Milford chronicle., 1931-02-13
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\ need Il yard and half Ior my
apron, and about half yard more "
The young woman at the counter had
a most attractive face, and as she
finished, little girl came up and
looked at the pretty cloth with shin
ing eyes. she smiled up at the clerk,
THAT'S for mine, too" she said, with
satisfaction.
"Oh, so you're going to have an
apron, We'll, what are you going to
do, wash dolly's clOthes|' The child
nodded, and they went out.
And when the mothers apron was
made, with its gay rick-rack border,
an identical apron, with a rick-rack
border, was made for the little girl,
"Anne!" The little girl came run
ming. i've finished our aprons!"
Anne proudly viewed herself in
hers, standing on chair so as to
see better.
Later, when her mother wanted an
crrand done, happy little legs flew
to do ii.
81 don't see how you get your child
to do so many things-mine want to
play all day, and then their play
gives me extra cleaning to do" a
neighbor said
"Well, Anne would get lonely
playing by herself, and, being an
only child, she would naturally have
to do this a great deal as | can't
spare the time to play with her, you
sec. But we are together nearly all
the time, and if you will listen and
watch I'll show you how Anne
plays"
First there were the dishes. Anne
dried those while her mother washed
them, and they chatted or sang to-
gcther as they worked. 1t was not
really work to either of them. A lit
tlestOol was provided for Anne to
climb on to reach the shelves-and
it would always be day of cclebra-
tiOn when she could reach higher
shelf.
She had her little groom, and they
raced to sec who would finish first
with satisfying results.
81 take indoors, and she takes
outside" explained the mother as
Anne disappeared with her broom. /
She has the porch, the steps and /
the front walk. Then she cuts flow /
erS while | empty the vases and fill /
them. That keeps her out, and busy, /
too. (
Here is our corner for sewing. .
There stood two pretty work boxes,
side by side. Anne 's--iust as if she .
were truly grown up, 1t gave her
pride to own something that was as
important as her mother's--a work
box that didn't have to be put away.
And when make my child clothes,
she makes her child some" Apne's
child was Il beautiful doll that slept
IN a little bed beside Anne's own.
Don't you hate to have the toys
;luttered around, thOugh?"
"Anne's things aren't eluttcred.
She keeps them i'll order and is Just
IS nice about cleaning up as any
lody could be. She loves her doll,
80 why shouldn't she have her where
ihe likcs?"
And after Anne had stood on the
,thcr side of the pretty grown up
leds to help make them up. her
mother rcciprocated by standing on
he other side of the dolls bed to
Ielp make that up.
Anne is darling. | know, of
curse, that she should have more
ompanionship with children. They
an do things for her that cannot
10. For all round development one
must associate with ones peers.
want her to know more children as
We live here longer. But" and the
nother shook her head, "she couldn't
ave much more fun, than now
We're friends, best friends, and we
work. together, and the we take
lay off now and then and play to-
romp and picnic, and
o out in the woods and discover
reasurcs. In fact, instead of MAX
ng her old, | believe our compan-
jnShiD inst kCeDS me Young"