Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1913-01-20
Mrs. GadWall'S
Premium
A Case of False
Economy
By CLARISSA MACKIE

You save lS4 soap wrappers ana
you get u parlor lamp" declared Mrs.
Gadwall enthusiastically. Il shOuid
think you'd he willing to bring down
r-,v bars of soap each week so as to
have new lamp for the parlor Hen
ry" She emphasized his name in or
der to arouse his wavering interest
"Eh? calculated Henry, rafting his
newspaper impatiently.
you were not listening to a word l
said" reproached Mrs. Gadwall.
''Yes. l was, Sarah. ! heard every
word" he eQuivocated, emerging from
behind the paper and turning his gaze
upon her, now with undoubted inter
est.
well. what did l sayY
Mr. GadwaIl hesitated. While he
had been reading an especially delec-
table bit of baseball news the voice of
Sarah. his wife. had 6Oated over,
around and under the newspaper, and,
although he was skilled in sometimes
guessing the purport of her conversa-
ton when he had not been listening,
now he was quite nonpuscd. But he
hazarded a guess, based on previous
complaints.
"YOu said we needed new sofa for
the parlor, hut that we must have a
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. 1--WE do need the
sofa, and yOu have promised it to me
for Christmas. About the lamp-by
saving 1Sf Bubble Froth soap wrap
pers we can get a beautiful lamp as
a premium. 1t won't cost us n penny"
"WelY" inquired Mr.. Gadwall.
"What do you think of the idea?"
do Flower & Meal keep it?"
"No-there's the trouble. 1t can only
he bought at one of the Bubble FrOth
stores in town. | thought you would
not mind bringing down n box of soap
now and then. When you're commut-
ing it's easy to stop in one of their
downtown stores and get small box" "
Every we'll" returned Mr. Caldwell
reievedly; ''if that's all that's required
] guess we can have parlot lamp
Why not wait little while-not rs
long as you will be collecting soar
wrappers-and go to china store and
buy lamp straightT'
"That's Gadwall extravagancer la
mented Mrs. Gadwall. what is the
use Of paying S15 for lamp when
can get fifteen dollar lamp free with
only 1S4 soap wrappers|
Enough said!' declared Mr.. Cad
wall crisply MAKE out your soar
order and I'll bring some up tomorrow
night, although | won't promise &c
shave with it."
The next evening when Mr.. Gadwal
alighted from the train Mt Lawn villas
he carried n weighty package down the
half mile Of road that separated hin
from his suburban home
He thumped it down on the kitcher
table with mighty groan. There
Sarah! The next consignment of thi!
confounded soap you want you cal
have sent down by express! My arm
is stiff and sore"
Mrs. Gadwall was husiy cutting tn
cords that confined the cakes of SOAP
81 thought if you brought the soaI
down we could save express charge
and have the lamp clear profit" sh
explained. There. that's the toile
soap. Isn't it sweet and refreshing
HenryY
"Smells greasy" he declared, wrir
king his nose with disgust.
"See the trademark, Henry-a ms
Cician scrubhing little black bo
white with Bubble FrOth soap" pul
sued Mrs. Gadwall, undaunted by hi
criticism Isn't it appropriate|
at would he more appropriate
they had the magician transforming
worn out horse into cake of Bubbl
Froth soap" grinned Mr.. Gadwal
somewhat Modified by this fash of n
own wit
Henry Gadwal! Why. it says O
the wrapper that it is made from pur'
ly vegetable oils"
"Then if that's so it must be mad
from horseradish." he retorted. escal
ing from the room.
After that 1t became common sigl
to see Henry Gadwall staggering hon
under a load of soap Somehow IL
large cakes softened and melted my
terlously in the water and did not las
1t made what Mr.. Gadwall called
violent" lather. which was the on
quality borne out by the highly colo
ed advertisements.
At first all the Gadwalls used Blu
ble Froth soap. but after little Hora
GadwalrS tender skin had broken for
in an alarming eruption. which Il
family physician declared to be due
the use of the soap, his cake of ca
tile was restored to his little finger
and one member OF the family w
freed from the thralldom of the ne
cleanser.
Mr.. Gadwall was the next desert
from the ranks. He claimed that c
new soap did not properly cleans
that it's perfume was dsagreeab
and. moreover. that 1t chapped /
skin. As cold weather was coming O
l. a.. IneN nat