News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1922-05-24

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my nephew's there, and he showed
me, and l started 'em. And sweep
and dust with the windows open!
often, and take proper care of the
wash-stands. Clean the closets, too.
We even bought some of those ten
cent hangers from the store to show
them how to hang up their clothes"
"And downstairs ?" l queried.
I "Much the same. But they answer
the bell like lady ="
( "They certainly do" | broke in.
Eyes, little Eunice Clapp was so
pleased it rang on her day." laughed
Miss Ann, "and in here, they fix the
papers and books straight on the
table and try to find some posies for
the vases. We don't shut up any of
this house now! When their turn in
the dining-room comes, they set and
unset the table, and they get some
thing out of the yard for the middle
of it, if it's only some green twigs.
The kitchen takes the most time"
II should think it would" | agreed.
They have to learn how to manage
the stove i"
"Oh, how awful" thinking how
much easier it was to run docile
Ford.
"And keep it BACKED" Miss Ann
went right on, "and clean the sink
proper. and wash and wipe the
dishes proper, too; and rinse out the
dish-cloths, air and sun them every
time. But what's most important,
and what the city folks don't do"
she was almost glazing at me in her
excitement, stake the right care of
the swill and garbage, not have it all
mixed up, broken lamp chimneys,
and papers and things"
l blushed hotly, thinking of the
convenient garbage chute in my very
up-to-date apartment, but as made
no defense chow could I?O Miss Ann
continued: lamps are another trick
we have to know about here, and oil
stoves. It's pretty hard to keep 'em
trimmed and burning as the Scrip
lures knew. We can't take much
time yet for real cooking, but we
show them, already, the simplest
breakfasts s. not the country
Sort" how Miss Ann shifted! "Aunt
Mari's precious school teacher has
told her a lot about calories and
things so we don't even
have doughnuts any more
just fresh fruit, and nice eggs and
a cooked cereal, none of the box
sort"
at really is Splendid l said
enthusiastically.
"And on Saturday mornings we try
few baking and sewing classes,
mostly mending so few
gfown-up women really know how to
mend, Aunt Mari says. While they
sew, Miss Dean, one of our teachers,
reads to 'em, somebody's Queens of
England now They don't hold much
with the fightin', but they do like to
know who they get married to
v but most of all they know,
that it's heap easier to live in Yer
mont, even with lamps and oil-stoves,
than those old queens had it, with ali
their gold crowns. Some of Aunt
Mari's children from North Bart
lettsville come over regular Satur-
day, or whenever they can get ride.
My land!' she cried, rising, if there
aren't those Burnt children now
peSSeu LOT rlQe from
somebody. They're plumb crazy, the
two oldest girls, about bein' here and
learnin' things but, my
sakes, they always bring the twins,
those two babies, you see'."
Yes, could see the two, half-clad :
urchins trooping in, who couldn't !,
possibly be over FIVE Just, before I
had to leave, we went quickly !
through the 'humming old house. 1t |,
was evidently dining-room day to the I
Burrit girls, who were busying them
selves about the table. And the he
twin was standing on his bare tip !
toes solemnly trying to brush off a
few cracker crumbs, into a shield,
shaped brass tray T. he, to
whom crumbs had so far been his !
allotted diet in life The she-twin had
Later as we peeped
INTO quiet bedroom, we found her
shivering in her scanty, thread-bare
Tor what passed as
'uch). She proudly pointed through
he open door of the closet, where
IN large wooden hanger, she had
to stretch her soiled and
;kimpv old wooden dress.
The tears were in my eyes as I
walked across the village green to