Pocahontas star herald., 1910-09-30
WAR RING
FOR PEACE

Miss Lucinda Hillman that decorators
charged less in midsummer so she
promptly decided to delay her house
cleaning until after the Fourth. There
was a trifie of grumbling but Miss Luz
clnda stood firm, and not until sui
try evening of recent date did she
warn the members of her family that
the calciminers were upon them.
There's one thing / want under
STOOD" she added. Mother is to have
absolute peace during this confusion.
shall keep her room undisturbed I'M
I'll the rest of the house is in perfect
order, and then she can go out into
some quiet, clean place while her
room is being done"
Mrs. Hillman looked up with the
gentle protest which has succeeded
her manner of authority since she
handed over the housekeeping to her
eldest daughter
Il always have the decorators be-
gin In my ROOM" she said.
mo doubt" was the reply. You
never looked out for your own COM
fort"
But like to have mine done first"
insisted the mother.
Leave that to me. I've been read
ing splendid article called Keep a
Nook for Mother, and I'm going by
that. All you need to do is to stay
on your throne and keep calm"
Even a queen has some rights,
Luce" her married brother put in.
"I don't relish seeing mother bossed."
Hush, SAM" murmureG Sans new
wife, who was not new enough to be
ignorant of the effect this remark
would have on Lucinda.
The end of it was that before Lu
cinda's wounded feelings could be
soothed her mother was pleading, al
most with tears, to have her room
done last.
Accordingly, after breakfast next
morning Lucinda began making her
mothers bed.
Lucinda" called Sans wife, from
the foot of the stairs, "the calcimin-
ers want to see you about the, color
for the dining room"
They'll have to wait" was the ma
jestic answer as Lucinda turned the
mattress.
mo hurry about that bed" Mrs.
Hillman urged leaning forward un-
easily from the rocker where Lucinda
had placed her. Those men get 60
cents an hour"
81 can't help 1t If they do. The
first thing is to have you in peace in
an orderly room"
The mother fidgeted, but Lucinda
finished busting and even brought in
a vase of flowers before she left.
AS Mrs. Hillman sat there alone,
brooding little sadly over past years
of activity, Sans wife peeped in up
on her.
"All alone?" she inquired. III
bring in my work"
Within two minutes she was back
lhgain, blithely scattering white ravel-
ings over the clean rug as she spread
out the tablecloth she was hemming
and exhibited its pattern. An ami
mated discussion on table linen arose,
and in the midst Of 1t Lucinda opened
the door.
Mercy" was her comment as she
turned back to the broom closet and
reappeared with the carpet sweeper.
Pm straining every nerve to keep
this one room in perfect order for the
sake of the peaceful effect on mother"
she explained to Sans wife as she
slammed the sweeper against table
leg. DO you mind If set all your
things on one chair? And couldn't you
work with the tablecloth folded? 1t
looks so cluttered! Why, mother!"
she broke off In annoyance, how did
all those dusty pictures get in here?'
Il moved then in" was the apollo
getic answer. 81 happened to see
them in the hall, and was afraid the
frames would be marred with all those
ladders and boards. The passage is
80 narrow, you know"
Lucinda compressed her lips and
moved the pictures back into the hall
like an amateur whirlwind. Then she
closed the door on two ruffied-looking
women and wondered why it was i'm
possible for her mother to behave like
some of the serene old persons she
know.
n,Lin runr tho honinninn DIV thn