Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1936-06-05
THE FOUR MERCENARY
MINXES

~ nee in the dim Days, gone
beyond Recall, when Parents
~ were not compelled to take
out Licenses, there lived in
an 3. Flat Town on the O. and A.
a., a Quartette of Nectarines who
had their Pick Of all the Valentines
between Padgett's Siding and Su-
mac Ridge. To look at the old
Photographs of them, one might sus-
pect that they were related to Sis
Hopkins, but it must be remembered
that in the deadly Nineties, when
every Dorothy was banged across
the Brow and had a New England
Boiled Dinner sewed on to her wide
Hat, the most ravishing Specimen
Of the only attractive Sex looked as
IL she had been dipped in some
thing and then dried in the Sun.
Now these fair Vestals were
Named Lib and Min and Stel and
Jess and it is of Interest to note
that away back. nearly 80 Years
ago, these Maidens slept with one
Eye open, kept Tab on the OppO-
site Gender and, in. a General Way,
looked out for Number one and the
Blue Ticket.
A good many Weepers will tell
you that previous to 1910, when a
Nice Girl was supposed to Faint If |
anyone saw her Ankles, every Mar
riage had a Background of True
Love and every Deb went looking
for Nobility Of Character instead Of
an AA-1 Rating at the Commercial
Agency. If the Truth must come
out, full many a cold Calculation
was made beneath a Poke Bonnet.
WEREN'T TOO AMBITIOUS
Cleopatra knew how to put a
Crimp in a Check Book. When Solo
mon began giving Presents to the
Oneen Of Sheba she never begged
him to stop because she was afraid
he could not afford it.
When the four Dulcineas out at
began to look around
for Feathers that could be used in
a Nest, they were simply running
true to form. {
OF course it was a zap Era and &
a Dollar would go a long Distance. /
The four cOnniving Cuties were [
not looking for MilliOnaires. II was
no use trying to creep up on Some 4
thing that wasn't there. Each OF +
hem merely wanted Home with a =
Front Yard to It and a Hired Girl 4
and the Kind Of buds that would n
20 with a silk ParasOl. h
Lib was the first to take the High IA
lump after burning up many a ton II
e Anthracite Coal to keep the $,
front Room warm through the long
Winter Evenings, and holding Hands 0
Until her Fingers were Blue, she III
nally picked out a large slOw-mOv- ri
ng Pachyderm with the very at h,
ractive Name OF IVES. She pinned n
he Ribbon on him because he had III
lst come into 100 acres of good
and. the improvements on the W
aAAE AmNAuAAHE WIFI / in
croll-WOrk around the caves and III
300 worth Of Lightning Rods on co
le Barn. wi
IKE NO PIKER wi
Anyone who expects to live on rii
le Income from a Quarter Section BIZ
lOuld be ready for a Diet OF Rain no
alter and Crackers. The net on nil
at much Land. after paying Taxes wa
i'd making Improvements and Re Ba
Hrs, would not keep the average ST.
lmily in Bluing. Furthermore,
" time Congress gets too busy fol
ylng TO do something for the vel
lrmer by mere use Of the Vocal du
'rds. any good Fertile Tract is apt hal
be Liability Instead Of an bui
set. be-
Yves thought he was rich but he La
Is sitting on the Front stOOp Of dol
Z Poor House. wO
Every one said that Yves was car
art enough but never showed any
nbition. Initiative and deadly Res Mel
ltion except when he was in a Tel
Of Game. iud