The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1912-01-09
In the


There certainly were flaws some
where in the screens A. Mr.. Steble-
ton waved distractedly at the buxzing
pests that were interfering with the
reading Of her morning mail she calcu-
lated that there must b at least .
thousand dies in the nat And Mr..
6tebleton hates a ny - she hates .
rattlesnake.
I simply cannot stand this!" she
cried IN wrath. So she went to the
phone and ordered sent over at ono0
quantity Of sticky ny paper. When
1t came she hated to spoil the looks oe
the place. but desperate measures were
imperative. The yellow sheets were
scattered about through the rooms:
Then Mrs. stebleton hung around
counting the first unwary victims and
rejoicing al she checked them Oh.
Presently she got dressed and went
out to a luncheon and shopping with
. friend. When she came back she
hoped that the last Of tho invaders
would have buzzed out his dnal pro
tests on the sticky fly paper. s4~
-
EAlda, the maid, some hours later
bore an armful of freshly ironed'sheets
M towels as she tramped heavily
down the hall to the linen closet Then
q dropped her burden with a thump
on q convenient table. When in the
e course of putting them away she came
to the last sheet something seemed
wrong with It Hilda investigated and
then she said: my land!" One of the
pieces OF fly paper was immovably
sluedsto the under side of the sheet.
With mutterings of disgust. Hilda
peeled Oh the sheet and tried to wash
It ont In the bath tub. Her efforts
proved % her how very useless 1t was
Tor = ny to try to get away when
once he got stuck to the sticky stun.
The ny paper she removed from its
dangerous fposition on the liable. and
eftsr aiuAaessly looking around for
n out OF the WY place. deposited 1t
9pon the topmost sofa pillow on the
library couch.
: Linda Stebleton. aged Is. arrived
home from school > little later. bring.
amg with her three girls. They burst
. with . gust Of chatter and dis.
e1butsd themselves through two
fooms recklessly. Thereupon simulta-
1Sously arose wild shrieks. Guest No.
Z nd planted her elbow on n sheet
s0f ~ paper and her endeavorS to re-
move It glued II firmly to her other
!hanl. Quest No. 2 had leaned hack
her head and brought down . sheet
hanging over the edge u . bookcase.
..yb6r pu6s seemed i~nsxtricably at
tAehsd. to it, surfacs. Guest No. 3 was
trying to remove . sheet from Hndals
back.
After the excitement had cooled
down . tribe Linda eased. upon the ~
iDa1ef with hostile eyes. '4othef must
have put that horrid STUFF ar6und!"
che said. n suppose She saWsa ny!
you'd think that n dy vas . regi-
N6pt from the way shs ,lAetA Nov.
sWk1fs can Ne put the awfk stuff"
They prow1ed around with the sticky
Apaose S0inossIy held .bsewssas -thsis
ethumhe ard fingers and finally ar
sraG 4 ~ suit :thsmo1eve& zThs11
~ devoted m hour "a eoap and plco
IN - tndeayor to M thSiS&4tl
l3iAs sthSssi stickils1Aya I
4Tod" ststlst6n. ageds Gght 1gs&
Ssprocseeaou when 10 sfdAhed IL and
down with . b0unoesp4s sheet
had slid into . lGaals.F Hts oA3sS
A1t9s were violent and acrid and II
- the efforts a his sister and the
Gkeer three girls combined to calm
~. Taking the ny paper In no gen.
u hand. Tod hurled It out Of his way.
sokebleton himself arrived home b.
4ors his wife. What's this! WnAtt]
Hn3sf" he demanded In his nervous
nay. placing an investieatfng finger on
- pale yellow sheet on. the hall
stand. Il stuck. The other hand stuck.
TO. when he hastily endeaSored-to get
ton. His son and daughter FASTENED
70 his rescue. explaining that doubt
JonD mother had been waging war
AGAINST her enemies, the dies
When Mrs. Stebleton came In, tired,
$40 was full Of apologies for her late
3znoss, she explained as she tossed OF
her hat and her gloves and coat. I'm
simply dead!" she ended. "Fve just
E3eot to rest a few minutes before
dress for dinner!" Then she threw
hefself among the pillows on the H.
brary couch.
But not for long. From Mrs. Steble-
tons appearance as she scrambled to
her feet wildly after q Mortified In
slant 1t seemed that Linda and her
three friends. Tod and Stebleton all
had followed Hilda's example In choos-
.ing the sofa pillows on that couch as
Z sa1e place to stow the sticky sheets
toe ~ paper out OF the way. Every last
one Of them vas plastered on Mrs.
6tebleton!
on the Nursery Menu.
Ldttle sicknesses due to unwt1a
sfeeding sometimes develop into trou
khleeome maladies. and parents DO well
10 watch, during the autumn especial
~. ohat injudicious treatment dees
3not i've rise TO stomach complications
- the case Of young childfen Con-
.~A-~ - fhe general idea. too. murh