The sun., 1919-07-06

an interest in wax fgurines for a while
anyway.
New Tone in the Color Scheme.
The. addition to our family that men
ton last. but by no means because I
consider her least, is our black cook
Agnes. a friend OF Emily's. She's a
gnarled old colored woman with a thou
sand aches and pains who mutters and
mumbes as she makes the very best
sort OF food in the midst of the most
utter confusion. l know this detail
won't sound plausible to maryland 1t
doesn't even sound plausible to meek
cept when hear her singing some old
curious song and realize that she Is un-
doubtedly in the house.
suppose that her seeming devotion
to Emily means that her fathers aunt
owes Emily some money or something
like that. l never allow my detective
sense to have free range upon kitchen
characters, 1t Is too terribly disturbing
to ones piece OF mind. I'm going TO
attack that problem in our community
In my own good tim. anyway.
Jonathan supposed that I'm going TO
mend and teach the children a little
biology and rusticate all summer. That
sounds nice and wifely but II certainly
, isn't going TO be Arabella. As soon as
the last carpenter has gone I have quite
n different programme planned IL
have TO get II in working order before
lot Jonathan in on It. as usual.
Jonathan Is something of q killjoy
ut first, lie has so many little pessi.nls-
tie tendencies underlying his really very
competent character. He makes me
think II some sort OF Wild creature
conscious OF every adverse wind that
blows, hut Independent and alert--and
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certainly Jonathan.
As things are now feel that the
| decks are simply cleared for action.
In comparison with tine house a.
! owIod by the Redhelds the place IA 81
! curse barn. It's practically entity.
The floors are bare, save for the sparse
covering brought from the apartment,
and our furniture certainly looks lost
| Bat all the touches OF color are lovely
! thanks TO Mary, and the few good pic
lures we own are made more effective
than ever before because their surround
ings are simple and the light is so good,
Few GeeERws, hut Plenty to Read.
I am satisfied to have SO little about,
having never had the feminine tendency
| TO fuss things up anyway.
| ! have inaugurated tho new era IN
| the world In our household also by sub
| scrbing to a regular League OF Nations
| of newspapers and periodicals. And in
| stead OF the family prayers of our an
cestors we have a daily wrRngle over
| the news. and much discussion OF the
place conscientious citizen should take
as regards each important issue. THIS
discussion Is brought to seemly close
| by the reading OF some little lovely story
| or poem that the children can under
! stand.
Mary or do the reading after the
men have gone. and the children really
! love II. I've always wanted to make
breakfast an institution as free from
family affairs OF n domestic nature as
| dinner, and the only way TO do II IL to
| always have guests.
| In our household, II the laundress falls
| to come or the cook chooses to leave,
we shall 20 merrily on discussing Ana
tole France or whomever we choose until
We get ready TO stop It.
AT least that is my ambition. and
hope to be able to swing things my way
| in that detail.
Once all is as II should be In the house
we will begin the process OF knitting
ourselves into the community. Jonathan
was greeted very cordially by a citizen
at the station this morning and expect
that he knows more by this time about
village affairs than will at the end OF
the month. Except that there will be,
of course. a string OF curious callers. I
hope few will be like that little creature
who came to uncover the truth about
the Redfields
It certainly 10 . curious situation for