The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1941-08-29
THE SIMPLE THINGS
OF LIFE
By MABLE !. CLAPP
Mcclure Syndic ate-WNU Ser'lce'

shade of blue in the hose? querleo
Susie ecstatically.
81 should say" sighed Aunt Eila'
that for 81 anyone should De aDie
to get anything she wanted In the
way of hose. When / was your age
paid 81 for three pair of stockings
And it was that very evening tnaI
Sam told Aunt Ella she'd better stay
for the rest of the winter.
Susie had been delighted to ask
Sans Aunt Ella for a two-Week
visit. Sam said Aunt Ella had hao
a hard life, and never had had any
fun, and Susie resolved to give her
the time of her life.
We'll go to some good shows
she planned, and III take her
around to the shops, and we'll nave
the best little dinners-yOu'H see.
But somehow the plan hadn I
clicked. The good shows had ielt
Aunt Ella cold. She said she
couldn't understand how so many
people could spend money merely
fer pleasure when thousands were
starving. She ate the good little
dinners with the simple comment
that that standard of living was all
right if people could afford 1t.
Well" Susie had said TO herself,
tits only for two weeks and l can
stand it that long all right. And |
won't say anything to Sam about 1t
either" But when the two weeks
had stretched to four, and then Sam
had suggested she stay the rest OF
the winter, she laid the situation
before him.
She says people have got to get
back to the simple things of life.
Such as WHAT" encouraged Sam.
"Oh, books" vaguely, land not
going to shows, and bread pudding
and thick soled shoes"
Nov, Honey" began Sam de-
terminedly, the thing for you to
do is to pay no attention to all this
'Hark from the TombS' hoOey. I'm
sorry l asked Aunt Ella to stay the
rest of the winter, but l don't see
how l can very we'll tell her I've
changed my mind. But l won't
press it, and I'm inclined to think
Aunt Ella won't want to stay much
longer anyway" And that was that.
Another week went by, and still
another. Susie's mother, dropping
Ill one afternoon, found her daugh-
ter alone and wrapped in gloom,
Aunt Ella, it developed presently,
being out for the afternoon.
- What in the world is the matter
with your" asked Mrs. Jarvis.
Its Aunt Ella" said Susie with
a Little quaver III her voice.
well, what's she done?" inquired
her mother cheerfully.
''She thinks everything's wrong, "
walled Susie, and all she talks
about is the good old days. She
thinks that ice cream is a luxury
and that you shouldn't have chicken
more than once a month"
Mrs. Jarvis stretched out one
hand and studied critically a perfect
manicure "She eats the chicken
and ice cream, doesn't she?" she
asked.
"Why, yes" was Susie's answer.
And goes to the shows?"
Eyes, but"
But she still wants the plain and
simple things of life?"
Why, yes, but
We'll" said Mrs. Jarvis rising
and drawing on her gloves, why
don't you give them to herr" Susie
! opened her mouth 10 speak-and
closed it without a sound.
The week that followed went down
in the Thornton history as the Week
of the Pot Roast. II, the pot roast.
had not been SO bad the first night.
rich and brown, with fluffy dunn
! pings and lots of nice brown gravy.
1t had even gone over fairly big
the second night, a la casserole.
But Its successive appearances were
received with less and less enthu-
slasm by the head of the house.
What's the big idea?" he said
gazing darkly at the piece de resist
ance when it had reached the state
of hash. We've been whiting
away on that COW now for a week "
Don't you worry, young man."
said Susie blithely. I've saved
S3.25 out of the housekeeping allow
ance this week
But the pursuit of the plain and
simple life didn't stop at the Thorn
ton table. Sans suggestion tina,
they run around the corner and call
on their friend. Gary Cooper. was
instantly vetoed by his better half
I'VE go the movies too much" she
said decidedly. And besides | want
to get caught up with my mending -
And Sam subsidized behind his paner
grumbling. After a while he fell
asleep and snored. Susie darned
away placidly Aunt Ella darred
too. She had really fallen rather
hard for Gary Cooper.
1t was less than week later that
the Thorntons accompanied Amt
Ella to the train for her return
home. She had received word She
said, that necessitated her leaving
! Immediately.
We'll" said Sam, after the train
had pulled its way out of tbo
station. ''What'll We do now2r
We're going on a spree >" an.
! nounced his wife. We're go;nr o.