The Holt County sentinel., 1921-03-18
DYED
BY NELLIE 2. BROWN.

Tie rural delivery had lust come.
There we're ~ letters today: the farm
paper for dad. q circular for Dick. nd.
v.rtising chick feed, the daily paper
from the city. and two magazines.
Mrs Merritt glanced over the head
lines OF the news. and then picked up
one ~ the magazines for u peep at its
contents. II was charmngly Illus
trated, hut after n moment or two
Mrs Merritt Hung II down with some
thing iik" u snort ~ disgust o..
ia like, for mce, TO read some
thing real good and homrlike." she
cxclniined. "A body would think. from
all The magazines nowadays, that
everyone lived In New York city or
On u Western ranch. Why don't they
ever wrlte stories about real people
pH'p'' lhnt i've III New England IKE
US Tor 'hN'hh'' Or
h''huNe' Hhsh'd Lucille st"rmi'y.
NOT waiting Tor her mother TO finish
n''hnN" morning over hnnr"ns IN 'h's
u'"' ,"hfh'I'n '"Mh' We WASH OH
M"huhN ANA iron tuesday, nnu 60 70
'I' Lnhi'N Nid one" u month N"dn"s'
"nl' anu W" h"ll sap W spring ahh
Pl'h n'rr"s w SUMMER anu make
Pehi'N W tue In'I---
Mercy what y blue streak you
ARE m' 'Np"Stulnted her mother
t""n nl,uI'hN. ANA Win party NJ
""S' ""''tN lhl> very hlIht'
Ihhts Just IT, walled Lucille. W
hhN'ht ~ ihlns to wear and ihere1l
be nll ih" Skinner folks.
l"nr green hdiiSie Il pretty" suid
her m"lli"r.
Iiiat erred Lucille. I've had n
Wic' years. aud everyone knows II
was Nh'i" with u pink nlurc once.
9nd that I boiled II out aud dyed u
gtcrn. Aud hose yonp.dyrs fade a.
c,rryono Knows WHEN Il las bee
freshly wIslui ana dyed again. I
corl',u't find r.y green on, IN n ne,
Kind ~" lgs iiIir went in the city
nnl this Kind has Ia he boiled"
I'm sorry" snId Mrs, Merritt "but
whit emit be- cured must b, endured
You L,.y We decided this summer
thar Wrn gn without everything we
could ir buy the washing machine.
Go get Nuur dress aud dn the hest
you Gnu with II. I'm sorry haven't
had tine H. iiN YOUR white dress. but
that's torn pretty bad"
Mrs. M"rritt's philosophy was al.
WAYS to make the hest of things and
lurill, tried tn mukc n hers ns sh,
brought down her sccrsuckcr hntIstr
Ripped IN the wide whit" collar and
cufrs, and surveyed rather Srornfu,iy
iis faded green folds.
The mixing ~ the dye was rr,'hsr
"m"ssy" hui NJ length II wRs ready.
and Lucille dropped the dress 10
damp from washing. The directions
said, stir constantly" bpt who ever
follows dyclng rules cypiirifiyS
prSldcs, Lucille had the dishes to
wash. 81 c0ntcntcd herself with u poke
now nnd then with her wou,lrn dye
sticks,
Uu' alas the dishes done. she llftcd
oui the dress nnd found u mottled
with nll shades ~ green, from ilvh'
ycliow'grern In deep olive,
"Oh for PHYS sake" calculated the
girl ats ruined nav. Aud ~ least
II wns whole, and ! could have got
lots more wear oui ~ H."
"NcNer min'l." rhcerlly said Mrs,
Merritt, called upon Ia comfort, con
sole md counsel, "rut II IN strong
soapsuiS and hoIl " out white anil
start again"
Iint I.uclllc was discouraged. She
shook hor head, bit her lip to hold
buck the luinp III her 'hfoht' ANA hur'
r''d "n toward III" hnrn'
Poor child" murinnrcd her mother
sympnlh"iically And splash, went the
kettle of green dye down the sink
spout hiss went stream NJ hot WI
ter lnio II Tin tub. Slicors of strong vel
low soap followed, aud pop went tie
dress again, Into n soap bath this time
When Lucille came back from h~
walk down the lnnc her head wns hlgl