The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-01-29
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SEWING WITH ANNIE ON
LITTLE TINS CLOTHES
Copyright 1915. by the Newspaper
Enterprise Assoetstion.)

LITTLE TINS CLOTHES
Copyright. 1915. by the Newspaper
Enterprise Assoeistion.)
"Ye see. Miss Margaret. | am
takin' ye Mt your word and have
come over To have ye show me some
about little Tins clothes"
Come right up. Annie. am so
glad II IL a rainy day and We can
sew undisturbcd."
I'm not very good sewer. Miss
Margaret" said Annie little
nhame,faced. but tould Tim that
you'd be shown me just what to
do" Then she proudly opened her
bundle and such congiomeration
of embroidery and flannel fell out.
There was enough material to
mako clothes for a small orphan
asylum and yet nothing was just
right
DO ye know, now" ehe continued
with wide smile, 'y'd laugh II Sc
could see wild what JOY Tim looks
nj these things. He picked up that
little shirt last night and fairly
shouted: Annie. reminder ye're
not maxim clothes for doll. it's
Timothy o'connor. jr., that'll be
wanin' something to kape his little
body warm. Thin he tried the little
shirty over wan OF his big hands
and stuck his thumb and little
finger through the armhoies."
did not envy Eliene 40 much
when she was buying her baby
clothes. but did envy Annie ms We
sat there together and sewed and
talked Of the coming of little Tim
| am going to make all my baby
clothes for ! know now that when
am sewing for my baby II will be
the happicst time In my married
life. Love of husband. as we OF
today know II. In an acquired pas.
sion: bearing children In a part OF
nature.
And you are now perfectly happy.
Annief" J. asked
Why. Miss Margaret. surely a
woman with the book Iearnin' that
ye have knows that no wan Ia per.
fectly happy on this sinful earth
Tim aud me has our quarrcls and
our make.ups. lie In man, my
dear. and only wan man iyer came
down here and understood US won.
en- That was the blisned son OF the
Holy Virgin. who knew our foolish
hearts and excused us because we
loved much.
Men. my dear Miss Margaret.
have not yet found out that while
the good God took us from them
In shape of a rib we were not made
especially for their benefit--a thing
the devil tells us every day. Many
OF us iiRten TO him. and We Kit
very uppity and talk about Twin
our own lives whin all the time We
know In our hearts It's the lives of
our husbands that we want 10 reg.
ulate and live.
Now. Miss Margaret, I've found
out wan thing and I've rot /, knock.
ed into my noodle 40 II can't get
away from me and tina, 10 that ye
must give a man his head once In
while
HE Just must let his meanncss
! come out Some ave thin do II
through a bottle OF whisky. some ave
thin make love to women promis.
cnous like. some ave thin Just take
u out In naggin' about the house and
some OF thin are that stingy with
money and lovin' words that We
might as well be married 10 n lump
OF wood-the cords will hurt ye that
ties yc to aither.
Once In a while know that Tim
gets TO thinkin' tina, he In In bad
with the whole world and rummages
around In his own mind to find who
he can lay the blame on. Ave
course. me bein' his wife and usual.
ly present. cit the blame.
Now I've come TO the conclusion
II we can only Just kape yer head
and reminder that beln' the last
lhandiwork Of God ye are much stu
perior TO the man who II BLOWN
off his steam and bad feelins We can
get strange holt on him whin he
comes to his sincea and IL sorry
otherwise ye show yersilf as wake
ms himself.
Il tell ye. Miss Margaret. we're
not only our brothers kapers, but
our husbands kapers. II lies wild
MS to kape him or let him 40. I'm