Show TURNING A ANEW NEW by LEAF T 17 A IT KATHERINE ld EDE EDELMAN hill glow of soft lamps lent their T THE charm to the living room comfort and two beauty were words that symbolized the interior of the sexton bungalow eleanor and dick home for tho the holidays seemed to be enjoying it all eleanor was munching from a box of homemade home made candy it nice to be home dick she murmured mother and dad are precious making things so 80 comfy yes they are dick answered i thoughtfully 1 I wonder if we really sh show ow our appreciation gl atlon by the me way where are they now oh mother Is putting the last finishing to on my dr dress ess for tonight and dad Is packing the fr freezer of cream that lie made dick was silent for a moment then he jumped quickly from his chair do you know eleanor that were two pretty selfish children he cried here we sit around doing nothing leaving mother and dad the burden of everything on their shoulders eleanors face showed concern youre right dick we really ought to be ashamed but its not too late to help lets ieta I eta surprise them how about us fixing the sandwiches and salad for the party mother blather planned to do it while we were dressing in a minute they were in the clean white kitchen taking things from the refrigerator very carefully they them fixed the brown and white sandwiches wrapping them in wax paper deftly too using n mothers recipe eleanor akle I 1 I 1 g 11 I 1 I 1 lat they washed and dried the dishes and utensils used made the big bowl of fruit salad and set it away aay dick helped with everything and they washed and dried the ali dishes and utensils used just as they had put things away mother looked in the door why what are you doing children she asked wonderingly eleanor rushed over and gave her a big hug weve just woke up she whispered dick and I 1 have been pretty selfish sitting around while you and dad worked so BO hard but were going to be different from now on and were going to have lots of tun fun helping you and dad well the cream Is all set up dad said as he opened the door leaden leading from the basement land and its going t to be pretty good eleanor rushed to his side and kissed him dad youve been just a darling she exclaimed dick and I 1 have just woke up to how much you and mother have been doing for us and we hereby solemnly declare that were turning over a new lent leaf tor for the new year 0 western newspaper union |