The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-02-05

shops. ON the streets. and ths, nearly
all q them have dmply holted nom
home. from what II called q good
homo go called I suspect because a
good home IA an ideal and therefore
doeAa't exist. come e believe that
the young should at certain time
b separated from The old and placed
in severely classified internmont
campo
! think l was rather worry 20
mamma Before the war was a
worry because had to be amused
and. II possible. married / had TO be
provided with horses. which mamma
always felt weren't reliable had 10
have froeis ordered for me which
meant going 20 town with mamma,
who hates railway journeys: ] had
Go have parties given for me. tho
mamma cares for tho society Of hard
~ anyone save Aunt Augusta re-
member the quicker between her eye
hrows when one OF my parties had 90
be given and Il was suddenly disoov-
cred that tho parlor maids had He-
eretiy hrokon most OF the Eiaaa
She got Isabel married and mo en-
gagged.
Poor mammal she was a casualty
In a way. shs didn't expect her
younger daughter 20 como back from
hospital 20 tell her 20 strafo n uorv-
ant or 20 remark that there wore
"umpteen- pheasanta IN tho covert
ready for shooting. Mamma recov-
cred a daughter who smoked Easpers
and crossed her legs Mamma heard
her daughter say damn Papa said
REALLY. Ursula. don't know what
you girls aro coming 10" and gave
mo a cigaret- He thought mo rather
fun; he went about hoping that
wasn't flirting. and conveying that h.
had an open mind n wanted &c
confcaa
But he. too. was 20 have his
troubles ] feel very ungratetul whcr
think Of u. but I couldn't stand
being suspended Ike this at BurleiKt
AbbaA Burleigh Abhasl What a
name. Like Horrtcd Keynes. OF
whiteShurch Canonicorum. Gould
anything possibly happen IN place
called like that3
IL may seem strange. but tho thinl
that drove mo out again was no fever
OF agitation: II was joke. There Il
always Joke going round IN n coun,
try house. generally a silly one, II
lH used several times a day for about
week. Later. u crops up again ~
growing intervals. For In oountr,
houses very little happens 20 Jokes
are spread out In this case. We hac
a man staying for the weekend. I
certain Capt. stanhope. The nigh
he arrived. most OF the wcst wins
was flooded. including It's bathroom
SO he had 10 urs tho bathroom az,
tached 20 my bedroom. bathrooms
had forced their way into Cibei
Court, and wo had only tao on thai
floor.) OF course l hurried on th'
Sunday morning. but be didn't. ane
as in my haste I had left my tooth,
brush In tho bathroom. I didn't know
what 10 do. | lintened 10 him splenh.
Ing for some tino: when no cams
out. and devoted what seemed endless
days Of drying himself. could bear
lt no more. and. gently opening ths
door. put In my hand and asked
for my toothbrush. which he Envr
me. But at breakfast no let out thc
mild incident. The whole Of that
weekend was filled with humorous
illusions 10 the intimate relations
existing between US: We wuro sharing
bathroom. Was II compromising
for young man and young woman
10 share n bathroom II thcy did no,
share II simultaneously Did he
brush my teeth for meY After
laughing four tmes or 90. got mad
denod; on tho Tuesday night I was
ruds TO papa when AT dinner he asked
who would next weekend share
Ursula's bathroom.
90 went 10 Basangai,on. where a
liftio old man who had failed as a
music master taught shorthand and
typcwritlng In a dusty. copying Of :
fee. Oh. how hate shorthand It's
70 easy TO do. and 10 ilIegiblc when
you've done II. And fyplngl |
thought Il would take me years 10
learn not TO put '-thr" for 'thc.~ IA
for inserting a new ribboni One
wants motor gloves and a maclein-
toah- ! practiccd on hired machine
at homo. ''Nog is the time for all
good men to come 10 the aid Of their
party" TO get my speed up, Papa
said II sounded worse than the plano.
SO. Mt the end OF three months. was
very bad, and WAS at once engnFcd
AZ the food control office at BaMng-
alton. ! arranged this without too
much difficulty; papa and mamma
felt little disgraccd by the venture.
which waSl quite different from my
Florence Nightingaiing. but they
were hampered by their period---airis
we're doing these things
80 ! became servant Of the state.
How splendid that sounds until you
start Ming Tho food control office
at Basingalton was located In ware
house attached to Badngalton town
hall. which had been divided into
small rooms by an immense number
Of matchboard partitions Ny alton
ton was drawn TO this conformation