The Taft Tribune (Taft, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 8, 1931 Page: 4 of 6
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m3am B
KATHLEEN
luM
Her Crow
Wouldn’t Eat
HINT mUTAIXMCNT nothing ot Uii* On oI them >u I
0*». that is pretty' t*M Mary *»•“ cur »Ml The oilier figure **»
Fwuirridge Johnaon. m an th41 of “to*1* Johiwor
»Mt vtujpvr (Mil, totabby, alone. It* pretty" Mir *aal aloud in a
and aliutu-rm* with pleasurable tx- djeamy voice a* trv told iiaahed on
cttmeru and chill the nun« upon the diaunt window* and nppea through
(Mr of (hr paternal rnudence and tree* and the fanulut: siJioutte ot
paid to the miracle of | ml big and the city grew more and morr re<v<t'
brightening light* and coioura In the tuaabir It* Ukr a big tide *v*hin
gray world about her an involuntary everyone along before it1
tribute ot delight and reverence K?r ** *>» „un(t u^-re trained
Betund her ahabby Uttle bark and whiatlr* far in) and nearby ihri.kd
the drag led atrlnga of her ahabby little the quane- before weven o clock and
fcitrhen apron, and the rarrleaaly mu tie early workekr? in factoriea and in
aad rlnglete of her tnmaled hair the big mach.ne shop* began to gath-
the sun waa rising rr vuib*y in the streets For a few
The Johnson cottage stood a* the minute* their shadow* moved, long
very top of a steep elty block It wa* -v"d shesd of tliem rhen it was
a meek, self-effacing Uttle dwelling d»l ordinary, cammonpiace. work-
<Um«DuMble lacking paint Behind the :unr again and Maggie rousing her-
mitage was a low row ol miserable **“ »lth “ suilty start from the lux-
outbulidlngs none able to stand alone ur>' of dreaming returned to her
each one managing to afford a wtet- house-hold cares with the ve,octty of
chad support to Its neighbor. * liulr dyn41110
Dojnii, ><ink hftviiy «nio Uw
chair *he busied tier* II with the rof-
fiw-pot and sacrificed without * se-
cond's hesitation the toul |h” bad
prejiared for herself
While *hr spread fresh slices on the
oven graiuig, *hr watched both parent*
tin a>lly Her fatlirr pretending
mnfh 4iwl
ntni could «
read unruffled
lu ii i »rung
Hn Hr*’
I know i
»f., A dl)
i hn? next *
fhil!? I ASi
t. Lice bet ft Hut
• Mi God J'-'u
Two dollar* »
. . f tkwg»t
■ li Oltv •»»
tv dot*
womin
iUi for
A tew
I KM
kI, And to *weri
rooms -why l
p a cot-
±au1 St#
OVf of fiVV
When I wah ft
lod I toid
him, I rouW m
H A «lrl
Th,
thinks of n°-
mother said
that'll the
to
(.11 ally.
unittrn
a* a mouse mtgh*
hatr been
unT'r
hat her moth*-
the eyes of * cat,
her mother.
auto-
.rttlring her
moucAely stirnus
lief votive
aiiJ
indifferently to
rno hiiiK for sstffRr
and cream
never
"Oh pwr kid
hiovmi nor gmu* frc
im him
break;'1
1 COUkl JtoUVh l
It till?,' slit
said
Voi d stand
or fifty cent* » day
It seem* that Maggit
ivdy but herself bet
>ut of a long pauw »n
iulh!“
But fortunately for Maggie, It ws»
are and terrible aacasions
and *l*ter agreed tn
Now Elisabeth came
bet defense
vht doesn't get manv
.11, -nmd ^)rtp
el It® Vinul -sates
Mil II M s |»g,c
Nil C.i*t** Tflkrn for lrr.it nnm
•*
'fter Jag
fitly Oil
--PILES-
Cured Without a Knife
l>toilttfltnf mi m «f|rr ||,.m
presently, in a near -tell, rolling
voice, every word enunciated '1—a
Petivridge—eating in my kitclMa!
Mr* Johnson commented in
rnent
W 11 she dOtaU
course
reaetit-
And wailing on me i* my daughter’ Elizabeth repeated
gel many break*
ibaently
ml l.t ■ tlmg, pint i ud inf mi mutter m M 1,
ru il,*« HltliMUl <uttlfi| I'inr am nine J«u .h>n| —
m litt**«i** I i**ure ml nth* te<i*| Br^„
-tulh IitiW Seventeen wan in onr
This don’t *<wm tunny to Maggie,
Lcn but—considerin' the home yoi
took n> from, and the way thing,
was there 1 should think
funny to you' Don’t itt"
Poverty is a curse all right1'’ Mr*
Johnson presently respond d vaguely
Hut her daughter had heard this rc-
it’d seem| mark so often that it made no im-
pression except perhap* that of deep-
I I Worth fr\ hiiIi ni*»rr than Ini
I h»»* is tour oppollUAili |o hr « Urrd without
lii«f*n%rni« i»<re ••! iihiik l<» f«»pf Morlh I \4
»**»*|
th<ui»ml <iirr«!
• be Mgraw ■
On this coo! winter morning, a light The sense of beauty and adventure lh# i-s( word was sho. at hlTn
Leu Johnson started nervously a* , enlng the formless discontent that was
the kitchen window lay warm was stIU strong upon her as she caught lljdc*d lt dJn l m< ,p.,ri you’re1 tit*
I one of Liz's mas> marked rharai ren -
yellow across the brtghtntng yard up the bottles that supplied the John- qulU, rlgi), , thlnk w, Ke, Blong
a cat, hud led disgustedly against son* with their breakfast milk and -considerin'
the cloaed kitchen door, mewed occa- cream, and fled back to the neglected rvmairfmn' what * the
•tonally in a protesting and affronted kitchen wlth quru menace
faabton. There was everything, dumstically Considenn that jour sister t* en
Maggie had Shnced along tie frosty
» .nt r *li eel beside tile bent meik
woman' uttle figure of Len Johnson, poatnian
j chatb ring with her usual eager rusli
of everything m general and of them-
imn h tm.
Dr. G. Wm. Van Haltern, Spedifa
Of (hr firm of
l»r*. \\;iltri|i \ \ .in Haltern, I t. Uurlh, T«m
Now at ihe IMa/.i Hotel. Kuum I l!l. < or pus (Igy
Wednesdays and Friday*
Mnndai>
*Hie two figures that were at tlw *(ieaklng to be done in the kitchen. tu*ely beyond our control, and don't selves in particular
gate, however, aaw and heard but nobod.v m Maggie* seventeen
HAULING
Day or Night
Local and Long Dislam*
All Cargo* Insured up to
*2900 a Load
CALL PHONE ltt COLLECT
G. W. PULLIN
Track Line
pay no more att ntim io ihc father, Iyn Johnson made v!mo*i no re-
years had ever done lt. or half of It. and mother that bore her than the sjwn** Sh* »•»- elr.ny* :ik» this her
and the w.id order troubled her not babe unborn -conside-in' that you are eye* her voire h«r fee* ag-». in the
at all At seventeen, a peculiarly slaving away the best part of your: ru.h of Joyous vitality that marked
youthful and Innocent seventeen, she life ir a five-and-ten store." Mrs
was not analytical SJ.e had spent Jonnson took up the challenge with1
every night of her hh- under this low. ueaoiv read’ue.-s, ’ .uid coiu.ukring i mattv.r of lour.w 1-uubeth w ■*, the
old-fashioned CWtkfr -oof and tire 'hat vour father, who wa* supposed to | family beauty aristocratic and exs
dirt and disorder that Ma and Lis have a fine future io a bank w
created in their wake and spread 1 married him, as Oxl Is my judge j and poor Minnie well
Big Value Cluj
THIS PAPER AND
for Maggie, the rise of evs ry new day
But even he took Maggie largely w
about them instantly were one of the
simple and unavoidable conditions of
her life
Maggie had to push aside the sugar
bowl and the blue plate of stale and
to find room
'ike her mother,
she had.".'*
and as 1 set here this minute- Maggie j made much of a match when she had
she broke off the automatic and quite . . ho*e:i Ixuvnurd Johnson, and
.j. broken soda crackers
J on Uie cluttered table to cut the fresh j it, pa
H4tWW-y loaf, she had to unearth the coffee- j -pop
unattended tirade to
what are them cotton .-[iuve.s
t.i Mack?"
1 didn’t hear you M
Magg.e sa.d
I m working
, pot from the confusion ol the sink I s*: day Ar» you on lit*?" Il was
tie had
suddenly. j nev<’r let him fo.-gk’ it Thu had had
ike at I a few years of real unhappiness
Leonard junior had died Lntabe'h
I was talking )iad been critically tlf tor mon'hs bill*
1 from doctors undertaker nurses, ho*
| pitats had accumuiatd like autumn
leaves, and poor Minnies anger that
to-n.ght
CAGE
EASTERWOOD
Fire Insurance, for
Tomm and Gauntry.
CHIROPRACTOR
Dr. Imni M. Die’s
Ti» *14**: irapskv
tor 1m aowtb Ttxaa «’**ra 10
TEL SriLDtNO. opp-.li* peart
•atot.
rh*M mi
C*rpa» rbrletl, Texas
DR. SPIVEY
Qgtgfsthy — Liffhlg
CMnaisctic
a to • pm
and rlrue away the cuff of black I hardly above a murrou it did not -hen was to be rt third fluid had add-
rould i ;
ground from its spout before she
mix fresh coffee and set it on the
stove to boil
This done, she seiac-d an instant
to run into the adjoining bedroom and ! doane'’'
whisper into the ear of the man who
lay asleep there
Seven Pop' Linen-—seven o'clock "
Th« man. a sinali, huddled, msfgnl-
hc I »M interfere w it i the majes- ; ,.rl rtl<, !as, touch h.f husband's
tic monologue
house
Shall I wait
of the lady of
for yo i Pkp I uster.
the ‘ despair
In that same dark tumbled room
>ff the kitchen from which ha had
impressively merged this morning
No - you g-t. comfort at v an read Minnie had quite unexjxtcted’.y brought
your paper after dinner. Murphy ,4 ..econd daughter into the world, u
»)n 11 tiny girl, born too soon and promis-
Both a Whole Year—Every Week hi
Weeks—104 Big Issues—at a Baigkh
Price Never Before Equaled I
(iinb this ( lifiiicc to sn iiir your faxoriie hoi
popor—willi .ill tin* local news lordlier with ti
wondci'fill !i;ilion:il weekly, ri^li! Imiu Washingla
I). J lie I'alhliiKier. l iie I’alliiinder is the
widely »|ii(ile<l paper in Hie world -and you wills
why when \on have il in your home, as more tin
n million others do.
this comer it
You'll hi on for the1
comes right o
so far. anyway, you ii w- on ror me ;ng quit tf)4. world M un(y,mn,
Leant figure in the c.as gloom of Christmas rush next work anyway nious! yas she had entered it
t**e ;lgly “t,Ie room rfused Maggie washed her hands at the Who indeed c.u!d hay. dreamed
alert!}' The double k> d s other occu- faucet with a piece ol v *;iou soap. ......
pant also roused, groaned, and Mag- pulled a small and shabby hat. once drowned ra’
gies mother stirred reluctantly and ,ler 0|dt . sister’s tight v down over
hr thickly coled hair, and hung up loving eager little Muggi* ?
her disreputabe apron. She was
slipping o.. a!nis into : thick clutn-
‘2.50
C all at our oflieo, see samples of The PatMafc
and order this club, or remit the
amount by mail. News, informs- $
tion and entertainment for an en-
tire year. WHAT A BAKU AIN!
that gasping mite that littjt
a)>parently out of
asked anxiously,
deep slumber :
’ Maggie how s the Mayor?”
"I didn t riaw time to look M-i H.u
don’t get up." r.hc girl urged her. con-
wa» going to turn in
few treat-* to definite, companionable X
ATter the general collajise of flic X
family fortunes and the loss of her X
•1
- ___of
sy coat-aLso a discard from .ier *ls-, only son Mrs Johnson had made no •!•
ter—when, reminded perhaps bv the further e'fn-t, ...„,,. ,. ,
, cemedly. ' I’ll bring you in -some garment of its important first owmer. her husband’s business' or to hod ?
a change came over her face and „„ her on head' in 'thc world £
she said tn consternation. j CONTINUED NEXT WEEK
"Oh heavenly days! It’s five past j _____
iJteakfast. and the paper too1
"It don’t se-m right you should,".
Mrs Johnson said prefunctorily Is i
Llzabeth up? she asked You make j jsjK and Liz says to wake her at ha t f.Ll’COSE
DRESSES
At Clearance Prices
her do her -hare! The worst of house-
keeping." Mrs Jonnson. who had
; pas’ seven!’
Corn Sugar . the fashionable
’For heavens sake, what is it. Mag- word now for *™t ... „* , ,, ,, ,
very slight acquaintance with the sub- j Mrs JohJlson screamed agi a, used to be called
0,v. .... . ___________ glucose
ject resumed sighing, is dividing up j tatedly a moment later Don't come attacked
the wotk so one don’t get if a'.!
! flying out of rooms that way - you'll by the
i if* to t»
9» V«om
•»,
OtotoM
GREGORY LODGE
No. »f»
Maggie too well accustomed to these i y,ave mp jn H taint on Ihe floor What
rambling dissertations to waste timej,w happenwlt what is it! ’
Jjrn listening to Them, had returned to -W!mfs happened is that LI* John-
tlte kitchen ***-- -------J - " ’ *—
father, who came noislessly out in|on lhe floorr Macgie answered, voice iabei
hLs postmans gray, end put the toast, tearful with rage. "And the next time The
and butte, between them. shf wears my only silk stockings i ll
'Mmaon sat. dow,! cautiously. | havt. hcr arrested- that's wnat's Uv failed because
i
tn«ttta th# Stef sal third
Toeedsy alghi* in meh
■oath at $ p. m. TUtttmg
Brefberti vortJtally invited
E K. Hoakinson, W. M.
A H. Baruett, Beer.
ORDER OF THE EASTERN
STAR
As glucose .1 »•«>• vtok-ntlt
a quarter of a eentun ayo X
can* sugar and beet sugar
Interests with the result that the
department Of agriculure made a rul-
j;
She poured coffee to her i " ' , , " *...... !n* !'ha' il!i f0°d products containing
ptiu ea coiue to ner | Mn and all her b dclothes are down tflucose should
be so marked on the
sent an interrogative glance to the,
bedroom door He was a .unall. timid
man. with strands of silky hah- brush-
ed damp and neat across the shining
bald dom of his head.
“Mad?” he asked, without sound
matter' I went without lunches four dation
days for those stockings, and site’s
‘ffort, to discrdlt glucose—or
corn sugar as an article of food.
■! had no sound foun-
Now the Secretary of Agri-
go! ’em full of runs, and i want to
Sell you-----Where's pop?" she Ititer-
j rupted herself, suddenly calming. "Has
Maggie set 'down her glass ' looked' gone?' ^ <JcmRnded dlanklv
wangle set. down ner glass, looked, hw angry uking on an aim act
Regular wetliag elgbtt film ant)
• bird Tburatiuys «f aaeb oeonis.
Viairing Slt*r» always w»leo»*.
GEHEVA D TUTf
W. M.
LOLA T. HARRIS*.
Secret* rj
ALSO AT ®*NTOM
W &or,ficr»0&r
e. w. AcanrRMHHM. mjr-
Dr. R. O. BEST
Dentist
A©7 Nixon Buiidiriy;
OMtv Pfrone 2.338
ResidSeftr# PlwnBie IM9-W
CO&PUf* CHRICTt. T8KA8
straight at him. looked at the bed-1 illdiCroits"
room door and shook her head 1
"You waking her up-------” Len John-
son breathed almost inaudibly.
"She didn't care!” Maggie shaped
the words with her Ups, rather than
said them
Mrs. Johnson lured by the appetite- j
ing odours kitchen ward, appeared ma- i
jestlcally in the doorway
A worn and sivotted kimono was
wrapjsed about her, her rich dark hair
was Its disorder, her eyes were fixed
steadily upon her husband's shrink-
ing form, Maggie leaped to her feet,
concern ,tnd dts-
iook of
appointment
"Maggie, I wish you wouldn't be so
sharp with 'Llzabeth,' her mother
said, protestingly: ’it’s common to
have two sisters always squabblin' If
he borrt-wed your stockin’*--"
"Borrowed!' you might as well bor-
r.nv a waffle," Maggie burst forth
-cornfully. You might as we:i bor-
fo-.v a bath! How long ago did pop
go?”
"f can catch him--good-bye Mu'”
Maggie called. Iter voice coining back
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Si
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U' J*’ 'P?
il
, .. , ovt the wave of c->M air that wa.-. ad-
her mother, who wa,s an enormous , ,, .
mined by the opemni? Jciu-hen door
NOTICE
Water Well Drillinir
Artfeian or i’unifi
Wells
|
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i
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f
t
Choice ot
Fine Grade
Youthful Winter
DRESSES
$4,
50
$9.95
Dr. Oaldws-if watched Uic re*-.,it* <4
eonatipAtkw^ fur 4T year*, end briicvvq
['•*>:■(« are
e*<'rcise( vert.
iiuild
T«vv?vs lifdl
Mills
liepnir
E. T. ELL WOOD
Pbme H7J.
SINTON - TEXAS
Mrs, Johnson sat on dreamily,
munching and (xuidering Maggie and
She man of the f«miiy luul to punch
time clock’s at half-past eight But
Bu*a**"h’ 'h,! could that £o raatter
saunter down to the beauty parlour <rf their health, diet Xih1
-viu rf <4ms demonstrated a camplexlon f&P**** will oreur ?r«ni tin,,. tM un,t
cream a; any time le-fprc ten Of am importance. rl.eD, is hrrer u.- tn*t -
She came out no*, tmtslea and <**’»«» ?
..,... w„ r^jsr£ra,j^v;ss *
.u.f mother, in a .soiled pMtoo m a mild nyetafale compound It X
caa ruat barm the lie-si !-!.■■*re s-.-srem
*'"* ----- habit tonaisg. •!-
...
.Je
they wept for bpiog* xts pm *
mo tbdr sysitm V*r Syren Pepsw. t
youraeif sag mmotoro of the fornh-
eoemip*tktn, haionetmac, soar aad , raicer
bed twwMA. a* uppetii* tsml
I'm ‘Se-std’
sbt-
wrftpjjed
kimmia.
"Oh, Lord
-imply
'Have a v.vaj time last night0 her
sii .Uk-! j .-.ud rattling sheets of news-
paper.
"Tim. of my life Oh fyyrd f m
dead f got s eoks anyway Heton’s
and •* ___________
Doctor «CT«r (J5d
Hithmii doubs uverv uunuiii wh«» ehitrcs
supreme taiue-. w if! never fnrjfet ihe #8f<, f*f
*i -m.iri woman icues ;j ,ujt. enough IssW*®
b.usjain and every one of these dresses Id 38
exquisite creation offered now at a mere fi?**”
lion of iis reKular price. Dresses of every tyf*
material, of finest workmanship; modes !*»*
are fashion leaders (his very minute.
J!»! about ctcwd!” BUmbrth ;-»kj .sim- *** eswi. tte *** wtm, tto tcwZ
» tro» trws.1 bwwl*. rumi
I! MEEHAN’S
P*ri abvtowtly yntotofxurtotd by them
mortuary d«t«iU
&
“YOUR STORE”
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Clark, W. S. The Taft Tribune (Taft, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 8, 1931, newspaper, January 8, 1931; Taft, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth711203/m1/4/?q=music: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Taft Public Library.