Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1917-03-16
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HIGHFLYERS
MoLLlE GIVES A PARTY AND
MRS. JAYNES ISN'T MISSED.
BY MRS. EVA LEONARD.

Yes all this is my wedding present
want you to see how complete it is
am fortunate woman to have such
father. l never say 'in-law. do
not like laws, besides he is the only
father i have, you know" Mollie
Jaynes conducted her guests around
the perfectly appointed little cottage
Julia sat at the table dispensing tea
and cakes with the air of proud pro
prietorship, as if Mollie and her cot
tage was an exhibit she had set up
on her own account.
1T is proud day when a woman
presides over her own home for the
first time" Olive Ellison smiled down
into the eager face of her hostess.
Yes, indeed, l have been so i'm
patient. | could hardly wait for the
house to be finished. Clyde said
was like child who had been prom
ised a doll house" Her musical
| laugh was good to hear
clyde little knew why she was so
impatient over the delay in finish
ing" thought Marjory as she watch
ed her. Little thought that it rep
resented freedom from the worst kind
of tyranny"
isn't Mrs. Jaynes coming to see
/ the new mistress preside ?" asked Nell
Morton
Il believe not" Nell realized her
mistake when she saw the flush on
the face of her hostess "She had an
other engagement, she said. She may
| be able to come later" Mollte look
ed toward Julie to see if she had no
ticed the question. But that young
lady was serenely pouring tea into the
monogramed teacups. Nothing that
her mother did or failed to do caused
a ripple on this unconventional young
persons consciousness
1t isn't exactly usual to show a
nursery at your initial party in your
! home, but l thought-I
'Oh, show us the nursery by all
MEANS chorused the women Mol
lies face was swept with d wave of
color, as she led the way to- the Sc
cond bedroom. Everybody exclaimed
over the perfect appointments and the
little lady to cover her confusion said
as she slipped her arm around Mar
jory's waist, "Marjory helped me with
many good suggestions"
"She has had so much experience"
laughed the doctors wife.
There is more than one way to get
knowledge" Marjory smiling TOSSED
her head
you know she attended q series Of
lectures on the care of infants" struck
in Mollie eagerly.
Dear me, how wise young people
are nowadays" said Mrs. Parsons, the
mother of four
80 sensible, I think. II I had not
married a doctor l am afraid my first
little girl would have died from the I
result of my ignorance. How did you
come to do it?" she asked, looking at |
the young woman in question.
We'll, had a large natural aptitude /!
for ignorance and my early life had
fostered it till | was a shining example
of how little a girl could know. Ny /
husband fell sick and lost his posi- |
ton l was as helpless as a babe nm /
born; | knew nothing about nursing /
or cooking. In fact life is too short /
to tell you the number of things l did {
not know. TOMS mother came to the |
rescue or he might have died. I did |
not hire nurse for we were broke |
One of the things I had not known
how to do was to save The ladies |
dropped into chairs to listen "There |
is not much more to tell" she added |
81 got busy when Tom got better, took |
a course in domestic science and at |
tended these lectures on the care of in |
fants, highly resolving to be of some
use in the world" she ended with an
oratorical flourish.
ut is strange" remarked Nell |
thoughtfully, that for the most i'm
portant profession, that of raising /
children and making homes, there is
absolutely no preparation made. Men |
spend years in fitting themselves for
their life work"
ut is a wonder there are not more
homes wrecked in consequence" Ev-
erybody looked at the speaker and |
smiled when they remembered what
mess Ethel Gordon had made of her
housekeeping as bride.
These are the first of a new gener-
alton" Olive pointed to Mollie and
Marjory.
Il am not. I wish were. I have
to get all my knowledge from Mar
jory." Mollie smiled up into her