Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-10-14

think you'd be willing to bring down
a few bars of soap each week so as to
have a new lamp for the parlor, Hen
ryr She emphasized his name In or
der to arouse his wavering interest
"EhY' calculated Henry. rafting his
impatiently.
you were not listening to a word 1
said" reproached Mrs. Gadwall.
Yes. l was, Sarah. l heard every
word" he equivocated. emerging from
behind the paper and turning his gaze
upon her, now with undoubted inter
est
well, what did sayT
Mr.. Gadwall hesitated While he
had been reading an especially delec-
table bit of baseball news the voice of
Sarah, his wife. had hoated over,
around and under the newspaper, and,
although he was skilled In sometimes
guessing the purport Of her CONVERSE
ton when he had not been listening,
now he was quite nonplused. But he
hazarded a guess, based on previous
complaints.
You said we needed a new sofa for
the parlor. but that we must have q
lamp first" said Mr.. Gadwall boldly.
His wife's smile warned him that he
had committed himself in some way.
"You are too clever for me, Henry"
she said sweetly. I'VE do need the
sofa, and you have promised 1t to me
for Christmas. About the lamp-by
saving 1874 Bubble Froth soap wrap
pers we can get a beautiful lamp as
a premium. 1t won't cost US penny"
"wellT'' inquired Mr.. Gadwall
What do you think Of the ideaT"
do Flower & Meal keep it?'
'No-theres the trouble. 1t can only
be bought at one Of the Bubble Froth
not mind bringing down box of soap
now and then. When you're commut-
ing it's easy to stop In one of their
downtown stores and get a small box"
Every WELL" returned Mr.. Caldwell
relievedly; 'if that's all that's required
I guess we can have a parlor lamp.
Why not wait a little while-not as
wrappers-and go to china store and
buy a lamp straight"
That's Gadwall extravagancer' Ia
mented Mrs. Gadwall. What IS the
use of paying $15 for a lamp when I
can get a fifteen dollar lamp free with
only 1874 soap wrappersY'
Enough saidr declared Mr.. Cad
wall crisply. MAKE out your soap
order and I'll bring some up tomorrow
night, although / won't promise to
shave with It."
The next evening when Mr.. Gadwall
alighted from the train at Lawn villas
he carried weighty package down the
half mile OF road that separated him
from his suburban home.
He thumped it down on the kitchen
table with a mighty groan. There
Sarah! The next consignment of this
COMPOUNDED soap you want you can
have sent down by express! My arm
| is stiff and sore"
! Mrs. Gadwall was busily cutting the
cords that confined the cakes of soap,
81 thought If you brought the soap
and have the lamp clear profit" she
explained. There. that's the toilet
soap. Isn't it sweet and refreshing
! Henry"
smells greasy" he declared. wrin.
Killing his nose with disgust.
See the trademark, Henry-a ma.
gician scrubbing a little black boy
sued Mrs. Gadwall, undaunted by his
criticism. Isn't it appropriated"
"It would be more appropriate II
! they had the magician transforming a
worn out horse nto a cake Of Bubble
! Froth soap" grinned Mr.. Gadwall
somewhat Modified by this fash of his
| own wit
Henry GadwaIl! Why. 1t says on
the wrapper that it is made from pure.
! ly vegeta BILE oils"
"Then if that's so 1t must be made
| from horseradish," he retorted, escap
| ing from the room.
After that II became common sight
! TO see Henry Gadwall staggering home
! under a load OF soap Somehow the
large cakes softened and melted mys
teriOusly in the water and did not last
1t made what Mr.. Gadwall called q
violent" lather. which was the only
quality borne out by the highly color
ed advertisements.
At first all the Gadwalls used Bub
bic Froth soap, but after little Horace
Gadwal's tender skin had broken forth
in an alarming eruption. which the
family physician declared TO be due tC
the use Of the soap, his cake of cas-
tile was restored to his little fingers
and one member Of the family was
| freed from the thralIdOm of the new
/ cleanser
Mr.. Gadwall was the next desertel
from the ranks. He claimed that the
new soap did not properly cleanse
that It's perfume was disagreeable
and. moreover. that 1t chapped his
skin. AS cold weather was coming on
he could testify TO this latter fact by
| displaying cracked and bleeding IN
gers and lips from the too vigorous
use Of the soap.
As for Mrs. Gadwall, as time went
on she grew to hate the very sight OF
Bubble Froth soap. Her washerwom,
an complained that 1t did not properly