Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1920-06-11
MATCHMAKER
BY MYRTA SLICE LITTLE.

Miss Darthia PrentiSS was h0r-,
matchmaker. She had always lived
in a small town and she had made al.
most everybody's match except her
own in the whole vicinity. The only
reason that she was stiH Miss" was
that she had not yet found "exac-ly
the right one don't you know Then.
too. Miss Darthia was very shy and
self-forgetful
/ But Miss Prentiss, though not on
the sunrise side any more, never wear.
led of looking about, for her young
friends. of course, and bringing iusr
! the right couples together in her COW
little home under the naples, while
she remained in the background in
| prim gray and lavender and white
frilled aprons and made puffy bis
cults and cakes and scalloped pota-
toes and tea for the younger folks
When the new high school principal
came TO town and tried to get board
with the little lady, he met with
prompt refusal.
1--WE heard lot about what
quiet, honey place 'twould be and
about the cooking I'd GET The man
smiled persuasively.
But Miss Darthia flushed and folded
her little white hands and assured
him that there'd be too much talk If
she let him board there, and there
was just as nice places, lots of them.
But she'd invite him there once in q
while with some desirable young la
dies he'd enjoy meeting. She would
dos that, certainly. And why didn't
Mr.. Randolph try to get in over at
Johnson's?
So Hugh Randolph, high school pro-
fessor, boarded across the street at
the Johnsons, and little Miss Darthia
promptly began to plan which one Of
the three Johnson girls he would mar
ry. There was Cora, who sang beauti-
fully; and Nora, who was pretty as a
pink, and Lora, who made the most
delectable jellies and preserves and
puddings
When Professor Hugh had been in
town a week, little Miss Prentiss in
yited him to have tea with her. And
she invited Cora Johnson to come over,
too. And she played Cora's accom-
psniments on the little reed organ.
and she Joined her with her own alto
once in a while, just to show Professor
Hugh how sweet and clear and bean
tiful the young girls voice was COM
pared with her own funny old quaver.
Hell notice all this when he's
| away from Cora's home and environ
ment with middle-aged lady around,
more" she told herself, as she set the
table, and practiced just how she
| would bring it in nicely that Cora
Johnson had the sweetest disposition
she had ever known.
The little lady noticed after that
that Professor Hugh used to 60 walk
ing of Monday evenings with Cora.
So Miss Darthia decided it was time
that she invited Professor Hugh and
Nora over to tea
And she sat in the full glare of the
| big lamp so that he would be sure to
contrast her tiny wrinkles with Nora's
smooth round cheeks.
And after that the professor did
stroll about of evenings with Nora
| And they often stopped at Miss Oar
thia's gate and chatted with her about
her hollyhock and bachelor buttons
And once the little lady found the
courage to offer the professor a blge
button with white fringed edges and
express the hurried wish that he would
find some nice young girl to sew it on
for him. Then she had hung her head,
fearful that she had said too much
But the mans voice was reassuring.
I'm looking round, Miss Prentiss,"
! ne told her cheerily.
And Miss Darthia sighed expectantly
And about week after that she had
Lora and the professor in for tea and
she took especial pains to tell her
| guests that Lora had given her the
| recipe for the marshmallow cream
| Only Lora had a knack of cooking that
she could never get. And Lora blushed
| prettily. And Miss Darthia went on
TO say that Lora had sent in the rasp.
berry preserves to her last winter
and she'd been keeping them for such
a festive occasion. For she never could
equal Lora Johnson in preparing
things to eat.
And the professor had looked very
happy that evening as he bade Miss
Darthia goodnight. and the little lady
noticed that he bent very close over
Lora, as if whispering something Of
great significance, as they walked
down her path together.
So little Miss Prentiss decided that
she had done all she could for the
present, and she would just wait
Whichever girl Hugh Randolph chose
would be the most fortunate, ideally
happy with such a husband.
Miss Darthia wound the old clock
In the corner and put out the lights
Then she heard a sound on the gravel
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