The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-07


effect Of flowers and plants upon the
working classes. he had taken in hana
a wretched alley OF dwellings and had
sown lawns set out shade trees, plant
ed flowers and had rechristened the
fTOWsy thoroughfare Garden avenue.
Then he died-and il was time.
OF course, in less than q year reso-
lutte hens and unfaltering goats had de-
stroyed the grass, Obliterating even It's
confines; children had pulled up the
plants. leaving not even the holes
which had held them; and the adults,
With rare foresight. had guarded
against winter scarcity OF fuel by chop
ping down the shade trees, leaving not
even the roots The new name uhfor-
tunately remained.
Garden avenue was 2 world in itself.
Almost every house bore the sign,
"I.1dgers Taken" The terrific number
OF these signs was outdone only by the
more terrific number of streaky chill
dren tumbling about, The alley teemed
with them. They were all of about the
same age-that age Wnen they seem
happiest under the feet Of something,
horse or human, Apparently they be-
longed 20 no one. All day long they
played about, falling of Of things with
howls and into things with splashes,
without disturbing the serenity of a
soul, in sight or out All the hOrdes of
them,
Children and dodgers we're the recrea-
ton OF Garden avenue; its burden of
sorrow was Miss GaIioWay's house.
Miss Galloway, of temper even more
uncertain than her age. had kept her
grass. He house was so clean that IL
virtually slapped the avenue in the
face. She had sweet peas in her back
yard and geranium bush in her front
yard, and she refused TO harbor hens.
goats or children in either. Also. she
had a fat cat The cat proper to the
avenue was skinny, moth-esten as to
fur. tattered as to ears, was confined
strictly to the fence tops, and was al
ways in madly accelerated flight at
that Miss Galloway conformed to the
vicinity solely in the circumstance OF
displaying the usual little encourage
nent-'Lodgers Taken
"Ah, the long day that's been up,
once viciously sighed a neighbor. She
had come out upon her front step to
shake piece OF rag carpet and Miss
Galloway had come out upon her front
step TO shake a rug. Perhaps the rug
hurt the feelings Of the rag carpet. Il
sh'd think you'd be takin' down that
sign be nOw?"
And why?" asked Miss Galloway,
bitingly. She had showed her spectaeies
mp. She always aid this when she need
10 see.
ION account sure OF its bein' I'M
likely you'll ever git a ledger to your
taste. An your room that pleasant,
too"
"Why unlikely" The glasses went
\ notch higher on her forehead. When
they reached hair, war was always on.
We'll, Man, you say you wunt take
married folk"
Always quarreung. And they have
children. l hate children. Won't toler-
ate them. Particularly on my back
fence"
This shot was aimed directly at the
neighbor, and hit: for among her other
jewels that neighbOr owned a small
pair of blue jean pants (named Bar
thOlomew). with sandy hair on one end
and sandy feet on the other. and often
er than not the pants were dangling on
Mss Gallowsy's forbidden fence
whence they were prone TO tumble
head-eud first, into Miss Galloway's
sweet peas.
The mother of the blue jeans hurried
with her arraignment-"and you wunl
take single men"
Always going to bed drunk with
their boots ON the quilt"
nor single women"
Always ironing out shirt waists in
your kitchen and having besus in YOU
parlor."
Then what's left? Tell me that?''
Widows" NJ SIS Galloway closed the
discussion by banging her door.
OF all tn quare divils she is, COM
mented Mrs. Riordan mournfully, re-
treating with the rag carpet.
Faith in the ideal ledger went Ions
Hnrewarded, but not forever so. Miss
Galloway was visited one morning by
a committee from the District Dorca:
society
We should like to rent one of YOU
vacant rooms" explained the spokes-
woman.
i've but the one"
We should Ike to rent it, then"
I'D like to, too, but l don't take mar
ried-"
We have heard all about that from
Mrs. What's-her-n down tn,
street, and we think we have a person
who will be unobjectiOnable to you
people. because they quarrel, no
bachelors, because they drink; nor girls
because they think Of nothing but firt
ing aad felleTs." continued Miss Gallo
way triuinphantly. II would need NOR
than three women to sidetrack her g.
take only widows"
This is one-a Mrs. Smink"
don I Ike the name. IL makes mi
think OF skunk"
oh. how silly Miss Galloway,
can do nothing of the kind. And
name makes no difference. anyway
Makes me think Of skunk" repeate,
Miss Galloway. showing her gissse
pretty high. The two principals looke'
da ggers at each other A young an
giddy summer. a recent member of tn
committee. threw herself into tn
breach.
cant YOU think of skunk and ren
your room. too" she asked.
Yes. miss and be glad to-
Well, for PHYS sake. lets call thi
settled, You VIII take Mrs. Sminl
them"
"One moment. Has this Mrs. Skull
(Smink) any children"
''oh. dear. no. Better il she had. Sh
would be less lonely"
Il differ. Miss. Shed be loneliel
She'd have to stay in with them. Will
without them she can CAD about an
set comforted, Don't say children I
me. Pussy, shrieking. smeary -mouthe
nuisancesi This Mrs. skunk tSmink
ought to thank her stars for what she
missed -
Fight It out between you" said tn
NOIun summer chaRrfuilN hut b