South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-11-17


ed that she should be Obeved. Della
had carried off successfully her re-
fusal TO wear a cap. But her DISC
bedienCe must end there.
1t was half past four when she
again heard her moving about in
the kitchen. When she opened the
door Della was comfortably seated
at the table peeling potatoes.
Della, did you forget Co wash out
those little dresses"
No answer.
Did YOU forget about these
dresses?" Helen repeated sternly.
Della mumbled something about
mot dom washin"
For only a second Heller hesitated.
Then she walked over. took the pan
of potatoes from Delia's lap and said
very quietly:
now. 1 want them to dry before
nisht I'll peel the potatoes while
you're washing them"
\ Critical Moment.
1t was a critical moment and
Helen was uncertain as 10 the out
come. Della was taken entirely by
surprise. She started 10 speak. then
stopped. There was something in
Helen's quiet determination that
made her realize this vas final
little dresses and prepared to wash
You had better wash the little
jacket first" said Helen pleasantly"
and don't have the water warm
enough to shrink it,
Delia's sulky silence was some
What disconc f5i BIZ having won
prepared to be generous. She want
ed to say something to make Della
( feel less sullen and reSentful.
AS she was trying to formulate
, just what To saw. the telephone rang.
Helen dropped the potatoes and hur-
ried to answer it. 1t was Warren.
Uncle Joe and Aunt Sarah were in
town and were coming up to dinner.
"Oh, Warren, with this new girl
and She SO, sullen and obstinatei We
can't have them today"
We'll you know Aunt Sarah
she won't so to a restaurant. You'll
have to get up some kind of a din
ner. They have some shopping to
do. and won't be there much before
="
Helen hung up the receiver indig-
nantly She was perfectly willing to
have Uncle Joe and Aunt Sarah to
dinner if they would only notify her,
but they never did. And this time
il was most inconvenient She
wished, now. that she had postpon-
ed the washing of the baby's dresses.
Della would be more than ever un-
willing to prepare a company dinner
now
Della Washes the Jacket
! When she returned to the kitchen,
( to her amazement she found Della
again peeling the Otatoes The little
/ jacket had been washed, and hung
up behind the range--but the
! dresses were still untouched. Helen
wavered between anger and an in
! clinatiOn to laugh She was begin
ming to realize that the disciplining
! of Della was more difficult and illu-
| sive than she had thought.
In fash she decided for the
present to completely ignore the
! dresses.
Della, Mr.. Curtis has just teIe-
4 phoned that we are to have two
guests for dinner. Wen have to
/ have something eXtra-s0me other
kind of meat. There VIII not be
/ be enough of those veal outlets"
81 can make them into veal pie"
! suggested Della promptly, and with
/ surprising cheerfulness, and there's
enough tomatoes for some ceam to-
/ matO soup"
on, that will do nicely" said
| Helen gratefully. Now, if we only
/
| only one head of lettuce"
L can make an egg salad" said
| Della; there's enough lettuce for
that And I'll stir up a sponge cake
and make some white jelly"
But will we have time TO do all
| that?" asked Helen.
! "Oh. yes. If you'll fix the table
! I'll tend TO the rest"
1t was plainly a hint that she
wanted to be left in undisturbed
possession of the kitchen. and Helen
was only too glad to comply. So she
! gave her attention to the dining
room. She put another leaf in the
table and set it with the best linen
and china. Only once did she
glance into the kitchen. Della. with
her face radiant. was beating up the
| sponge cake, while the other things
were in various stages of prepare
ton. Helen went in to dress herself
confident that the dinner would be
a good one
\ Marvellous Dinner.
And it was. Uncle Joe was enthu-
siastic over the meat pie. Aunt
Sarah was eloquent in her praise of
the sponge cake. Everything was
delicious. And Della served it per-
fectly with a beaming face instead of
a sullen face.
Plainly she was in her element.
: The preparing and serving of a
/ company dinner was evidently q
thing she really enjoyed.
And Helen decided TO discipline
! her no more. If she could so excel
/ lently prepare a hurried dinner, the
wearing of a cap and the washing of
a few baby dresses was, after all. not
so important. And possibly the
I RELAXATION that no amount Of disci-
Dlining would ever make Della do
either of these things helped her to
this decision.