The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-09-17
Married Life, Third Year
BY MABEL HERBERT uRnER

| "They didn't have any cat shampoo.
announced Maggie, depositing two
small packages and seventy cents in
change on the kitchen table. But
/ they gave me some other kind. They
! said you could use it on anything
; That was ten and the Fuller's earth
was twenty.
/ Helen opened the packages, dis
closing a box marked Fuller's Earth"
and small wooden egg labelled;
| Walkers Egg Shampoo-contains
enough for ten shampoos. Dissolve in
| pint of warm water. Shake well and
use as required. Price iOo."
Il don't know any thing about this"
ldoubtfully. perhaps I ought to use
my own shampoo
/ Thought I'd better get some kind Or
| I'd have to go back" muttered Maggie.
,who hated being sent out for things.
"0h, this may be very good" con-
ciliatorily. for Maggie had been very
dissatisfied Of late and Helen was con-
stantly in fear that she might leave.
l"We'll I'll try it anyway. Let's see !:
have I'VE pint bottle ?"
! Maggie found an empty bottle,
which Helen filled with warm water,
and then poured in the soapy powder
| from the little wooden egg.
"Oh, that foams nicely" as she shook
| 1t up. mo, put down the bathroom
window in Mr.. Curtis's bathroom
that's the largest-we'd better wash
| her in there.
Pussy Purmew, who had been plac-
idly summing herself on the kitchen
window sill, now jumped down and
| hastily Disappeared She had never
had bath before, yet evidently there
was something in these preparations
to arouse her suspicious.
"ShaH / catch her ma fam ~
| mo let's get everything ready first.
Now. what pan shall we use.
why. amt you going to wash her
| in the bathtub 2"
"Oh, mono Mr. Curtis would be fur
ious il he thought we washed her
| in his tub. Besides they told me par
tticu1arly not to wet her feet. They
said put her on a towel by the pan
and scrub her with brush"
/ Then you'll have to take dish
,pan There amt nothin' else.
1.-THE dish pant Why. Maggie YOU
know / couldn't use that Where's the
one you make the starch in? There
that's Just the thing. Now We'll want
about three big bath towels and I'll
get my rubber gloves.
/ When everything was ready in the
bathroom, Helen brought in Pussy
Purmew, who, sensing something I'M
usual. squirmed protestingly.
mo, no-now be a good kitten We're
not going to hurt you. Maggie you're
isure this is not too hot? You feel 1t;
/ can't tell with these gloves. Put in
! a little more shampoo. That's not
very sudsy.
| Pussy Purmew submitted with very
had grace, while Helen lathered her ov-
er and then scrubbed her off with a
istiff brush.
1.-The poor animal, she didn't know
what to make of it." murmured Maggie
who was always terming her tthe
Ipoor animal" BE careful ma'am
don't get it in her eyes.
Pussy Purmew dry and Pussy wet
Hook astonishingly differently. FOR
now her beautiful long fluffy fur. was
only little dark wisps against q naked
pink body, which shivered pathetic
ally under Helen's energetic scrubbing.
Now. you'd better change this wa
ter, Maggie; it's pretty dirty.
While Maggie filled the pan with
fresh warm wafer and made it sudsy
with shampoo, Helen kept Pussy Pur-
news wet, trembling little body COW
Tered with a bath towel so she would
not take cold.
Mono! now, be good kitten-cat
as Pussy Purmew struggled violently
under the fresh onslaught of the brush
But Helen held her firmly, the rubber
gloves protecting her from the vicious