The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1918-06-06
ANS WE RS !
BY CYNTHIA GREY !

DeaS Miss Grey: / would
like to say a few words to
Heart Broken Mother. In a
family of six, my last baby was
an unwelcome child (by its IA
ther). / needs must put it in a
home for adoption when 1T
came. believe | was the most
unhappy woman in the world.
Tearfully | told my only friend
about it, and she gave me a
talking to I'll never forget.
This was just a month before
the arrival of the baby. That
day | told my husband that the.
baby would make it's future
home with us.
He hardly spoke and sulked
until the baby "a boy) was
four or five months old. l don't
believe he even looked at the
baby before then and l tried to
keep him out of his fathers
way. Tried to have him asleep
when his father came to his
meals or had the other children
take care of him.
When baby was Is months
old and wanted to wean him,
his father had changed enough
to think I was cruel to refuse
to nurse baby any longer. l
named him for his father about
that time, but called him Jun
Tor.
Junior is now seven years
old, a typical boy and in his
fathers eyes he is perfection.
So keep your baby, Heart
Broken Mother, and l know
that the unwelcome little guest
will win his own way into his
fathers heart.
When / read your letter to
my husband, he said, THAT
man is a fool" You see he
has forgotten that he, too, was
once one, and l am glad to sign
myself as
: ONE WHO HAS FORGIVEN.
Dear Miss Grey: My sister
has been married nearly year,
and in about six months she
will become a mother. She wor-
ries over this draft and regis
tering business so much that
her husband and | fear for her.
He is in this 81 registration,
but surely he will be exempted
under these circumstances,
will he not? Please help us as
soon as possible. META.
II your sister and her child wi
be absolutely dependent upon he
support, it is safe {
believe that he will not DO Gale
for a time at least. Both yO
and your brOther-in-law shOul
seek to interest her in the comm
of her child to the extent that sh
will forget her present fears.
you will refrain rs much as pOs
sible from discussing the war /
her presence, and keep war new
away from her, it will help yO
to accomplish your purpose.
Dear Miss Grey: l would like
your advice as to how l can
pack cut roses SO they will stay
fresh? l want to send them
about 1900 miles. Thanking
you very kindly, l am
A READER.
The usual method of preservin
cut flowers in a condition I
freshness is to dissolve sma
amounts Of ammonium chlOrid
potassium nitrate, sodium carbon
ate or camphOr in the water int
which the stems are inserted.
should think you could pack I'll
flowers in moss, wrap the stems
absorbent Gotten wet in one of I'll
solutions and wrap with strips {
damp cloth.
Dear Miss Grey: l read the
letter from newcomer who
does not know how to get rid
of our western fleas and | sub
nit the following remedy which
will not be found in a book:
Sow salt about the premises
in the woodshed and hen house
and you need have no fear of
them breeding in the house.
They require filth, moisture and
warmth to breed, as in hen
houses or garbage piles or any
thing eatable mixed with damp
trash. Sow the salt about as
thick as a farmer sows grain
and II will draw moisture and
dissolve.
aOIrT-WESr