The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1918-07-25
CONFESSIONS
OF A Wife
At \ CHIi.DRE>'s MAS
al EEADt

Wei. YOU see. MsrSie. did not
SAY ans thinE TO you or any one else
about Bcddy for Or Vlrot xAs not
SURF he could strElEhtcn his back or
his eyes. and knew that u he could
not ! was going 10 take him and 20
among stranger
What for. my dear girl" vas ny
aTnAzed question
Just because 1 nave grown TO
love my little kiddy so dessriy hat I
could not bear TO have all you peo
pie with fine children compare him
with yours"
what do you think q Mollie.
them ! asked sofly
Donna sighed. Il don't think 4
could bear Il. she answered Mol
lie Hatton IL on. OF the brav.st
women know and. Speaking OF
Mollio. am wondering II she will
come To my party You soc. MarEte.
I am going TO have chIldtsn'a par.
~. and have an the children dressed
In gro~nup clothes. and put All the
mothers and fathers into chfidr.u'-
clothes
Il am going to let the little folks
come At s o'clock TO dinner iad stay
until 8 and YOU older people can
come when you will after G and
watch tho children. and yaI VIII
have your dinner AZ and your par.
~ afterwards. II isn't going tn be a
big party. MsrRfe and hope you
will comc Altho you and Nollie
probably will not bring your sons
all the rest Of the kiddie- among
our friends are old enough 90 be-
present for n little while "
1T to q unique idea. Donna. ami
IN come I said. 40 she went out
the door
! think little book that Donna .
party was a great success. ~ the
society columns OF the various news
papers we're full Of It next dlv.
Perhaps ! had better cut out the
para graph that described INC and
paste IL In here II says. Mrs
Marjorie Wavrrly was dressed as a
baby In long clothes lace cap GOV.
ering her hair and only a tiny rcd
curl or two showed about her face.
- WhAt AhkfiH AAhAk4 fflhnF ntUN
fashion. reached below her feet and
she had 10 hold II up ~ she walked
There were pink ribbon bows ard
gold clasps to pin up the short
sleeves. and pink bows for her cap.
White kid heelless bootees completed
A costume that she whispered to her
friends was replica Of one OF the
baby robes OF Richard Waverly III.
Mr.. James Edic. In short trousers
and Eton Jacket. Insisted that Mrs.
Waverly should have had pciar
bulator or he carried In arms"
II was a very merry party. little
book. and the children in their
grown-up clothes were much more In
character than We we're. | am afruid
Little Reddy Bill. as Jim CALI
Douna's adopted klddy. was per.
feet picture in the uniform OF an
English officer
Our children made bra . show.
ing. There was little Margaret Ann.
a perfect Irish beauty. ~ a Rcd
Cross nurse. her brother In police
uniform, Bulge in priests cas-
sock and Teddy ss man about
town. There were the two little
girls Of Mary and Max in very up.to.
date grownup ball costumes. and
their brother In the ovcralls and can
Of the machanic Max. ir. " said
Mary. with sigh, told his father
this morning that his wonderful n
brary wah only q rich mans fad. He
said. I'm going TO do something
with my hands 40 well az my head
when ] grow up" And truly. little
book. Max. jr. looked more Ike
coal HEAVIER than anything elsc he
Is 30 big and brawny. Exquisitely
dainty, Elionc Symonc IL going to be
typical society girl when she grows
up. much TO the disappointment %
her mother.
TO BE Continued