The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-12-11
Their Bit

| wonder if you will be as interest,"
ed III reading the following little III
cident as | was to witness it. Surely
II proves how the ''little women are
doing their bit, as well as grown-up
ones.
An automobile stood at the curb, and
i'll the tonneau was a wee maid. not
more than half dozen years old, in
tent on manipulating a pair OF knit
tingneedles. She did it well, too. care
fully working through every stitch,
giving little heed to what was going On
around her until, turning :; row, she
lifted her eyes from her work an in
slant to behold another little maid sit
tlag on the curb. And the other was
knitting, also
"Oh, exclaimed the small oecu-
pant of the automobile, ''are yol work
ing for the soldiers?'
The little maid on the aurbstono
looked up and smiled a trific bashfully,
though her eyes sparkled. She hsld up
her work, a bit OF colored wool grow
ing toward a square.
This is going to be for an afghan,
said she, when there are lots OF EN-
5ewed together. There II be different
. CoIOTS, ana II ) real pretty.
The round cheeks flushed and the at
tie speaker dropped her eyes to her
knitting again, as if fearing she had
been too bold. But in a minute the
door of the car flew open, and there
were two small knitters on the curb
instead of one.
Ism I that nice," cried the other
. 1t is SO much more-more interesting
20 do than white. Mine is wash
cloth-see? and she held her work up
to view. :" But it is Just the same
kind of stitches, and | d like to dc
the colors.
And just then, as | stood watching
tue two bright races and listening to
the CHEEKY voices, a lady-evidentiy
the mother or the little automobile
maid came ont; and of course she had
to be told about the afghan, and was
as interested as possible ON the spot.
My mother saves all her bits OF
yarn and | knit il in squares, and then
the squares are sewed together eX-
planned the little maid of the curbstone
When there are only little pieces OF
yarn of q kind we use them i'll q
mlXed-up square-mv mother calls j;
hit-o miss, but it is fun to knit %
cause you never know how it is going
to look.
The lady made a quick jotting in hel
: notebook, just as she was joined By /;
friend.
DO YOU know, that is splcndit
idea, said she. Color is more IN
teresting for the children to knit than
white. | am going to ask everybody Il
, bring remnants OF warn on our next re
! Network day and then | will let Alic'
invite the children to come and 6n
) with refreshments, Of course Sh'
turned to the little maid with tn
afghan-block in hand. And you mus
come, too, dear, +" she said. "'Ten IN
whore You live and | viii send the "a.
e for YOU. We are all working for IN
same cause, you know.
The little women and the grown-u
, women smiled at one another and III
smile was 50 splendid and bright tha
, there was enough OF il to go all around
u Is radiance touched even the listene
: on the outer edge of the circle, an
1t occurred to me that one great lasso
the war IS teaching us-a lesson grea
? ly needed and aire to have maryelo'
s results--is that humanity is one. Tier
II are no barriers; there should be nom
either of wealth or caste. The sam
is heart throbs in all.
ID And l did wish-and am wishing u
W that | might get glimpse at ii
m roomful of little maids, each knittin
away at square for the afghan whic
Of IS to give warmth and comfort to son
III hospital convalescent Let us hope
te gets with it the loving thoughts th,
re are worked in with every stitch
a u. f.