El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-01-27
A Splendid Idea
Adventures Of a Crouch

rection. I've heard some crazy hut
in my time, Mrs. JamesWoI ny tSs sill
this latest one is entitled 10
yer loving cup. oo1 into
a furnace when p man Ano o 70 the
every shOvelful takes him close I,av w
poorhouse, but when you Sc onoIdvyood
ing around among a lot OF N1jnters
getting my hands full Oh Ibae of
you'll know that my reason "a Won
1cially fOrSaken its throne in y
viii be justified in putting iitcbforII.
cage and feeding me with Pn,1a and
You never hit upon the Va, al
simple ways of economlzIns. sc6eme
ways loom up with some freah So - sh
that makes a t0ilWOrn huspduu Snend
his teeth. All the money We will
for soap in the course OF IT'S
never break US up in business, o1ored
the money that goes Tor TN e 4eodine-
bricks of ice cream thaI - - think
US to the dump. I suppose W; 49, So
that making soap is a chaILl ILiiIoi77rseIf
ciety function You picture IoTTr
making soap, attired IN YOU ,-o11r
necked dress, with yellow rose - ttairiner
hair, and the society repoI S g.9 -oDers
pictures of you for the SUNDAY lPIe optI
Let me inform you, Mrs James W % 80
that making soap is the Nus Tanoas
Job on earth. 1 know, MI So aTd
worthy. I have lived anu -, IU Hands
shut the door, as the poet says Ni go
that the rod of empire nlIsHI -. 20 &c
swayed once stirred the soap q
with a wooden spade. --.-a5 to
"Of course it has not Occur - 49,
vou Thar the eouipment for soap mar
ing costs like running a maSsdltiIi +r.,,sf, G
have to go shopping at the steer u 10
emporium in the first place, " -5,i-ad
large iron kettle. The money u 1CI -
for that kettle would keep US IN sSUaP
for Is years Then you nave 70 Suy
smaller kettles and pans anu Gl ~ 80, &c
lures, and also a barrel Wnlcn 800 800
like everything: and Wneh YOU 10
a nile Of ashes large enough TO MAKE
I've, you find you haven any S'P
eve used to make soap at home ..I IN
the baIcvon days. Mother INSISTED upon
ii. as all her ancestors had IoIloWeu
mn that Dlan. When the soap making
season approached father always L!i11iloSI
his pockets with sandwiches anu ~ iI - q o
for the tall timber, and When ne cdIiIS
back his WhiskerS were 50 long IL ~
was always stepping on them. me
worst thing about sOapmahlnS - ~
1t is like liquid chain ugnlhIn6 VIZ WI
a gunpOWder plot thrown IN Ior SOOu
measure, and it's always spIashlH6
over you, and ngetao1leIaolnhIhu
over you, and burning holes Lhrousn
your clothing OtIen WHeIl NJ "a -
pouring I've into the big kettle L see
her lump up in the air Il or Ieel
and let out a yell that broke WlLluOW
panes across the street. Some OF the
fluid had squirted into her eyes or lnIo
her mouth The whole job was tor
ture to everybody engaged IN II, anu
When the summer was over. and the
harvest ended. so to speak, the result
was enough TO make strong man
break down and cry.
Unless you have seen home MADE
soap, Mrs JameswoTthy you don
know what the word CHASTITY means
It's appearance sends cold shlVers down
fine hack of anv sensitive person, and
when you try to use it it brings out
gooseflesh all over you. If 1 can flnd
a cake of home made soap in the town
-rFT1 70 va a y nrnCnnT
Vedding anniversary next -mOnth,a nd
when once you have contemplated II
you viii never again refer to soap
making as an economical measure.