Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1910-07-08

wfTar I Imagine cat feels When it
purs for sheer content.
Do you remember the time / got that
tight ring on my finger and couldn't
get 1t off? Well. watched q mother
remove a ring from n child's finger the
other day that recalled the incident.
The child had put over his chubby
finger ring much too small for 1t, and
the flesh on either side began to swell.
Crying with fright and some pain.
imagine, 1t ran to mother. who with
the calmest manner In the world be-
gan to make preparations for removing
the ring even while trying to comfort
her offspring. She threaded a fat eyed
needle with linen, which was strong
but not coarse, soaped it and passed
the head of the needle under the ring.
She pulled 1t few inches toward the
hand and wrapped the other end of
the thread tightly and regularly around
the finger toward the nail. She then
took hold of the needle and began
slowly to unwind the coil. carrying the
ring along with the thr I'D until it slip
ped easily from the end of the finger.
1t was a painless operation; in fact, it
interested the child so much that it
forgot to fret. | asked the mother
where she learned the trick and she
told me that she once had an expert
ence with a tight ring which jeweler
! removed for her in just that way. She
always remembered it and found it
useful in many cases before she had
n family of her own. knowledge like
this is of value, as | often reflect when
see it put to practical use, and then
! promptly forget to use the same
| knowledge when an occasion arises.
And while on Juvenile topics let me
tell you how an armful Of paper bound
up the broken hearts of half dozen
children the other afternoon who were
house bound by the rain when they
had anticipated a picnic. 1t was the
big sister Of one of the children who
came upon the scene when disappoint-
ment was at its height with a panacea
for the dumps" Under one arm were
half a dozen dolls of as many sizes
and under the other arm rolls of Grape
and tissue paper and handful of the
most suggestive things, such as coils
of wire, some tinsel of various sorts
and some tiny artificial flowers. thread.
needles and tube of paste. Until the
supper bell warned the group that the
afternoon was over the room looked
like a miniature millinery shop. Even
automobile, Shaker and Quaker bon
nets were turned out in more or less
nice imitation of Fifth avenue models
And every lassie voted that she had
had a finer time then if the rain had
not interrupted her plans.
For the last few days I've been alb
sorbed in the mysteries of dressmak-
ing, and the tub frock of Scotch ging
ham which I've sketched for you is
the result of my labors. 1t is blue
and white check trimmed with a plain
blue of the soft shade known as blot
ting paper" I'm just crazy about the
odd arrangement of the collar and cuffs
with their insertions of black ribbon
and frills of plated muslin. | do hope
you like the creation.
A man has been fixing the telephone
while l have been scribbling to you,
and I'm almost insane with buZZing
noises. By the way, do you know that
in China the hello" girl is called either
lilly of the air. or butterfly that
talks" Here in the United States we
are apt to call spade a spade, with
no fiowery names to embellish the
appellation of that humble and useful
article the telephone. Imagine central
answering to sweet lily of the ARR
She'd very likely reply: Say, what do
you want? Hurry up and don't get
gay" Yours devotedly, MABEL.
New York.