New Britain herald., 1923-07-06
Why Madge Was Able to Save
"Aunt Tattie.n

With my small son in my lap,
considered and discarded half dozen
plans for silencing his little pitcher"
repetition of the comments he had
heard from Katherine's lips and mine
concerning his grandmother's abomin-
able courtesy to Mrs. Beckett.
Any mother of small children who
never has faced a similar problem has
blessed lot, indeed. In my first panic
had agreed with Katherine's frantic
comment that this was no time for
modern methods of child training.
But with my little lad In my arms.
looking cherubically up into my face.
I could neither bride nor threaten
him, at least not dntil had tried
other methods.
Mama feel bad" he announced at
last with the air of one making an
important discovery. Does 1t hurt
bad? Dooner tiss it, make 1t all
WE'LL"
/ gave him an ecstatic little hug
and seized the heaven-sent opportun-
ity.
Yes, Mother does feel bad.
Junior l said impressively, with a
purposely sober face. 1T makes
Mother feel so bad for you to sing
those words"
What words?" he demanded
blankly.
Don't repeat them !" Katherine
flashed the whisper frantically, and l
smiled bit derisively as | acknowl-
edged the warning. Repeating the
words, even If / were to do so silly
a thing, would be distinct super
fluffy in Juniors case. He already
had them firmly fixed in his really re-
markable memory, l was sure of that
So, to create q diversion in Juniors
mind, ! placed him on the seat and
started the car again.
"Oh I know 70 he announced i'm
portantly, and then he threw back
his head and broke into his chant
again:
"Bomable old woman. Ought to be
spanked"
"Madge !" Katherines voice was
imploring and l knew that she fav-
ored summary and drastic measures, !
pbl Ounlpl Cudltb dpEuDtly CGdSbu,
and he turned an earnest, inquiring
little face to mine.
You no like" he inquired with so /
unconscious yet life-like an imitation
of Katie, that Katherine and l. tense
ly anxious as we were, had hard
work to suppress our laughter
With mental note that the prob
lem of Katie's influence upon juniors
speech must soon be taken up, spoke
slowly, impressively, nevertheless,
watching the road carefully and drove
along.
mo, Mother doesn't like those
words and she doesn't want you to
say them again, ever" i
Never" he asked reluctantly Evil
IDENTIFY the chant had charms for him.
Never Never !. Never !"
AUNT Tattie said words first" he
looked triumphantly at me.
Il knew it !" Katherine whispered
despairngly. He has my number.
all right. I might Just as well ask
Mrs TIGER for room anyway"
Yes, Junior, I know" / said
promptly. Aunt Tattie was naughty
10 say them, now dfen you, Aunt
Tattie?"
"Oh, Junior Aunt Tattie's os
sorry, so sorry - dailed Katherine
sincerely. Listen, Junior. Suppose
we promise Mother We'll never say
those bad words again" '
He reflected again, soberly. Then.
with a sigh he put away the fascnat- {
Ing possibilities of the new chant.
All right Never say dose bad s
words again. Hi Derry. I've come
to see you I
We had turned into the TIGER door [
yard, and Jerry was at the side of
the car before we had stopped. He
never fails to answer Juniors hail, no
matter how important the task he
leaves. AS for Junior, Jerry is his