Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-07-01
Billy's
College Girl
BY CLAUDINE SISSoN

MOuluu 40 JnaI lot nundreu
wives" Billy declared.
And we'll you mightnt!" she
sobbed. you can have hundred
wives but only one mother"
Not now since they shut down on
polygamy in Utah." Billy laughed.
"oh, yes. make light OF your mother
which you never used TO do before
you took up with heri"
20. come. mother" Billy coaxed.
you know never mean to make light
of you'll"
We'll. then. take my advice and
bring me a helpful daughter instead
Of that fiighty-''
"Leora isn't Eighty. mother" Billy
interrupted earnestly.
Her name shows the kind OF girl
she is" Mrs. Holton asserted.
she isn't responsible for her name.
you know" Billy returned good-hu-
moredly. Il wish you'd let me bring
her TO see you. mother. I'm sure you'd
like her when"
Tn sure wouldn't And you'll
never marry that flnicky city girl with
my consent" She jerked her apron
from her head angrily.
"All right. then. I'll die an old
bachelor" Billy assented. But Leora
is neither finicky nor city girl She
was raised
Il dont care where she was raissd!"
Mrs Holton bounced up. She's col
lsge miss that knows nothing of saving
for a man--doing her own work and
making soft soap and such things"
That reminds me-but frst--''
Billy laid his hands on his mothers
shoulders, looking at her atfectionats-
ly. Let us not quarrel or have hard
feelings over this, mother. can't
help 1t that care for Leora sAd that
I never cared for any other girl I
can't say that I'll never marry her. but
I'll wait till you feel differently about
| IT,"
II never will. Billy boy" Mrs. Hell
ton dropped her head on his breast, Il
can't consent to It, but we needn't
I have hard feelings."
They kissed and made up. Then,
with grin of mischief. Billy impaired
his news.
Your speaking OF soap made me
think Of 1t. met Mrs. Jenkins this
morning and she limited that she had
the cinch on the blue ribbon for soft
soap this year"
The idea" Mrs. Holton's head wen
up like a war horse. Much obliged
to her for nothing"
Il suppose she thought she'd save
you the disappointment of trying 10,
IT," said Bully. she said there'd never
been such superf1ne soft soap at our
county fair as that she had Just I'm
ished."
"Superflne flddlesticks!" Mrs. Hol
ton Jared. Martha Jenkins was al
ways a boaster. She's never beat me
in her life. and won't this year. Sarah
Jane Pratt came near II last fall.
don't know but she could II she'd keeI
at IL instead of teaching. There's g
smart girl for some young mani" she
sighed. and Billy squirmed His moth
ers desires concerning the thrifty
Sarah Jane had not been kept hidden
but I'll show Martha Jenkins and
the whole county," Mrs. Holton said
Il never have come out second best
on soft soap yet and never will"
Billy doubted II the county was
much interested in the matter CT soft
soap, but he sympathized with hi:
mothers ambition to win in the annual
/ competition. Mrs. Holton was ex
tremely saving In all her ways and
had never wasted" money on store
soap. She considered Il the limit oi
shiftlessness In woman to buy In
stead Of making the family soap
! though abe profited by 1t and turned
many a penny from the sale of her
own superior article. In her opinion
to be good soapmaker was the end
Of a girls education
Secure in her own supremacy, Mrs
Holton laughed heartily an she told
her friend, Mary Beach. of Martha
jenkins presumption.
Her soap is extra fine," Mary re
piled reluctantly. "She showed IL te
me. She came across some new
wrinkle In soapmaking at her sisters
this summer. 1t looks 80 much like
your best that couldn't see any diff
| ference: but looks isn't all with the
judges Of course"
mot IL they know their business
Well, well see who comes out best.
Mrs. Holton's eyes snapped.
She felt entirely satisfied with her
| production when IL was finally ready
| She knew II was the best she had ever
made, and that was saying much. She
had two entries and was certain. thai
| Martha Jenkins would not only miss
the blue ribbon. but as had happened
before. would not even get second
Mrs. Holton had always gone earl,
on the day OF awarding the premium!
that she might the sooner enjoy bel
| triumph. and Billy had always gon,
| with her. Last year Sarah Jane hac
/ been with them. and they all laughed
( when Sarah came so near taking tn,
blue ribbon. The red had been award