Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 53, Number 27, Jasper, Dubois County, 14 April 1911 — Page 7

Changed Their Minds

APPRECIATION

Mi: Piimniol Sttmpam

By Wilbur D.

Mr. Elsa Primmel was a man who had rone through lifo without ever losing his temper. More than (hat. yntll tho occasion Just about to be described, he had never even mislaid his temper. His temper, until the fateful Saturday upon which Impinge the Incidents which shall bo not down as calmly as possible In this truthful record his temper, until this event. waB still in Its ordinal wrap''such men are a blessing to the community and an aggravation to' their wives. Mr. Primmel had no wlfo. He wanted a wife. He wanted Mrs. Idella Dithers to shnro his Joys and sorHe Wanted Some of Them Blue. Some Green. Some Red, and so on. rows with him. but Mrs. Blthers. though she was. had an Idenl. Sh liked Mr. Primmel. but fifce yearned to see him show more spirit He had proposed to her several times, but always In such a meek and gentle wa that sho felt like patting him on tie head and giving him a dog biscuit. The late and for a while lannt Mr Blthers had been a wllhne subject for ronpecking. A woman wll henpeck her husband If he allows It poor thing! There isn't much to this story, ex ceit that Mrs. Blthers and Mr Primmel taucht classes in the Sunday Fchnol Two euesses as to what kind of classes they taught! Surely Ms Blthers taught a class of boys and Mr. Primmel one of girls. Now the sunerintendent of that Sunday J.ool was one Lemuel Tnnmoro. a widower, who wore a heavy watch rhatn. and was Just coming out of the ' hrvsalis stage of first mourning Into the butterfly existence of the relict who is willing to be Interested. These three, having the social sl3 of the Sundny school In hand, met as t committee to arrange for the Eaicr presentation to the pupils. The :nlay school rewarded each nice li Mo nlrl and boy with a beautifully t 'Mired Easter egg annually. There 1- i r one hundred and ten children. 'h- work of coloring the eggs usually divided among several people f: it brother Primmel had a Napo Ic-ne thoucht. Mrs. Blthers" Inter ' In the Sunday school work wns '1 avenue by which he was ap 1 routing her henrt. Now. If by one tr.ital stroke he could simply astound I.' r by his devotion to that work, he wo iM go some distance ahead of the r.it Tanmnro In her recard. So he dfftlx ended the discussion of ways and means bv savlnc: 'l-et tin not worry longer over the ecs If you will send them to me. I i l color them nil myself. I hnve rothhsE to An Saturday afternoon, and Wilt r.,it In ihn Mio hoiirn with nrnflt. 1 'tu sure. If I clve them to this exclient task of preparing the gifts or tue children." 'That Is simply lovely of you, Mr. rrtmmel." said Mrs. Blthers. Then came tho Machiavellian rtroke of Tnnmnrn. "All right." he offered. 'Til furMs the eggs!" How sweet nnd nohlo of you. brother Tnnmnrn " Lemuel Tnnmnrn did tvhnt any man Would hnvn flonn ITn wonted to dis credit his rival. So he procured eggs of doubtful vintage. And the only doubt Wna no f r hni)tr hot Ttrn I've or ten years old. Modestly, he insisted that no one should know who nad given the eggs. "Brother Primmel Is doing the work ho Is bearing the heat nnd burden Of (tin itnv ) oot.1 "1 nl til fhll-Jron know that their pleasure COmos thrnnt-h him " a w Q a.1 Brother Tanmore knew mighty TVpll tt'hn f tttmit.1 nn mt ll n Knllf -" " mii muuiu uj Dam uwuuv brother Primmel by the whole com munity, after the children tried to open those oppb --on - If any one thinks coloring eggs 1b a merry, madcap procedure, ho should tttemnt to Ar tilm Horen nf thorn

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eral. Arrange a group of buckets ana pans and tubs In a clrclo. with yourself as the centor. so that you may go from one to the other quit k ly. I lion, aftor the color has been fixod. tako the oggs out. aa brother Primmel did. and place them all In one tub. Brother Primmel was h on nine tro beautifully tinted eggs in this re. e; taclo. His sleeves wero rolld uj not only was thero a gorgeous mm gllng of hues on his hands and arms but on his sleeves and his si. in bos om, and his face - for It was hot worI and absent-mindedly ho had wld the sweat from his brow scleral times. And thoughtfully ho had t ig god at his aldewhlskcrs on occasion, so that the starboard whisker was a medley of bluo. green and purple while the larboard one Mounted an assortment of red. brown und ma genta to the breezo. With t!.e malice of accident, a neat !.u.b of tadornrd bis pale, tempera' nose. Timing tho visit with due rnalevo lence, brother Tanmore had asked the widow Blthers to accompany him to brother Pritrnel's hrme and see how the eggs had turned out 'llf-y roui.iit-d the oruer of thhouse and fame to the back porch while Primmel was lifting tho '.as? hatch of t-g!- to the tub. He looke 1 up, saw them, and noted the fiendish ,?le with whuh brothtr Tannion , xlewed him. as well as the repressed emotion with which sister Blthers , looked upon him In his mbarrass ; ment he tteped into a bucket of pur i . 1 . ...... 1.1 .l .. .1 .'.V h i a I pie i. Mumuiru mu im i ' load of eges To fall with a i ' of eggs Is no casual occurred - ar reader, but to fall with that arn.ft.i of eggs, tripping into a bucket of purple dye and from that into a dishpan full of green dye. and then to caron cenu flrst into a tub tilled with eggs of all colorsand all ages U not a mishap. It Is a calamity, a colossal, catastrophic calamity! Mr. Primmel yelled as he fell, but veils are of no avail In such circumstances. He arose, after a scramble, and confronted the twain. The dyes were plentifully distributed oror him. and the contents of the ' eggshells were plastered over hin head and his whiskers, and they dribbled and drooled and dropped and drained over his clothes. Mr Tanmore howled with laughter. He felt that his purpose had been accompllsfced Mrs. Blthers giggled! "Did you break 'em all. h.iza? brother Tanmore a6kod. between gasps for breath. Klza Prlmmel s eyes took on a blaze they never before had shown. Brother Primmel Had a Napoleonic Thought. He glanced at the heap of broken eggs, and saw one whole one. He grabbed that. "All but this one. l.m: ne sneuroil, then let It drive full, tair and forcibly Into Tnnmore's face. It nomied like a cannon when it strucK and the state of Tanmore was some thing awful. And then Elia Prlmmels spirit look unto Itself full growth, and he stood on his back porch and delivered an extemporaneous address to Lemuel Tanmore tnal wan nine pans heavy language and one part personal allusions. Mrs Blthers Ilea, nnu lamnore m.H. hl way from tho yard mutely. leaving Primmel still speaking to the world In general. That night Primmel called on Mrs. Blthers -not to apologize. Ho hd got his growth. He walked Into her house and told her he had waited lone enough When would they ba " ...... ... 1 1 I l. - in married? wunoui auuuis think, he named me nay uuhbc. And every time he fries eggs for Elza's breakfast she hums a love song. Elza has shaved on ms siu wu..i. and learned to ameks.

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"Alnt you j ist the dearest bunnlea. to HAD ITS DRAWBACK. "Yes." said the gray-bearded philos opher, more is n waj cu mnn: j Easter bonnet that will not be a dead loss when It goes out of style." "And what way Is that?" asks the anxious father of four girls. "0 course, there will be some small loss because of the foundation, which need be but a cheap wiro frame. Upon this construct an affair composed of Ave and ten dollar bills, which may be folded and twisted Into leaves and draperies, then garnish the design with bangles of gold and silver coins. The anxious father sighed morosely. "Yes." he remarked. "The scheme might be all right If It wasn't that tho girls would all get married while those hats were In style." LIKE A LAMB TO SLAUGHTER. "Where Is that new dress you had made to wear today?" asks the husband when his wife announces that she Is ready for church. "I I you see. dear,' she confesses, "the cook was angry and threatened to quiet, so I gave It to her to put her In a good humor and get her to stay awhllo longer with us." THE ANNUAL ADVANCE. Advance stytea tn bonnets. Advance styles la lire. Advance stytes In ickeU They cause us distress. Advance modes in fabrics, Advance styles In lace. Advance styles In sltppars They lengthen the face. Advance styles In ribbons For trimming or sashIt all means that tttpa Advances mor cash. JUDGMENT. "That's a fine hat your wlfo wears." The eminent Jurist gazed sadly at .he hat as It bobbed down the street on the head of the sharer of his Joys and sorrows. "Yes," he agreed, la Judicial toi

"fine and coils."

lay all the pretty Easter egga."

LIKE MOTHER. LIKE DAUGHTER. "And I think It Is positively brutal of you to talk as you do Just becnuse I spent what I did for the bonnet." continues the wife. "And I am going right home to mother, so there: "I wouldn't If I wero you." replies the husband, without looking up from his paper. "O. of course you wouldn t! "Well, your father tolophoned me that your mother In angry with him because he thinks sho paid too much for her bonneL and that sho 1b packing her'trunk to come and live with you." MERELY A GAME. "Harold. If I hoar you talking to your slstor again as I did Just now I shnll have to whip you even harder. Where In the world did you pick up such bad language?" "Wasn't picking bad language. We was playing Enstor dross." "Playing; what?" "Easter dress. It's a new game, She was my wlfo and wantod to get a new dross." HIS IMPRESSION. "Our landlady has a cabinet of rare antiques," observes tho stat boarder. "I suppose so." saj3 the new boarder, regardfng his Easter egg with some concern. "Yes. it Is In the corner of the parlor." "In the ;lirlor? Why. I thought It must be In tho pantry." TIRED OF THEM. "Why doesn't your brother go to church this morning and see all the pretty bonnets and frocks?" "He's a window trimmer." Excueo us, but ringing the Eastor belle Is not always a preliminary announcement of Uaa coming aX Vkm June bridt.

"Your Easter hat?" says the first dear friend, while the other der riends listen joyously. "Your new hat. It looks, my dear, as though tome iran had made It." ' -llurAvh - remarks the angelic rea'ure who has asked for their IT CURED HER. v tfn was ctoor ivl fif-prstfd. .. 1 t'i rw m - Httrml. An : ; h.I .r".t-.J all 1 .iclloas In A n .mn r unlytt' H.. nht an off. i lOlns whT s.-v wlf phvs t.M was. i l .,r.full- tw t '.'I !' ToC. v. hat M wife's tl.sp -Itlon was. Tt .ltor wrot "Take on" wtr base t . ha an i:it-r bonnet on. 1 a drM of !v k It. .!rkeJ with filmy Honlton. T I certain rir ( It In ivn her d'-irTially M ?l I'npuck h-m tmm lh box And then apply f-xti-rnally." THE PLEASURES OF YOUTH. "I have some Easter eggs, too says the nice little boy. "but I am going to take mine to the children's exercises this afternoon." "S'm 1." answers tho bad little boy. riflv'K a bunch o' us children goin' to have some oxercises in de gallery j nt de matinee o' De Hero o ueep Gulch.' I been savin' dls egg for free weeks for It" NO INDUCEMENT. "Tho missus always gives hor dresses to the servants after she has worn them a few times." "Well, I'm not going to stay unless she changes her stylo. Sho got another blue dress for Easter and blue doesn't suit my style of beauty!" CHANGED H!S MIND. lie wrote a dreamy sonnet To buy an Kaiter bonnetHe did his best. Alas. Ms Httl lyrte Met with a fate satiric He was assessed So much to buy the bonnet That be cashed In the ssnnet And ode the rest MUTUAL FELICITATIONS. "Aren't you glad," said tho flrst chick, "that wo were hatched too lato to lie spring chlckons?" "Yes. And aren't you glad we were hatched soon enough not to be Easter eggs?"

Another Myth Dispelled

Mid the ostrich to the rahhlt, "WHS you tell me, sir. I t. If you think, you'll claim ihn honor Of this splendid Euter ess?"

op:uiuu f t:.e headgear. "Youguessc it correctly. A man did make It the highest-priced man milliner fh Paris." Then, naturally the" smiles of amusement were changed Into smiles

of amazement. FIGURED IT OUT. 'Xo. daughter," remarked tho wealthy parenL "I am sorry, but you may not marry the counL" "But, why. papa?" petulantly asked the spoiled child. "The expense is greater than I can afford." "There would not be such a terrible lot of expense. He doesn't eat much and Is not extravagant In clothes. Have you figured it out correctly?" "I have tried to figure It out. but I find that I cannot keep counL" For some reason the daughter swooned. 00HI "My Easter hat was delivered here and hasn't been sent to my room. Where Is It?" "Heavens, miss! Was that your 1 hat? 1 thought It was a lamp shado I and told the chambermaid to put It , on the table lamp In your parlor, i I I -I'm sorry." TECHNICAL SYNOPSIS. The Easter serman," she outlines. "Was titled to tho mornlni. It had one hed, with well trimme thoughts That slngta head adorning. The body of the sermon was Set forth tn Vines of velvet The train of thought was rather old In fashlon-he should shelve It. But take It all tn all. It was An up-to-date production. Wth pearls of oratory' to llejewel Its construction."

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