Mexico Missouri message., 1918-01-17
Her Knitting

soldier" said the blonde girl WITH
her lap full Of gray wool.
'It isn't" admitted Lucy, displaying
the dark green article on which sha
was at work. "It's q muffier for fa-
ther. He came into the house the 9th
er night while 1 was at work on o
pair Of socks, rubbing his elbow. 4
woman had jabbed her knitting needle
into him on the street car.
"'Why is It, he demanded, that
women can't knit without carrying |
those awful f1owered bags around |
with them2 Why, every woman has
one the size Of a market baskett
There ought to be a law against It
Some of them may contain concealed
weapons or maybe even bombs.
saw a woman yesterday on the train
who had q dog In hers-I know she
did, because it wriggled Of its own
accord and barked. I'll bet women
spend a lot more time making those
bags than they do knitting anyway
"'Perhaps,' I admitted. They're
awfully interesting to design. I'm go
ing to make a pink satin and lace one
to carry with my evening gown Fa-
ther groaned.
"'And the things they knit + he went
on. Whoever heard of q soldier with
web feet? / saw a woman making
some socks that never could fit any
thing but duck. Ye-es, they may
have been mittens: / hadn't thought
of that; he admitted. Anyway, they
looked lumpy. And sweaters! II
q thing is worth doing it is worth doing
well.
any stenographer has finished six
already. She's taken the Office waste
basket to keep her knitting in, and
every time / interrupt her for dictn-
ton she looks at me as If ought to
be ashamed for not having more pa
triotism. Jones' stenographer has even
gone so far as to ask him to hold her
wool every morning while she winds 1t
into q ball.
"'When 1 was at Doctor Williams
the other day I saw a woman knitting
in the dentists chair. The doctor told
me after she'd gone that he'd become
SO nervous for fear she'd stick him In
the eye with a needle that he'd pulled
the wrong tooth by mistake
! "Honest?" asked the blonde girl.
"That's what father said the dent
. ist said. Served her rightP father
went on.
"Goodness" exclaimed the blont
girl. II don't see how you dare tt
knit him anything if he feels lik
= that"
a "Well," said Lucy, ''pretty soon fa
# ther came over and picked up the soc
/. I'd finished.
l. "This isn't so bad,' he remarked
n condescendingly. AT least, your knit
ting isn't full of Jumps. I shoul
d hate to think of a daughter of min
l. adding anything to the discomforts @
0 our soldiers. Can you make anythin
" but socks?
q "'Why, yes 1 said. I've mad
Il muflers and some mittens. Why
q "'Oh, just wondered he said in
t. very self-conscious tone. Jone
? daughter has just knit him a woole
e muffier. 1 suppose the things are mic
y and warm
is at suppose they are admitted.
!. "T don't see why the soldiers shoul
ia have q monopoly of these knit goods
Is he went on. The rest Of us are worI
70 ing for the country here at home.
le guess we'll have some cold weathe
too
to Father said, do you want n
r. to knit you a muflerY
N "'Why, thought if you have tim
a. he admitted, 4 got q little wool for
20 like Jones'. Just let me know If "
40 need any more And at that he tur
a. a. ed and left me alone with all tn
%. green wool.
w. Sand after a while he came ba
D. and explained that he had sent a su
at stantial check to the Red Cross
Iv. further the knitting propaganda.
"Aren't men the funniest things
murmured the blond girl, going ba
I, for a lost stitch.
81 81 "They certainly are" chuckled Lu'
~ especially when they think they
is, foollng you about something."-Chi
ed go News.