The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1912-08-27
A Profession For The Stay-at-Home Girl

comfy furniture IN IL. a pot of labur-
mum in the VISION. banjo on tho
couch, a few framed copies OF famous
masters on the wall, ID little Pig
trough bookcase with few pieasa n,
books in IT, bright kitchen full ct
bright cooking things. than To wear
Che biggest solitaire that ever spar
Killed. on the finger of gambler or.
a prize fighter. and starve to death
in genteel misery in q boarding house
with all the world looking on to see
the first quarrel and the first make
Lp
Iiurrah for good little Mary United
states. She's eors ng TO her own, and
I'm proud Of her,
Take the little diamond MARY. aHd
have IL Dig enough In the gold parc
10 slip off nice and easy when Yea
want to make the biscuit Put three
or four little pink and blue glnghams
in that trusseau Have IA dust cap
along. too; and. whisper. there's noth
ing on earth more becoming th5u an
apron II you know how To wear Il,
Put cook book in the boa<case--tt
won't stay there hong, you II need 1t
in the kitchen--aud listen your hard
es, when John tells what be likes
best 10 eat.
Learn to cook and to sew and 10
manage and TO order things and be
the real ruler 81 your real little king
dom. and watch John grow.
No. YOU needn't be nothing hnt
cook though Id rather be nothing
but a cook than TO be just nothing
at all, wouldn't you You can hs
Just as sweet and Just as pretty anp
just as bright and know how many
pounds of butter IL Will take to keep
you and John supplied with all you
ought to have To eat. as you can ann
know nothing but the time 10 lead
srumps.
Realize that home IL the happicst
place on earth. II You make ii go, anu
the most miserable failure In the
world. If you make 1t SO. It's all up
to you. as they say in sporting circles.
all up 10 yoa little Mary United
States. and I'm glad 10 see that you
are beginning TO understand II.
So you're forgetting pie and eating
salads and Hnrrah- for Yea
again. though good pie IL an excel
lent thing But cool salad Is not
to be shifted at, either. and fresh
fruit in season.
What is sweeter than a little table
set for two? l choose a shiny table
with just ccnterplece on II by way
of linen and bowl Of outdoor flowers
In the middle Of II. a blue bowl for
mine. and q rosy Mary sitting at the
bottom Of the table mixing in a large
blue and white salad bowi-an orange.
an apple, n handful Of red cherries.
a scuftte Of walnut meats. maybe a
slice or SO of pineapple or banana,
and squeezing some cool lemon juice
and some good olive oil over It
while ohm pretends TO read his pa
per.
Little Mary United States. you Ne
come home now at last, haven't you.
come home from Europe. and from
college and from all the foolish light
Medicines We liked in extreme youth
and abhor In a real woman. and you're
fresh. and rosy and full Of cheer and
comfort, and you are Jus, the dear
est sweetest, best mortal on earth.
Look at John. he's thinking so THIS
very minute an you pour his coffee;
No wonder he can work like h"a-
yer all day with you and your little
dinner waiting for him at home, not
in the boarding house,
Good for you, Mar. and good For
your rev plan of life. I'm with yon
every step of the way. heart and soul.
and so is John. depend upon II.
Smaller engagement rings and less
pie, With such news As that ringing
round the world. who shall dare say
the American Republic Is totterne to
it's fall