The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1921-11-02
FRECKLES AND HIS FRIENDS

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We would all gather together and
In about two minutes would be hav-
ing = good time-playing cards or
dancing. We used TO waltz and
dance contra danccn. None OF these
new iigS and not wear any clothes
10 speak Of. We covered our hides
ir those days: no tight skirts like
now. You could take three or four
steps Inside our skirtx and then not
reach the edge. Ono OF the boys
would fiddle . while and then some
one would spell him and he could
get . dance. sometimes they would
dance and fiddle too
She reflected that II she could not
have bathrooms Of gray and rose
and crystal. she wanted 70 be swing.
inR across . puncheon. floor with .
dancing fiddler. This smug ln-be-
tween town. which had exchanged
Money Musk- for Photographs
grinding out raxtime. II was neither
the heroic old nor tho Sophisticated
new. Couldn't she somehow. some
yet unirnagfncd how. turn n hack
to simplicityf
she herseif kn~w two Of NE
pioneers: the PsrryA Champ Perry
was ths buyer ~ The grain-elsvator.
he weighed wagons u wheat "a .
rough plAtform.scnlA ln the cracks
Of which the knrne1s sprouted every
apx1n9. Betvoan tifnas he mapped
IN the dusty peass cf his cffIca
She called on TIE Psrryu At their
rooms above HouiAnd 4 couid's
grocery.
when they wero aiready Old they
had lost the money. which they had
invested In an elevator. They had
given mp their hslovsd yellow brick
house and moved into these rooms
over . store. which were the Gopher
Prairie equivAlsnt Of = nat A
broad stairway LED from me street
to the upper han. along which were
tbs doors Of . lawyers office. a
dentists. photographer,s studio
the lodge rooms Of the AFFILIATED
Order Of spartans and. Ct the back.
the Perryn' apartment
They received her their first call.
ar IN : monthD with aged fluttcrfpg
tenderness. Mrs. Perry confIded.
NY. rs . shame We got to enter.
tain you In such . cramped place.
And thcre amt any water except
that ole iron sink outside In the
hall. but stiil. ~ I ~ TO Champ,
beggArs can't bc ehoosers. 'Sides,
tho brick house was too big for me
TO sweep. and II was way out and
IT'S nice to be living down here
among folks. Yes. were glad TO be
here But Some day. maybe We
can have = house Of our own again.
We're saving up Oh. dear, II We
could have our own home, But
these rooms are real nice. Amt
theyr
A. old people win. the world over.
they had moved as much a. pos
slbie Of their familiar furniture into
this email space. Carol had none
OF the superiority she felt toward
Mrs. Lyman Cass' plutocratic par
lor. She was Mt home here. She
noted with tenderness all the make
shifts: the darncd chair arms. the
patent rocker covered with sleaxy
crctonne. the pasted strips OF paper
the birch-bark napkin-rfnss
labeled Papa" and Mama"
She limited Of her new enthu-
siasn. To find ono Of the syoune
folks" who took them seriously.
the Perrys. and she easily
drew from them the principles bv
which Gopher Prairie should be
born again---shouId again become
amusing to live IN.
This was their philosophy conn
pietc In the era OF aeroplancs
ind syndicaiism:
The Baptist church land. some
what less, the Methodist, congrega-
tionaI. and Presbyterian Churches,
Is the perfect, the divinely ordained
standard In music, oratory. philan.
thropy. and ethics. We don't need
all this new-fangied science. or this
terrible Higher Criticism that's ruin
Ing our young men In colleges.
what we need Is to get back to the
true Word OF God. and a good,
sound belief In hell. like we used
TO have It preached TO u.s."
The Republican Party. the Grand
Old Party Of Blaine and Mckinley,
is the agent Of the Lord and OF the
Baptist Church In temporal affairs.
All socialists ought to be hanged.
Harold Bell Wright IN a lovely
writer. and he teaches such good
In his novels. and folks say
he's made prett' near a million dol
lars out OF EN-"
People who make more than ten
thousand year or less than eight
hundred are wicked.
Europeans are still wickcdcr.
II doesn't hurt any to drink .
glass Of beer on q warm day. but
anybody who touches wine Is head
ed straight for hell.
Virgins are not 30 virginia. a.
they used to be.
Nobody needs drugstore Ice
cream; pie Is good enough for any
body
Tho farmers want too much for