The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-10-31
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 But have one confession to make, Miss Hall I might as well tell you, because # I don't, I'm sure Mir. Cloe will. My great hobby is scrubbing. I just naturally like it."
 She blushed prettily. She has tho charming habit.
 you've often heard it said that only northern women know how Co scrub, but l was reared all my life right in Birmingham. and I believe I know how just as well as any Yankee ever did"
 How do you do it? I eagerly ques- toned, and got the recipe.
 You take nice large bucket just the right quantity of soap to make a cleansing lather. a little washing powder. and a scrub brush. Then you just get right down on your knees and work until you see that the dirst Is gone. That's the only wayl After that you dry the floor which really looks beautiful with a lovely clean mop" She put emphasis on the word clean
 'Mr. cloe saxs he believes that if had thousand servants I'd beg them with tears in my eyes to let me
 
 She sighed:
 Maybe sol But it's not much work and the reward Is 20 worthwhile! Of course I don't wear my life away scrubbing"
 MT. Cloe is big tease" she de- clared. And the funniest thing is that I've been married to him II. years and I've never got used to it' yet
 T always--I invariably take him seriously don't seem to be able to help 1t. He can flabbergast mo any time"
 Mrs. cIoe assists in great deal of church work. and entertains beauti- fully. she Is as charming in d ball roomaas she is at homo, and as much at ease
 She has remarkable poiso, better ii- lustrated I think, by the fact that you never could put Mrs. Cloe "out," no matter what time of day you called.
 Shed open the door with her eyes expressing: Isn't this charming?" and you'd regret you hadn't arrived sooner
 That's the reason few of Mir. cioe's friends see him when he's in town. except when he attends the meetings of various organizations of which he Is a member. He likes 10 be at home and for him there aren't any brighter lights in the world.
 T try to take mighty good care Of himw said Mrs. Cloe. You can tell he's not abused"
 One of the prettiest things in the whole household is lovely quilt, pieced" out of old -fashioned square blocks. It Is the oldest treasure in the house. It was made by Mrs. Cloe when she was little girl, and is beautiful enough to be used on any bed just had to have tho quilt in one photograph. and there 1t is. Mrs Cioe straightening it and declaring: - never look at it but what some of its little scraps begin to tell me stories of my childhood"
 which brings up very sad little thing which l cannot but help men tion:
 There was beautiful little eiri once who had charge of both MT. and Mrs. Cloe's whole hearts, and made them stand around and know what a wonderful thing was childhood and a little daughter of their own Sha haa lots of fun with her father and mother. O. what a good time thcv tried to give herl
 But one day, she was needed seine. where up there" and she said a dear little goodbye-and left them lonely. But they do not forget her; and once or twice Mrs Cloe mentioned her while ] was there. There was such wistfqlness in her Voice-and couldn't help but feel she didn't want me to get the impression there was just berself and MT. Cloe to he thought about in connection with the llttle home. She" was there always too-~eyen though she had gone on n little while ahead.
 While Mrs. cloe was making the ped her hand sort of smoothed inc covers little, caressingly, asi if she was remembering. She probably did nor know that l noticed it.
 She and MT. Cloe have always lived III Birmingham since their marriage. MT. cloe, however, is KentuciSian by birth.
 perfection salad was in the max ing while l was there, too. Mrs Sioe fashions it out of gelatine. celery chopped cabbage. pimentos and hayonnaise. It is served on a lettuce lear, and Mir. Cloe is extremenlv fond oL lt, He also has a sweet tooth. The way to keep a husband satis- tled' l think" related Mrs. Cloe. "is to have good meals and make every thing lovely and cheerful.
 NIT. Cloe Is crazy about the Kitchen. He's like O. L. Bum and the balance of that group of men you wrote about the other day"
 How can man make his wife happy? Mrs. Cloe considered.
 This is not only from my own ex- perienee, but from observation foo