Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1911-11-24
Her Restful
 Summer

ply and quarrel with all the other Wom- en there and have nerves over John- nie's tendency to explore the bottom of the lake and Mamie's admiration for the ribbon clerk on his two weeks vacation when you have perfectly good spot to rest in right here? The street Is wide and shady; the yard Is large, the house Is roomy and the porch is screened in. The motor car out in the garage probably won't blow up yet for awhile. and there are oodles of hot water. Why not be orig inal and stay where you can enjoy life? Then when fall comes you will be rested and in fine condition for the rush of winter!"
 So the Whatchers stayed at home.
 It was early in June that the What chers' cousins from Six Corners, Ia.. wrote that they would be in Chicago in a day or two and that they would dearly love to see their relatives if the latter were in town. There was nothing for Whatchers to do but con- fess by letter that they were indeed In town.
 When the cousins came they brought the baby and little Susan and Amanda and a rabid desire to see as much of the city as they could by working 24 hours day. They said 1t was splendid that Cousin Whatcher owned such a nice touring car. be- cause 1t was so easy to get about in 1t. So they burned up as many gallons of gasoline in day as the Watchers had used in two weeks.
 After they got the hang of things. the cousins used to let Mrs. What cher stay at home and take care of the three children while they roamed the city. All day long while Mrs. What cher sat smothered in sticky children she thought of the cool lake breezes playing on the cousins brows and how she had planned daily drive through the parks and how she wasn't get ting it.
 When the cousins arrived home in time for dinner they would ask moth- CTS darlings if they had been happy. Then as they dressed hastily for the theater they would give Mrs What cher directions on how to put the three angels to bed. Sometimes they let Mrs. Whatcher go along if they wanted to be shown something, but she had to hold the two children to pay for her treat. When the cousins left Mrs. Whatcher burst into relieved tears and Whatcher, who was privileged to gaze upon his motor car for the first time in two weeks, swore in sympathy.
 When Aunt Martha wrote that she had heard they were in town and would seize the opportunity to pay them visit and do her autumn shop ping at the July bargain sales the Whatchers ran around in circles, but Aunt Martha arrived before they had found cover
 Aunt Martha was vigorous per son. who did not mind that the hottest wave of the season made it's appear -ance in her train. Hot weather al- ways reduced Mrs. Whatcher to pulp, but Aunt Martha. who was going to leave them some money some day if she ever died. insisted on having her dear niece's valuable judgment on her purchases From eight o'clock in the ,morning until five o'clock at night she dragged her dear niece through fur 'nacelike basements. bouncing upon ,eight-cent gingham marked down from fifteen cents and cake tins that were ten cents less than they were at home, When the supply of placements ran out Aunt Martha took to stuffy cor. ners. where she unearthed year-before- lasts silks. in price reduced one-half.
 After she had accumulated two trunk fuls of this sort of plumber, she trip. ped on cobblestone and sprained her ankle. Then Mrs. Whatcher wait. ed on Aunt Martha Tor two weeks. be- cause Aurt Martha had a prejudice against trained nurses. After this vie. itof's departure Whatcher was able to catch an occasional glimpse of the wife of his bosom, but he asked at fist who the strange lady was. for she was such a wreck that he didn't know her.
 Just as Mrs. Whatcher was begin. ming 10 Set rested Whatcher's sister and her family dropped on the train to visit the dear relatives and incl. denta.iy to shcp. As Whatcher and ht ; sister always got along together jus, es beautifully as do gunpow der and bsazing matches. the visit reduced the Watchers 10 still deeper misery.
 Then the reople next door got . monograph and the young man across tLs streer took to playing the cornet. h the .mids, of- these aflictions two iaore cousins from Iowa came. be. cause. as they said. the other Iowa cousins had had such perfectly grand time that they didn't wan, to miss the chance. since the Whatchers were In town for the summer. They said they thought the Whatchers were very wise not to attempt to so away. sirce NR.. nyAn ir<krA .@ ~l-l.,- euN