Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1921-03-17

two somebody
comes along asking inpertlnent ques-
lions as TO how many children / have.
and my maiden name before I was
married, and whether there's insanity
In the family.
nm sick and tired of answering
such questions, II my old friends
want to dig into my family history.
I'll give them all the information they
want although ] may consider their
conundrums in bad taste, hut when
perfect stranger comes along and asks
me II do my own washing, ! feel that
the line must be drawn somewhere.
Every jack In Office asks questions. II
used 10 be that the assessor would
come to the door politely, and Inquire
how many dogs we kept and take our
estimate OF the value Of our prop.
erty without looking as though he
know We ought to be prosecuted for
perjury. But now he must know the
color Of your grandfather's side whis-
kers. and II you tell him that you keep
no dogs he goes out and looks under
the house, and In the barn. and when
I've comes back he warns you that the
penalties for giving false Information
are severe.
Mr.. Curfew says that the next
time the assessor comes, he Is going
TO throw him over the back fence and
kick him down the alley for a dis
lance OF seven blocks and hope he'll
keep his word"
81 didn't mean 10 offend You" said
the stranger. "rm introducing a wash.
ing powder that saves half the labor,
and dispenses with soap altogether.
With this marvellous powder n woman
Gun do the weeks washing and have
her clothes hung on the line. inside Of
two hours."
"well. mister. you take package
OF your marvellous powder Gown TO
the creek. and give yourself q good
scrubbinR. for you look as though yon
had been nshing out Of somebody's
Gustbin. Your whiskers are full of
sawdust. and your face Is covered
with CRIME. II you were introducing
bituminous coal. there might be some
excuse for your appearance, but
man who IL selling washing powder
ought 10 be like the driven snow, or
nobody win have confidence IN him.
"And wouldn't have anything 70
do with your washing powder " You
| offered TO bring me a wagonioad for
twenty cents ! make my own soap
OF iyc and grease. and although u
isn't Endorsed by the crowned heads
OF Europe. or by prelates or vice pres
Identa It's the best soap ever made.
and know the ingredients are whole
soma even II they don't comprise
barka and buds and healing herbs.
"When ] use my own soap. ] know
the things wash won't be any the
worae for II, hut the washing powders
sold by agents are made OF dynamite
and lunar caugtic. and garment once
washed with them will never be ~
to use again.
Last spring was feeling too poor
ly TO make the usual batch of goap,
40 / bought a package OF washing
powder from mn agent who had bis
pockets full OF testimonials showing
that he was mDn OF high moral char
acter. II happened TINT week That
all Of Mr.. Curfew's white shirts were
In the wash. Mr.. Curfcw is very par
ticular about his shirts They must
be MS white as arctic snow, or the way
he raves around the house Is dis
grace. Well. I wish you could hive
seen those shirts after they were
washed. They had mn old gold color.
and have been getting yellower ever
since, and Mr.. Curfew never sits down
but he speaks about u and makes
things uncomfortable.
$50 you had better toddle along
and sell your washing powder to some
woman who doesn't know how 70 make
good soap"