Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1922-10-19
HER MISSION
BY ADA MAY STEVENS
g. 1922, By Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate

mind me, you go right on gettin' sup
per looks more ike dinner to me. No
body needs so much variety. | don't
care how young they are. Well
balanced diet? There's nothing like a
well balanced pocketbo0k to my mind.
In these hard times folks ought to
save, and green things cost too much;
/ never could afford them. And meat
my goodness A bit of pork with my
beans does me.
sick? Who said | was sickf OF
course ] need lot OF doctoriug, It's
only natural, wore out as | be; but
them that wastes has nothing for the
doctor, you may depend on that
an sit here out of the way. Yes,
keeping out of the way is all I've done
through long life o trouble and care,
You young folks don't know thing
about it. If you don't scrimp and save
now, you'll be on the town in your old
age.
"Been on vacation, haven't your 1t
costs pile TO travel nowadays.
Money don't grow on my bushes to
spend that way. Some people have 1t
TO spend, and I'm glad for them |
lust had the paper in the parlor
changed and it cost lot. There that
coal man Is coming here. No wonder
you burn so much COAL never sitting
your ashes, and letting that careless
Rufus trun them out. You may say
that Jim doesn't have time, but If
had an able-bodied man sittin' around
the house two hours every evening,
I'd have few things for him to do.
"Studying law, is he? Well, what Is
the use of that I declare the more you
| give man in these days the more he
wants.
Got piano since | was here, | see
| | should think you were both too busy
TO fuss with music. Music doesn't rest
me any; that's the evil ones own argu-
ment for a good time.
"Yes, you are looking pretty well
| Ruth; but you take care; bloom lasts
but a day, and you're type that
| fades early. It'll take more than dane
ing around to please your husband
when you get as yellow as l be. II
seems mighty unreasonable TO put
pleasure before profit.
"Well, / must be going. | enjoy com
| ing here to get the news; ! was young
myself, once and | want to show you
young folks how to keep fit and out Of
| the pitfalls of the wicked that's all
rr1t,. nd w
have been over the road are in duty
bound to watch the feet of the slippery
of the-the-oh. thank you, thank
you would enjoy nice piece of that
fresh meat. You are very good, Ruth.
| Good-by"
A month later, she calls on her old
friend, Clarissa.
well, Clarlssa, I've been neglecting
| you for some time back, but | thought
I'd stop on my way to the doctors.
Seems as If | had to go more and
more often these days.
"Seen Ruth lately? No, l don't go
there very much now. 1t got so that
every time / dropped In she was frying
| doughnutS or baking bread, and she
| hadn't been anywhere to hear any
thing If Jim was home, he was in the
| cellar sitting ashes through one Of
those no-account rotary sifters could
| hear it agoing Why, time was when
| those young people were a regular in
| SEPARATION TO me, any time | stopped.
| Ruth would be just as CHEEKY and
| setting things on the table with lot
of funny stories as to how they come
| To buy this or that And news No
end of Il. | never left there without
! snack for my own supper, too; a
bit OF something light to go with my
bread when / got home Now, If you'll
! believe 1t, those children are buckling
Down just like old folks, and there
isn't any fun left in 'em. Is that their
window you see from here7 1t looks
| like there was a dance going on there
But 1t can't be, for | was in there
few minutes tonight, and saw what
| they had on the table, and 1t warn't
food for levitv | told them 1t would
be some time before came again.
well. good-by Clarissa; after all,
! folks Of an age should stick together.
! It's thankless task going among
folks with warnings, but it's some
body's duty, and | have never been
! one 10 shirk Don't you come to the
! door with that cold If you took pneu-
/ monla you wouldn't last a minute, fat
as you be I'll come again soon. Good
by"
Many a man welded to his art is
repenting at leisure,
Matrimony has become a condition
| precedent TO divorce
Two heads are better than one
except In the family
Spinach is the broom OF the stom-
ach.-French Proyerb.
one who can see nothing but his
own interest. misses II.
When a man is full Of himself there
isn't room for sluch else.
When in doubt take a day Off and