Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 138, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 June 1919 — LOOKED LIKE LABOR WASTED [ARTICLE]

LOOKED LIKE LABOR WASTED

Board’s Visit Over, Small Boy CouMn’t See Further Necessity for So Much Soap antd Water. He was a new little boy ht the orphanage and was much impressed by all the scrubbing and cleaning he saw done there, more so because he had come from a home In which disorder and dirt had held sway. He could not understand it; more than that, it irritated him, and when he got the job of scrubbing the dining-room steps he was almost ready to leave. But just then came a new excitement to the home. The board was coming to make its annual tour of inspection. and the cleaning was doubled. “Get ready for the board,” was the home watchword. It seemed, and he, being very human, decided to stay until that big event was over. The day of visiting came and passed. The next morning the new youngster sought the matron. “Now that them boards has been here, I don’t see nc use of scrubbing them steps so ofteri —do you?” he asked. . J