Evening Star Newspaper, July 12, 1927, Page 21

‘“I'HE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €., TUESDAY, JULY 12, 1927. e e e e S 1 she whis jevingly, ‘oman who's heen so thoroughly | you can mever work again. Your age | grandma tonight?" “Why, Junior,” she exclaimed in i ] L B 2.’,’?“1‘33'“‘&- e e il cHilones| s agalnst Yo ¥ “Me?" Junor looked worrledly trom | telgned astonisnment, “have you for- Ks ‘foriro could be of any use| o c ’ sork than | his father to his grandmother. “I|gotten?" She bent down an - . y e ot ilia e g o - _“Ican do a hetter day’s work than | 4, ,n, "What did 1 do, Gram? pered it very softly, “You recited the some—""the rest trailel off in a|wooden tablegthe builtin cupboard, | to any one. you, William Parsons.” was the re- | dUnno AEas B o, M eleamed. | Declaration ‘of Inde - sob. e cheat. & hen. reaching behind | The door behind them banged un-|sponse. “Oh, you needn’t get {right- 3 : pendence. i Bhflal-«:’h Parsons came forward | the door. selected one of the stiffly | expectedly open. Ivns-:lI T won't be ¢'|k here again, % ewilderedly. | starched white aprons and tyving it! «<jrother Parsons!” but I'm going to be th and at sight of the tempt- | “Junior, what is he taking about?” t her slender form, set deftly to T‘,,‘, i S Capai to. thelt: reet) I'm going to see thi | . Seisiinse e ’”:Fd she interpolated. Junior flushed. work. Thes o the dbocway Wtood the | enough to send that child’ mother to | e & I . o Seon agl g B LR ST A e Billy's moms | wqogh™ exclaimed Junior, who had | portly William Parson Rorrified | & sanitarium and the boy w h»n‘mtl;“ LIZABETH _ PARSONS was | 4] TBe Lo tatiay Sae| funs & lunch wagon down on st |peen watching her movements with and a white-faced Marjorie. can get sun and aic and proper fogc. o l -, u‘ dusting. There illy wasn't e B t-m“h'wwl “”"”"f “']-“’l" street: it's how she earns her 1ivin'| povich curiosity, “gosh, Gram, you act Y Parsons. cried 1da, rush. | William Par . I'm_not old. 'I‘n; ,any need of it, for everything e Snditice s il mARCs Sroo0 Stuff, honest, | ike you heen in this place before.” ing toward her mother-inlaw, “we've 80 years youn and LY":'“T“MPi ] i in the large, walnut-furnished " with a significant - | only she's got a cough, and sometimes | “qhe blue eyes twinkled. | been everywhare for vou! What have | folks who need me. .. | DON'T let mosquitoes feed | she gets sick. Billy does the cooking e I have, Junior. No, don’t|vou been doi Helping some one | ance, all of if, dnsousle s on you. Spray Dethol. Their then and,” he hesitated awkwardly, | g ing questions. Here, get this|again? In this v . oh, st Lol B T e R Feeit . 3 Tda, T want you to cancel that order | ginging, stinging days are wagon but me 'n there's a customer ‘n he wants flapjacks 'n I tole him | “the very same.” there wasn't any an’ he sall to get| Her fingers ran familiarly over the library was spotless with a s dAanenter et Justerlike veneer that rivaled highly y polished glass. Yet the industrious o ParaonE” vand I y. Kin T help him | bread and butter out to the gentlema i 3 : little Iady bustled about, her white Now,’ Mothiss ERERCEE 3. | now. please, Gra r o fondadi S a1 e narer black dress. I'm going to | B Nokbing. alternatety O iknow! you ' SIGIIACE ¢ i ML arotin: Hotked EAINIRE | e 2 rlnure m’)c'l‘rll’"n:m“,).v].lz“.‘|:ah|')'$ ’f.!::u:r didn't have anything to do - the blue one with the frilly collar. done. They're dead. Spray and tables, ¢ “an i *| Take it away from grandma, lear.|yn. sobbing child. Her sharp eves|milk. That's ¥ r fingers e N Sl 2|1 always wanted blue. I'm going to | Dethol in bedrooms—its 5 TH s ot Noraltsnd havedec briig oo 1 ves | milk, That's the boy.” Her fingers | with my coming here. I gu L T ke =0 1 3 smear here, a fancied smudge |, 118 SUER | took In the ragged suit, the soiled | were already in the flour. And she|new tone of veice that was tinzed i it ."lat | deadly mist destroys mosqui- I : et | blouse, the torn stockings, the over- | was humming, humming the air of an{ with unfamiliar authority and inde- | nd if you won't let | o e Spray the porch when- ey i S s large shoes and her eyes filled with | old, old song. For Elizabeth Parsons | pendence. “I guess it's time I told you L 1 b pray P i) et Gy u3‘;!:.’.Yw11.\~:'1.l~'n-m-. oy who| a8 suddenly radiantl w; oy r\\\!h anl lmmvvhm Now, all of you keep | FE st by ever you hear a buzz. It 3 5 : \e customer who | the years miraculously slipped from | still.” n - | ; . ftly S e silence while| Tda flu s around her in| Grives them away outdoors. f. the f u're worse than i i | her sheulders. | A" long, surprised f : he announced, |~ jjo's st : em,” During the next two hours the | Grandma Parson ns akimbe, con- | protesting tenderness. Warning: Don’t experiment the muffled retort. I sneaked out of | lunch wagon filled and emptied ex-| fronted her astonished children B mother, dear, don’t you real with substitutes or imitations. a iy , “I ra for 10 vears.” | ize 3 doing what we have e house, “the girls know what's|pnavhe Junior—I— diner had departed it was a tired but | 2" You get your money back for you oth n “Oh, | best for you, m n“h.”\ i i) ;1 sce ' she was on her knees be- .[»;nn.-mm u:(l Li who ]lm-lw(rl ""i you nm\l«lln‘L look o horrified, i\m' Shefon unless you’re 100 per cent « " Stav {cide him: “now stop crying, sonn mny wooden door and returned | jorie. The proceeds sent my lif | stroked the i t Marj % | o Amd T are going to help you, | humming gayly to the kitchen. The | sister through school and gave me my | white hand. pleased with Dethol. At your “No, you stupid darling. What store. Dethol Mfg. Co., Inc., mnants of th * | We'll go back with you and give that | boys were seated on the floor munch- . And it kept on giving my | o, I've got to go ov 3 { g s, D & e ¢ : 2 man the finest flapjacks he’ ver | ing sandwiches, As she passed them |living ’til I married pa. He never|youve been doing has been for my | Rj V. Her daughterinlaw waggled her : eaten. There, how will that b 1h chmond, Va. : MR o her arms stole simultaneously about | knew ahout the w welfare, I realize that, but it hasn't forefinger in an ion. urned hie wife (iram,” exclaimed Junior, horrified, | foolish sense of pri happiness. Can’t vou | “Mother Parsons been dust I the maybe we could take In | «yoy're not going to East street? Gee | That I ime you went home, |vented me from t I > this very old person would rather | spmy IMPROVED fng—doing Norah's work again t w show at the Rialto, but if | & what will dad think?”" < sai your mother | his death he thougt 1 < 4| S Ma She said_she'd read p Don't waste time thinking,” was | china doll who never did anything | E : iGunoons : ot Wy T B thio FRAL> tort: amnrt voui e re staxtl Lt The doctor said she was | except try to look pretty. Yet all the | “You might a in. . L mot so old but what 1 can stay | (i€ SHEP frIort FORt Vi ASRSUC | resting comfortable, "N that nurse | time he epotling mo into for. | chuckled Willi rsons; “there's | g 4 s S A and hail a taxi.” T e you sent made her feel great. a | getting about the old, lean days, I|something different about mother to- | i ed he tay with Gram,” Mar. “ifteen minutes later a taxi had | Sa¥S you must be an angel s hungry for something, 1 didn't |night. Maybe it's that bit of past ; ; 4, looking withh mean. | o TAIESR MHREER S tG Grio Batore | \with tnabashed enthusiasm. “I | know what. Tonight 1 know. It was | history she's just divulged and maybe & S L HBS DM s the shabby exterior of the old wagon | 5a¥8 I knew you was an angel.” work 1 wanted | ; i rate, 1 know she's LS Sror fance e : z F kissed the but-| mother,” | to have her way.” he turned to ng man,” chimed in O % : e arsons v Parsons, it would do vou & R e B ot mouth_tenderly nding 4 »n and tweaked his ear. “Say, Jimmy cal i n 1 your lessons once.” [ ted to the sidewalk, oblivious to illy, - what'd you do 1o fennis tog s BOINg 10 814V | oyorything but the wagon Eaknw Ko ® : " Junior lovied st bis| “upe cun't be (he sme” she mer. with him. No ne { her ; - “Say, Gram, how aboat |00 “her cheeks pink Wwith excite around : s now, ‘then you'n | itheds Q€T CHRERR perfectly e to read ¢ RIS A Do L Like one in a dream, she followed “Matj plays t b Gram sigfled wearily the boys up the wabbly wooden stes 100 often.” sighed Id ping i S LBunpoRe (i Al AR N to the miniature kitchen. ‘It Is chair. hen, Jun . not | eng o to the library. Its cooler o | ternoon's t down, Gram.” Jrnior pulled the | [ before 1 for hat t ] 1. & ker toward the bay win-| e s here, don't you ket a aany || Corms, Callouses zabeth Parsons frowned breeze? Can T begin now?" he took The black,” she echoed, . a last Jook at his book, and stood be- . . pointedly. “But I wanted th fore his grandmother, legs apart, Ofi m 3 Mmutes + with the frilly coliar.” arms locked behind his back, a wide . mother, not at ¥¢ Phe l.8rin_on his freckled faca. | i oming Z1" “This is the ‘Declaration of Inde- || most painful corn or callous when | crepe toque with it,” Ued Ida | pendence’ for the history teacher,” he || vou use Shur-off. This amazing absent-mindedly, then, at | began. hew remedy stops all pain the in her wrist watch, jumped up . what, dear?” adjusting her ||| stant it is applied; positively will | and 1 promised Norah I'd fix the | Spectacles 1| not irritate or affect healthy ski alad. “Declaration of Tndependence. You || but so quickly softens the corn or Elizabeth Parsons, looking after | know ths & the Purians \\'rn(e‘ callous that in a few minutes you 0ok her head. to scare King George.” can easily take it out—root and or a woman of 35, long hair “I remember.” her eyes ‘winkling, || Why use old-time preparations would be “nore dignified, | “80_ahea nior.” which 8o often irritate and require the rocker wenc a degree fast “When in the course of hui several days’ treatment. Get| +—“black, and 1 wanted blu el ents,” with stentorian it ||| Shur-off Peoples Drug Stores| awith sud el ida would | becomes ness—nes—ness—necessary ||| @ll over town) or of any other good fet ‘me buy my own clothes instead of | for one people to dissolve the politica druggist, follow the simple direc-| picking out_what i s ap- |bands which have c tions and enjoy real foot-comfort @ropriate. Land sakes, st | with another and to nce, I could do what I like in the e — uh — uh — uh — (what comes vay T want to 4o it.” | next, Gram? Oh, veh) the laws of na It had always been like this, ever |ture and of nature's God entitles { Wince she married big Bill Parsons |them, a decent respect to the opinions | from Minnesota. Poor Bill, he had | of mankind requires that they should | boomed the man the back way: 1 got scared; 1 thought | actly seven times. When the last “Not a thing,” s ¥ou finish your shopping dear?” G S S A S A A N S A N A A A S A A A R s i\\\\\\\\\‘\“‘“\‘\\\\\\\‘_V&‘fil“m&\\\‘\.\\\S\‘\\\\\\\\!\“,\‘\\‘S\&\\\\‘S\‘v\\x\s\\\\\\\\\\\\\“fi\\\fi\\i\\S‘“‘\\\\‘\fl\\‘&‘\\‘\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\*‘ Three minutes ends the toughest, Use Your Credit—It’s Good zZ° 1% Welcome toaCharge Account i ANY { SINGLE '#@reated her like a Dresden china dol), | declare the c s which impel them | \ [guarding her with an ever-vigilant | to the separation. (That right o 'fye as if fearful she might some day | hold these truths to be self-evident, | ¥all and break. It was her own fault, | that all men are created equal, that | o©f course; why hadn’t she told him? | they are endowed by their creator ‘After little Billy came it had been | With certain inalienable rights, that | worse, although the strain of child- | among these are life, liberty and the ._ ——— birth had in no way weakened her, | pursuit of happiness— | [ [d fragile and slight as she w |~ Junior flushed and grinned sheep- A “Poor Bill,” she sighed heavily, Jie | ishly H an lc l "had died, but.ecven in death nis| “What's a matter, Gram, didn't 1| — guardianship of her continued. The |say it right? entire Parsons estate had been w His grandmother smilad. Ny with pulation you repeated it correctl: SUNDAY Mary rsons receive one- anted to hear those in semiannual divi- in. Aren't they beautiful, Junior’ July 24 t clause of the echoed them softly to herself, o g here had been nothinz left | * liberty and the pursuit of hap- SPECTAL THROU GH rrl;d.\ll\ to do but make her home with Billy, | piness. Delaware River Bridge :il wife and their two children, AI\AJ In the pause that followed Norah Eastern Standard T'me ere Billy, with true filial obedience, | bustled into the room. She looked . . b proceeded to carry out the testz |flushed and exvited and marched be- L«nrnl“alsllingt:r;: 1.“m :\‘...l. ment to the letter. Like his father, | fore her a dirty, illkempt little ur- o i) e d an almost tyrannical rule | chin. LA ey s mother, but it was the tyran- ‘P’lease, mar'm, excuse me, but Similar, Bxeursiony e 4 i ny that is born of love and Elizabeth | imp insisted upon seeing Junior.” | 731700 MO L. 2B Parsons found herself helpless in the | gave him a sharp shake and waited. Free {llustrated folder of 40 “Bill " | S I b W Folding Water Sets | | " ¢ (§) L= = . 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