El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-08
4 Serial of Everyday Affairs
Their Married Life
Helen OutdOes Louise in Making Scarf and Spend
Only Half as Much

sit on your little chair and tell me
stories out of the new book. But first
look in my muff and see what 1
brought for a good girl"
Winifred scrambled eagerly for the
package and brought to view a fasci-
mating dolls hat and cloak. She
souealed happily and disappeared Tor
a few minutes in search OF Belinda, the
big doll Helen seated herself COM
fortably and thought With happy lit
tie glow OF domesticity that she felt
just like a quiet afternoon rat home.
If she sewed fast she might be able
to finish the scarf before dinner.
Winifred came back and asked her
what they might have for tea.
ASK Mary to make some strawberry
jam sandwiches" she said, "and you
may have your milk in a cup, dear
with some real tea in it: Now are you
happy?"
Winifred was perfectly contented to
arrange the tea things on the wagon
and help Mary prepare the sandwiches.
so Helen cut and sewed rapidly. She
fitted the white satin lining to the
black quickly, and whipped on the edg-
ing as she seWed the layers together.
The edging wasn't as pretty as the one
Louise had, but otherwise there was no
difference. Besides. Helen thought it
was prettier to leave the edges wide
instead OF fastening them in with a
I tasseL
Mary wheeled the tea wagon in and
TAEAGn drank d cup OF tea dU6lEdEltuAN
and nibbled at a sandwich. Winifred
kept up a string Of happy prattie ana
ate her sandwiches and drank her
weak tea with such relish that Helen
Rugged her rapturously.
Helen hummed a gay little tune as
she picked up her work and continued
to sew rapidly. Five o'clock struck and
she looked up and Whirled the DAINTY
satin thing gaily. She was almost fin
ished.
Whitfield fioeerod fba ,,ofo-;,f s,f, =
geriy and asked Helen what she was
making. Helen replied by throwing
the thing about her neck and taking
peep It herself in the glass over the
mantelpiece.
"Oh, how pretty" Winifred ex-
claimed delightedly. and Helen adj
mitted to herself that it was effective.
She finished up the little details and
as she was putting in the last stitch
Warren came into the room.
Well" he said, good naturally, this
looks like a regular family; and hOw's
the girl tonight%' pinching Winifred's
cheek.
"she still has a fever" Helen said in
low voice. do you think we ought
to ask DR.. Marshall to run Up again
tonight"
What did he say this morning."
Why he said that children were apt
70 run temperature like that when
they were over-eXcited and nervous,
and that she would be all right il I
kept her in the house and did not allow
her to get excited"
We'll, then, I hardly think it neces-
sary TO nave the doctor again tonight
l guess she'll be all right. Well, what
DO you think you're dOing7"
Making a scarf said Helen proudly,
holding up her handiwork And then
she proceeded to tell him OF her wager
with Louise, and what Louise had paid.
Humph,' was all Warren vouch.
safed as he turned to a perusal OF his
paper. you women are always think
ing or some way to spend your money
oRsome thing" Not a word about the SIS
that Helen had saved.-COpyright 1915,
International News Service.