American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-04-08

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AsA Kssasly Oavs . tttls resigned
-. WHEN y she eomtngf" she
oGAeA. family. And bow long y 80
oslAg - stAyf
.UAs won't b here WITH after diA
~ tsuor-" KsnasAy bsOa.
He w ~isesssuptsA ~ . ~hystsrieaa
GogSsk-
soA. os eousss. she'll have 70 ss.e.s
Mn. Ksonsdy admitted. "Doar ~
~, asas."
Kanedy's parting insts0et1oas =
~ u next mogninG wege: Nov.
1pat you % bothering 70 have thinos
0DoA up any lifsSsn1 The old mans
. good fellow and ! guess his WIN
went ~ ~ worss."
with . non-oommittai smile ArA
KsnnsAs Kissed him soodby. thsa
dashed back into the house. intent
upon doing al that mortal woman
could 70 impress the coming guess
with the fact that the Kennedy family
could not and would not exist ave -
the Ian Of imxnry.
ehs pulled down curtains In rooms
Into which the presidents wife could
not BY any possibility have any Reuse
for prowling. These she persuaded
Sarah to wash, while she herself
swept and busted and polished ftri-
ously. She bullied the laundry into
returning the cherished best table
cloth. From her next-door neighboe
and intimate friend she borrowed sew.
sral small but beautiful Oriental rug
and . handsome silver individual
breakfast service. from which Mrs.
Turner was destined. while still 70
posing IN bed. to take her morning
meal with proper elegance In the spick
and span guest room. When she had
borrowed and begged and put In place
everything she could think OF that
might give = touch OF artless elegance.
she sat down to make nj the menus
II with have a nice luncheon and .
nice dinner" she murmured. biting
the end Of her pencil. I'm show her
that evsn II we're not miilionaires We
know The right things"
The consequences q this high men
tai attitude Wal that she arranged ON
paper two meals of which Sarah was
incapable.
"Irl have a caterer" was her prompt
decision. She had gone o far to b
baked by tribes now. And I'll have
q maid come tonight to do the wait
ing..
The next day was eminently suo
cossful. II a tribe breathless. BY an
imperceptible though determined Of
tori, Mrs. Kennedy kept the guest
circling about in an atmosphere q
Oriental rugs, heavy silver and cqt
glass. The 1uncheo6 passed on with.
ont . hitch: AfterQoon tse vas served
psr3sG ssyIs. KsSnsdy. tS61 his
arrival Just before dinner. was incased
n bis dinner goat without . murmur
md va ( prideful object to hts wife
when the feat was accQmPiisAsd:
The dinner wss really { drSkm. Re-
tsved OF al anxiety - to material
things. Mrs. Kennedy. who Wa an e1
c~>ptionally good talkes. was able to
throw herself into the task Of providing
mOutAl YeT0Oumout IVu ucS 8uest. Mhe
Turner bsamsd. praised and ate with
dainty h~eartiness. Shortly after they
left the table she nutters1 upstairs. ~
tended by the routed maid. 10 prepare
les her departure.
she fairly radiatsd 3oy when b
met her hostess at the foot Of the
gtatrs whom she came down again. She
took Mrs. Ksnnedy's two small hands
ln hers 90 tenderly that the action had
almost the s0ect Of . caress.
"Ah." she coosd; Il can never tell
YOU what q treat you have given me-
shaii never. never forget this day.
The simplicity Of II 10 the most o
derful thing have ever . Such
simplicity y in itself exquisite beauty.
H~euceforth I shall make my motto
plain living and high thinning fos
you have taught me the meaning a
those wordA"
When Kennedy returned from -
corting the % appreciativs guest -
he train his wife met him with . face
ON which there was . broad smile
though Il still bore some traces q
tears.
.OA. Jimnis,- she gaspsd. "waam1
N swfulf AnA the fumAy part Of n
-. that nha Was-ain0AP0l M really