Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-11-19

After hours and hours we had
scramble lunch on the kitchen table
and then mother took me and sweet
Tip up to the bath tub for our daily
purifier. Because neither Tip nor ]
whimpered once when she got soap In
our eyes she told me that poor Mr..
Johns mother and three sisters, Just
home from Europe. were coming to
call on her and Fan. she said | was
to act like little lady and show the
visitors how nice I could be.
II will. mother" | promised. but
crossed two Of my fingers while was
saying 1t, and that means mot" under
your breath.
had a miserable afternoon. sitting
prim and uncomfortable on the win
dow seat up In mothers room. That
tyrant Fan wouldn't let me go out for
fear I'd get messy. But ! had an idea.
About three o'clock big auto ma
chine few up to our house on wings
Of dust. II wasn't poor Mr.. Johns,
though. because that just has room
for two. Fan always says when beg
for a ride. Anyhow. woman In
black silk who was almost as fat as
our laundry stove stepped out. After
her came three skinny girls with more
puffs on their heads than even Fan
wears. The three were as like as
sardines in q box. and toilet water
whew,
Then for a frightfully long time
heard's Fans company voice talking
a lot and sweet mothers voice once
in while sounding sort OF scared and
timid and poor Mr.. Johns mothers
voice, which sounded like that of our
icemsn, and now and then a frozen
chirp from one of the sard!nes. Well.
at last when my patience was worn to
a fragile | heard the clinking OF
glasses and the rattle Of plates.
Our maid had had to put on the lit
tie white cap and black dress and II
was mothers best gold and white
dishes and bohemian glass sherbets.
Precious Tip was crazy to go down,
but was putting the finishing touches
to him and wanted to do the Job right
For of course I'd not been sitting
there with my hands folded.
had ferreted out an indelible pen
ella purple one. love, ! had pried
I'D his teeth. They were simply gor-
geous the way ! fixed them, but Tip
didn't seem to like the taste of that.
Next I coiored all his white spots. His
ears were simply stunning. When he
was trimmed did my fingernails and
my teeth and touched me up under my
eyes. as I've seen Fan do. j was quite
struck with myself. I think looked
like these pictures OF Circassian beau
ties.
Just as had finished I heard Fans
company voice calling like sweet per
fume: Dear. don't you and Tip want
a little cake"
Did we? Tip was down at one
bound. In my sudden fright. put
my hand to my face and happening
to glance IN Fans mirror IL seemed
to me that ] looked little weird
But I never say die,
Down I went, swirling my skirts the
way Fan does, and up 1 marched 10
poor Mr.. Johns mother. my hand out
stretched. She grasped IT,
oh she gasped. dropping my
hand and holding up glass eye on
stick to hypnotic me. suppose
What a very Objectionable looking
little girl"
Mother and Fan hurried Tip and
me out of the room. Fan was awful
" rude and sweet mother was frown-
ing and angry.
Fan cried all the rest OF the day.
She told poor Mr.. John on the phone
that she was so ashamed she never
wanted 10 see him again. which means
that he came earlier than usual and
stayed later than ever.
got purpler and purpier all the
time. Dear mother tried 70 bleach
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