always
bakes Tuesdays, when she's ironing.
She has to keep the fire going hot any
way. and she might as we'll bake.
You have your ironing done out,
don't you? Mamma does sometimes.
when we haven't got Il girl We've rot
girl now, but mamma don't think
she's going to stay, because she hasn't
unpacked the whole of her trunk vet.
Mamma thinks she's only waiting to
finish out her month, and then she'll
go. We don't have girl very long
generally. The last one was such a
big eater there never was bit of pie
or cake left in the house when mamma
wanted it. She used to get awful cross, |
too, when papa was late to dinner, and
once she put all the dinner on at 6 |
o'clock. and papa didn't come till $50,
and it was all cold
You had company last night to din. |
ner, didn't you? Mamma saw EN- out
Of the window behind the lace curtains.
and wondered who it was. They came |
from down that way. and we went to |
bed before they went away 1t was |
after dark when they came, and man. |
ma said she couldn't make out who it |
vas, and Mrs. Adams didn't know.
either. Mrs. Adams said they went |
away about 80.
My. you've got pretty cat. haven't |
you? We got cat. but it got its eye |
knocked out fighting. and it isn't much |
good any more, except to want to come |
in. | got it from the groceryman. He |
said he had five or six and offered to |
bring me one down, and he did, and it |
never went away. Part of its tail got |
caught in the door once and scared us |
awful, but 1t got well again. Yours is |
part Angora. but our ain't-it's all cat. |
It's quiet all day, but it's awful noisy |
after dark. and sometimes papa's going |
to kill 1t. but he never does, because he |
can't find 1t at night, and in the day |
time he isn't mad any more
| wonder If it's nearly dinner time |
We don't have very much for dinner at |
noon because papa don't come home, |
and we just have some bread and but |
ter and jelly, and maybe a glass of |
milk and piece Of pie. suppose you |
only have luncheon, too. Today maybe |
we're going to have some cookies. |
Mamma never lets ME stay to luncheon |
anywhere unless | ask her first, and |
when people ask me without me hint |
ing for it. Mamma says If you hint |
people think you never get anything at |
home. Papa only comes to dinner at 6 |
o'clock, and then he's awful tired and
can't do any chores. He hates to do
chores and fix the furnace. Sometimes
mamma would sooner do it herself be-
! cause he's so tired. For dinner papa
generally says: For goodness sake,
stop talking and let me eat" Then
mamma says: Your papa's tired,
dear, and you'd better go to bed now"
Sometimes it's only half past seven and
I'm not through playing yet. You've
nice piano, haven't you? Mamma saw
1t when you moved In. She was afraid
they couldn't get 1t through the door.
We've got one, and We bought 1t on in
stallments. 1t don't cost so much that
way at a time. It's a different make
from yours. Ours Is Cusserd, guess,
because every month papa says he
s'p0ses he'll have to send check for
the Cusserd piano. II you want me to
some time could play piece for you.
Papa don't like Fisher Maiden"
though. l can play that and "Silvery
! Bells" and Jesus Lover"
| We're going to have company next
week and mammals getting the spare
room ready. It's my aunt. and she
| :~ps
when she's gone mamma always
breathes hard and says, Thank good
ness, that's over" She's older than
mamma. and she always goes around
looking in the pantries and rubbing
her finger on the plate rail to see If
It's busted She's never been married.
and mamma told ME it's no wonder.
She's awful economical, my aunt Is,