The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-04-06
DORIS'S BIRTHDAY
BY Julia Burr, GA, Starr School

dressed. She then went to the
window and looked out. The big
round sun was already up and
shining. Doris jumped for Joy.
But why should she jump for Joy
this morning, you ask. Well, I'll
tel you Today is Doris's birthday
and I'm sure no one wants rainy
birthday.
In moment Doris had gone
down stairs, washed and combed,
then sat down to the breakfast Ia
BILE. Now in these war times ev-
eryone doesn't have an extrava-
giant meal, but save all they can.
IT was this way at Doris's home.
Doris, don't be surprised at seeing
ham and eggs for your breakfast.
We can't have them every day, but
today it's your birthday, and want
You to have happy one. This Is
the beginning"
Doris ate her breakfast, being
happy at every bite she took. Az
ter breakfast, she went next door 6
to see her chum.
Come here, Doris" said Helen,
Il have birthday present for
you" Doris came, and when she
opened the package that Helen had
given her. what do you think she
saw? 1t was five little Dummies.
"Oh, where did you get them!"
exclaimed Doris. my but they're
the cutest things ever saw. Oh.
thank You ever so much" Then
Doris skipped home to show her
mother. When Doris's mother saw
them she said, Doris, that re-
minds me that two years ago we
kept rabbits and your father made
a pen for them. We've got that
pen In the barn in the loft Come,
put the rabbits in this box and
we'll so up and get it,
In about ten minutes they re-
turned. They set the pen in the
back yard. Then they cleaned it
out good and then put fresh grass
in it. Next they put the little tun-
MES in.
Then Helen came over to see II
Doris could go with her to collect
the rent for her father Doris's
mother said she could. They had
to 80 in the poor part of town, for
that was where Helen's fathers
property was. When Doris saw
how poor these people were, her
heart softened. There and then
she resolved to help these poor
people.
On arriving at very shabby
house they heard someone crying
They opened the door and there on
the bedside sat little girl crying
Doris's heart was full of pity. She
went to the bedside and saw that
the little girls mother was dead
Doris took the little girl in her
arms and finally found out that the
lite girl hadn't had anything to
eat since yesterday, and that her
mother had been dead since then
and no one had been to see her.
Doris sent Helen to the grocery,
to telephone for her mother to
come. In the meantime, Doris
washed Madge for that was the
girls name) and cleaned her up
and Helen got some things at the
grocery and Doris cooked them.
BY the time Doris's mother had
come, Doris had the room in per-
feet order and Madge, Helen and
herself sat down to a well-coOked
meal.
Doris mother had the undertak.
er to come. They decided they had
better bury the mother that same
afternoon. Madge, Helen, Dor
ISIS mother and Doris herself, were
the only ones who attended the
funeral. After the funeral the
question was: What shall we do
with the child? Doris's mother
found out from the neighbors
about Madge's relatives, and
then, much to her surprise, she
found that this child was her
granddaughter
The story was this way. Before
Doris had been born Doris's moth
er (Mrs. Nerby) had a daughter
that fell in love with young man
named James Grant. He was not
wealthy, but a poor hard-working
man. When he asked Mr.. and Mrs.