The Jasper news., 1922-08-17

soinF thing doing there. But doubt II.
forgot to say haven't heard from
Father again. ] answered his Christ
mas letter. as l said, and wrote just
as nice as knew how, and told him
all he asked me to. But he never an
swered, nor wrote again. am dis
appointed. I'll own uD. thought he
would write. think Mother did. too.
She's asked me evei So many times II
| hadn't heard from him again. And
she always looks so sort of funny
when ] say 'no-sort of glad and sorry
together, all In one.
ONE WEEK LATER
It's come--Fathers letter. 1t came
last night. Oh, IL was short, and 1t
didn't say anything about what i
wrote. But Iwas proud Of 1t, just the
same. just guess | wasl He didn't
get Aunt Jane to write to Mother, as
he did before. And then, besides, he
must have forgotten his stars long
enough to mink of me q little-for he
remembered about the school, and
that | couldn't go there IN Anderson
Vile. and so he said had better stay
here TIL II finished.
And | was so glad to stayi II made
me very happy-that letter. 1t made
Mother happy, too. She liked II. and
she thought II was very, very kind Of
Father to be willing TO give me up
almost three whole months of his six.
so ] could 60 to school here. And she
said so. She said once to Aunt Hattie
that she was almost tempted to write
and thank him. But Aunt Hattie said.
"PoOh," and II was no more than he
ought to do, and that she wouldn't be
seen writing to a man who so care.
fully avoided writing TO her. So
Mother didn't do 1t, guess.
APRIL
Last week ] had to have d new party
dress, and we found a perfect darling
Of pink silk. all gold beads. and gold
slippers to match. And knew I'd look
perfectly divine In It; and once Mother
would have got II for me. But not
this time. She got a horrid white mus
lin with dots In it, and blue silk sash.
Shl'dblG Cllliu-lOT any
OF course, was disappointed, and
suppose | did show it-some. In fact.
I'm afraid l showed 1t whole lot.
Mother didn't say anything then; but
on the way home in the car she put
her arm around me and said:
I'm sorry about the pink dress,
dear. ! knew you wanted 1t. But II
was not suitable at all for you-not
until you're older, dear. Mother will
haze to look out that her little daugh-
Ter isn't getting to be vain. and too
fond Of Dress"
knew then, of course, that It was
just some more OF that self-discipline
business.
But Mother never used TO say any
thing about self-disctpline.
Is she getting to be like Aunt Jane7
ONE WEEK LATER
She is.
know she Is now.
I'm learning to cook-to cook! And
it's Mother that says l must. She told
Aunt Hattle-I heard her-that she
thought every girl should know how to
cook and keep house; and that If she
had learned those things when she
was a girl her life would have beeD
quite different, she was sure.
am learning at q domestic science
school, and Mother is going with me.
| didn't mind so much when she said
she'd go, TOO. And, really. 1t Is quite
lot Of fun-really 1t is. But 1t Is
queer-Mother and l going to school
together to learn how to make bread
and cake and boil potatoes And, of
course, Aunt Hattie laughs at us. But
| don't mind. And Mother doesn't,
either. But, oh. how Aunt Jane would
love it. If she only knewI
MAY
What do you suppose l am learning
nowf You'd never guess. Stars. Yes
stars! And that is for Father, too.
Mother came into my room one day
with a book of Grandfather's under
her arm. She said 1t was very won
derful work on astronomy, and she
was sure | would find 1t interesting.
She said she was going to read II
aloud to me an hour day. And then,
when l got to Andersonville and
Father talked to me, I'd know some
thing. And he'd be pleased.
And SO, for most a week now, Moth
er has read to be an hour a day out
of that astronomy book. Then we talk
about It. And 1t is interesting. Moth
er says It is, too. She says she wishes
she'd known something about astrono'
my when she was girl; that she's
sure It would have made things q
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