Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 139, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 June 1919 — Her Measure of Shame. [ARTICLE]

Her Measure of Shame.

Little Mildred was very fond Of ripe olives, and her mother had to watch to see that she did not overindulge. One day there was company, and Mildred manager to have the olive dish stopped near her plate. After the meal her mother, pointing to the pile of pits on Mildred’s plate, asked: “How could you mqke such a pig of yourself? I should think you would be ashamed to see so many pits, and ashamed to have others Mildred hung her head and replied: “I was. That was the reason I threw all the rest of them on the floor." — Harper’s Magazine.