The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1921-03-17


comes along asking Impertlnent ques-
ti"ns as to how many children I have,
and my maiden name before I was
married. and whether there's insanity
In the family.
I'm sick and tired of answering
such questions. If my old friends
want "a dig into my family history,
I'll give them Nil the information they
want, although l mny consider their
ronundrums In bad tastc. but when n
perfect stranger comes along and asks
Inc II do my own washing. I feel that
the line must he drawn somewhere.
Every Jack In office asks questions. 1t
used to he 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
rty without looking MS though he
knew we ought to be prosecuted for
perjury. But now he must know the
color Of your grandfather's side wills,
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
he comes back he warns you that the
penalties for giving false. Information
nrc severe.
"Mr. Curfew says that the next
time the assessor comes, he IL going
to throw him over the back fence and
kick him down the alley for n dis
tnncc Of seven blocks, and hope he'll
Keep his word"
II didn't mean to offend you" said
the stranger. "I'm introducing n wash.
ing powder TINT saves half the labor.
and dispenses with sonp altogether.
With this marvellous powder woman
can do the weeks washing and have
her clothes hung on the line. inside Of
two hours"
swell. mister. You TAKE a pncknge
Of your marvellous powder down t"
the creek. and give yourself u good
scrnbbIng. for you look us though You
had been fishing out Of somebody's
dustbIn. Your whIskers are full! Of
sawdust. and your face IL covered
with CRIME. II yOt were introducing
bItumInous coal. there might he some
excuse for your appearance. hut n
man who IL selling washing powder
ought to he like the driven snow. or
nobody will have confidence In him.
"And wouldn't have anything to
do with your wishing powder II you
offered to bring me wagonlOad for
twenty cents. I mike my own soap
Of I've and rrensc. and although II
isn't Endorsed by the crowned heads
~ Europe. or by prelates or vice pres
idents. IFS the best soap ever made.
and ! know the, Ingredients nrc whole.
sOmc, even II they don't comprise
bmrks and buds and healing herbs.
"Whcn I use my own soap. know
the things I wash won't be any the
worse for II. hut the washing powders
sod by agents are mnde Of dynamite
md lunar caustic, and II garment once
washed with them will never be III
to use again.
"Last spring WINS feeling too poor
~ TO mike the usual batch OF soap.
50 ! bought n package OF wishing
powder from an agent who had his
rockets full OF testimonials showing
TINT he was n man ~ hleh moran chiir'
nctcr. II happened that week that
all Of Mr.. Curfcw's white shirts were
IN the wash. Mr. Curfcw Is very par
iIcular about his shirts. They must
be MS white us arctic snow, or the way
he raves around the house Is dis
grace. Well. ! wish you could have
seen those shirts after they were
washed. They had an, old gold color
md have been getting ycllower ever
since. and Mr.. Curfcw never sits down
but he speaks about II and makes
things uncomfortable.
$50 you had better toddlc along
and sell your washing powder to some
woman who doesn't knaw how TO make
good soap."