Evening star., 1925-09-06

carrie Nation, tne poetess
~ who wrote that famous one
"A called "Oh, Dry Those Beers,
4 once said: II must tell the
truth about my work, ! did II
with my little hatchet, but at home
bury 1t, and use vacuum cleaner
instead Especially when l get back
from a long trip"
And how true that Is come home IN
several senses to / and George. that's
nv husband, last night when we re-
turned from two weeks vacation
We had been living in Cohoots, y. j.,
in a kinda camps And like all great
events in life ] little suspected what
was conner happen when we arrove
back home in Dinglewood.
When Geo. says leave us be home
in time for Labor day. l merely says
yes dear. that's a good notion, COM
pletely forgetting at the time that no
tions. in department store language.
consists chiefly of pins, needles and
other implements connected with do
mestic work.
Well anyways, / and Geo. and
Junior commenced breaking camp in
plenty of time. Breaking 1t into az
small pieces as possible, SOS IT would
all go onto our f1ivver. and even
though, when this was done 1t meant
where the vacation days toward
which we had looked forward so long
was now where we would haf to speak
of them in the past tense, meaning
less tense. II you get me. well any
ways. even though them days In the
wild not to say maddening country
was over. il certainly felt good to be
headed toward home.
Well, SAYS Geo. when we started off,
vacation Is a wonderful thing.
know / got a grand coat of tan, l
betcha that Joe Bush OF the Haw-
thorne Club will congratulate me
when he sees IT. At the same time.
SAYS Geo. | sure won't hate to see the
little old home once more how about
it. eh, Jennie? ,
And | says we'll dear. much as |
love roughing and readying it. | Will
admit where 1t will be a big relief to
cook on regular stove again, l amt
no Girl Scout by nature. And oh sweet
mamma. says Geo. maybe 1t won't
feel good to get some real home
cooked eats again instead of feeding
out of the tins. Gee whiz l am so sick
of canned tea biscuits. canned lemon
ade. canned coffee, preserved omelets
and rough-dried soup, | can hardly
wait to get back to your real genuine
fresh-cooked stuff. Jennie.
And I says we'll dear. 1t won't be
long now, unless we have a couple
more fat tires, or lose another rear
you have a little patience dear. / says,
and pretty soon we will be in our nice
sweet quiet orderly little home, where
everything is tidy and restful, and I'm
conner be just as pleased as you to
get back and be rid of all the mess of
living In camp, we will have
grand meal tonight a steak and fried
murphys and lettuce and tomatoes
and l will make coconut pie, es-
pecial for you.
And Geo. SAYS oh Sweet Cookie,
how different from camp. But I'm
glad we been away-Joe Bush will
certainly envy me when he sees this
tan, and beside. there's no place like
home. And 1 says, well, as for sleep
ing on decent bed again, Hot Bozo.
Lead me to It,
Even Junior had something to say
about getting back, such as Ma, don't
forget YOU promised / could have rab-
bits in the yard when we got back,
Ma, and say. Ma, dyer know what
I'd like, I'd like to get a radio, Ma.
l could AK the aerial on the roof my
| self, honest 1 could, Ma, won'tcha get
! me one? Oh, Ma, there amt no place
you can have fun, like at home, is
there? And / says no, darling.
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WELL, you know how it is, the
more excited we got, and whenever
we seen a mile post, why. we would
all yell oh lookey, only rs miles more
and wen be home, or whatever the
miles was.
Wen. finally after a while we ac-
tually come In sight of Dinglewood
and there was the dear old post of
I fice & picture theater and everything,
just the same as If we hadn't been
away two whole weeks. And then we
slid into Maple ave. around the corner
through Elk street, and into Minnow
street, and there, actually, was our
house.
Well, says Geo. as we stopped in
front of 1t, III say 1t may not be a
palace, but oh people. 1t sure looks
good to me! And / says oh George, 1T
| is darling, you just know it's the
sweetest bungalow on the block, it's
our own lovely peaceful little home
and a person could go long ways to
! find anything cutter! And Junior says
| oh Ma / wanner get in my toy box,
gee, l pretty near forgot what / have
there, gosh I'm crazy to see my stuff
again! And then we all piled out the
car and walked up to the front porch.
But could We get in? And how?
| The whole entire porch looked about
like rags, paperA & bottles concern.
| We couldn't hardly wade through it,
| and at once l got the drop on Geo.
! Say lookit that George Jules, says,
you never stopped the newspaper and
now see them! And the milk! / clean
| forgot that my own self y
1 As for the Ice. there is the sign
hanging right In the winder, and while
! there ain't any ice here right now, IL
. person can Judge by. the dampneess