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4 BOWL OF SOUP.


independence for women. about the con-
stant broadening OF Womans Industrial
sphere and of making use of one
talents and ability.
I'm afraid my only talcns is soup"
ne lamcutcd
Soups hardly Il talent. my dear.
.tprovcd her mother, who was not In
sympathy with the progressive women
az tho day.
But might not the making of it
prove TO be- mother Isabel asked. half
in earnest
Nonsense" replied Mrs. Anderson.
and dismissed the frivolous suggestion
from her mind.
hut, this was not the case with Isabel
she had hoard OF women who had made
tidy little incomes by making aprons:
she knew of girl who had made n
fortune ny making candy, and she had
read OF persons who specialized in
chicken salads and crullers or mince
pies for womans exchanges. SO why
might not She try her hand at soup?
The idea was really suggested to her
ON the pond when she was skating.
There were hundreds OF skaters trying
10 keep warm while enjoying the sports
on the ice, and Isabel was sure that
most OF them would have been glad
TO have a s;eaming cup of her delicious
soup If il were conveniently at hand.
one inspiration followed another, and
mind. Dotted around the shore of the
skating pond We're bungalows that were
occupied during the summer by menu
bers OF the club 10 which the pond and
surrounding grounds belonged. She
recalled the names of a few OF the
families who leased the cottages.
Mr.. and Mrs Walk Brown,
know they would let me have the use
OF their cottage for few weeks she
decided.
And forthwith she wrote to Mrs.
Walker-Brown, whom she had known
more or less intimately before her mar.
rage. she outlined her plan and Of
fcred to pay nominal rent for the use
or the bungalow.
Promptly her friend replied that they
would not think OF. taking compen-
sation, but would be only too glad to
have the cottage opened up and used by
Isabel Mrs. Walker Brown. who was
one OF the semi society women who
had advanced views on the subject OF
women In business amended Isabel
for her enterprise and wished her sue
cess
Inside OF two days Isabel had had the
cottage cleaned and ready for business
1t stood on the very edge OF the skating
pond and 1sahers only advertisement
was whispered word to n few friends
on the fec.
All during the skating season she
was husler than she had ever dreamed
OF being, and the skaters, young and
old, sought the pretty bungalow for q
cup OF lsabers tomato PURGE or chicken
Gulnbo or cream of oyster soup. She
served nothing else except the bread
stuffs that accompanied tho soup, and
after 2 week several skaters came with
buckets III order that they might buy
and take home some o! Isabel's soup.
Wont il be possible TO get II after
skating IS over n young man asked
Isabel He was a stranger.
Well, | hadn't considered perIna-
ncntly going into business" the girl re-
Piled Tit is so new to me"
1T seems rather too bad to aba ndon
such a promising opportunity. does It
rot|' the man vcnturcd further.
Isabel looked thourhtfully into the
dying cmhers in the bungalow fireplace
Yes" she admitted. and especially in
view Of tho fact that / made the ven
tmrc solely TO prove that | possessed a
money making talent
Tho man abandoned his task OF eat
ing and took observation of Isabel as
If he had not before noticed the real
woman Ills first glance had told him
She was pretty; her conversation led
Him TO believe she was interesting.
You've proven IT," he said IT'S an
original idea"
Isabel busted herself with one person
and another and did not sec the young
her THOUGHTS occasionally.
when the skating season was over
She had netted a comfortable little sum
o' money and she found that the idle life
that had always been hers pallcd on
her unspt. 'siiablE. After days and nights
Of indGri s,.r. she determined to 30 Into
business And, although she was not
cnCouraucd Icy her family, she man.
aged to perfect her business plans.
~ BOWL OF SOUP" was 10 be the
name Of her tiny soup depot, and sNe
rad selected Z. small store near an art
academy In the city and in the neigh
horhood OF studios and light house
Keeping apartments.
One venture led to another, and lisa.
hol Anderson was widely known in n
fcw years as the owner of n series a.,
sour dcro's. each Of which was known
as - Bowl Of Soup"
Sh" was n little surprised one dav
IN summer during which she was
finding the Responsibilities Of business
rather firing TO get an invitation from
Mrs Waikcr-Hrown To spend week
end with her at the bungalow on tho
side Of tho pond
81 believe I'll 70. I've sentimental
regard for THAT BUNGALOW and II wont
do INC bit Of harm TO rest for n coupl.
81 days" Isabel decided.
As they wound through tho woods
toward tn" bungalow Mrs walker
fNro"0 flNh!H"u 10 Isabel The reason
the prime roason-for her invitation
ITS 50 perfectly, !rrcsistiblv roman
tic, my dear 81" said This man
came to tho house ana asked II he could
get a bowl ~ soup I happened to bc
out Mt tho bungalow carly In spring M
tending u some planting ana I looked
~ him 90 n he were crazy"
isabel began 20 laugh softly and a
WARN color crcpt into her checks
"Anywav. he explained that no had
bad soup ~ this bungalow on an oc-
casion when no had been skating or
tho pond 10 pass away an hour he
had had To spend ia tho town IL
described YOU in glowing terms. and
told him all about you did IKE
him, too. I, seems that he knows
Charles sister. ana SO, altogether
VIC became wcll acquainted and he.
ut the bungalow now just gasping ,c
meet YOU again Isn't II too ,,nusua
10 be true I'm this prosaic age. 1sa.
bel?"
Almost admitted Isabel Ana vo,
I'm rather rlad q Ig t-vn I ,,i,t