The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1910-08-12
EFFECT OF GIL ASSES
WAS DIFFERENT THAN EXPECTED
ON MRS. SILVER.
spsetaeIes Brought Out Figures In the
Wallpaper and Design in the IA.
blecloth That She Had Not
Seen Before.

When Mrs. Silver stopped one day
to think about herself. she found that
|tshe was past the age at which most
people begin to wear glasses. Her
husband had put them on long be-
fore. 1t was a wonder she had not
realized sooner how much she needed
them.
A few evenings later she beamed
upon her family at dinner time
through a brand-new pair of spec
tacles. Nov this is like hving!" she
exclaimed. ITO think that there's q
beautiful pattern in the parlor wall
papar and never knew it till today!
Do you hear. father? That papers
been on the wall three years-and
thought twas a plain tan color. And
for PHYS sake, what's this? A new
table cloth?"
Mother, you're joking!" the grown
up daughter protested "You know
when 1 got this tablecloth. and all
about It,"
Il never saw that rosebud design
till this minute" Mrs. Silver declared.
IT'S lovely, too. Why, l feel If l
had a lot of splendid new things"
Just then something called her from
the table, and while she was gone her
husband said, musingly:
your mothers just the opposite
from my aunt Cornelia when she first
put on glasses. Uncle Robin brought
EN- home from town one day,-he
thought maybe she was beginning to
need them-and the first thing she did
after she got 'em on was to take one
Of the children by the shoulders and
say, Mercy! l didn't know you had
freckles!"
But that's just like mother-not the
opposite" small Tim demurred.
mot the difference is that my Aunt
Cornelia discovered freckles, and dust
in corners, and grease spots, and ev-
erything bad, until life wasn't worth
living for the rest of the family
Il never thought Of that" said the
grown-up daughter. Mother must be
discovering unpleasant things, too
She hasn't spoken of one, but if her
eyesight has been affected ever since
we put that paper on the parlor, just
think"
Just Think" Her father took up
the words playfully. Think of the
lines and changes in my face alone
! that she hasn't known were there!
But you won't catch her speaking of
them. That isn't your mothers way"
Lets make her tell if fathers face
does look any different to her." some
one proposed, just as Mrs. Silver,
| quite unconscious that she was the
subject of discussion, came back to
the table.
Everybody was looking at her as
she sat down and met her husbands
eyes. Suddenly she leaned little for
ward and studied his face intently,
with an expression that was tender,
loving, sorry-all in one.
Caught" said one of the boys un-
der his breath. What have you just
found out about fathers face, nom
sic? Tell U.S."
HIN! What's that?" Mrs. Silver
temporized. looking actually guilty.
go ahead and tell 'em mother"
Mr.. Silver coaxed. II sha'n't mind"
Mind" There was a volume in
the one word as she spoke it. Then
she took off the wonderful glasses and
wiped little dew from them before
she answered, glancing round the cir
Gle. "You don't know, children, what
it means to me to see your fathers
smile again, across the table as plain
as ever. l was thinking, when I
looked at him, how many of 'em I'd
missed" -Youth's Companion.