| Show Helpful l Hints for Our Young Artists I I I i 1 r I i I Ia j a 1 1 1 I t I f v a I Ico t x xI xIV co t Y i iq iJ I t IV IVf IVI IVA q i J ii f 1 iia A C J Jf 1 t I 1 1 t I II I II I 1 t I e i iz I 1 Iv J I Ia r 0 a x z J I I r 0 i I I t c 1 i s i 1 i I 1 s t 1 I I II La v Au o JOI ULO LOV h u ti L lE I i Floras Birthday Party or Three Boxes of Candy I I i Ii BY BT FLORENCE DAVIS I 0 I Jn t dont want w nt a party at all aU unless I can have hare three d di i nO boxes of candy Arid And Flora tapped her little foot impatiently on the I J floor as a she ahe sat Bat uncomfortably perched on OD the arm cf a big bI library chair I But Sister Stater protested Agnes ne Flora Floras s sf i f 1 elder sister dont don t yon Jon know MOW that mam mami mamma i I nm mil the spare money Just now to toi toI i rive give you Ton on for so much candy andr There has basa hasI I been such an outlay already on our spring 1 clothes and mamma yet get gotten go en half halt the things she needs And when w we talked taIk over OTer having haTing the little party for tor you ou on your Our birthday mamma said suld you on j i should ho d have haTe taffy that t you JOO girls girts should I make It yourselves And that would be bei i just ast heaps beeps of ot fun tan you yon 00 know But Bat Flora still pouted pooled and looked locked die dis dissatisfied satisfied sat No Noi she declared i t f dont want a taffy polling It is oid and cheap I want three box of fine candy just like lite Stella May had b at herr her party last week There were nine of us girls and the three boxes bozes supplied plenty sod and some was left over o I shall have b ethe the same ume crowd of girls and I dont want to give them plain molasses taffy tafry Id rather rath r not DOt have th t the party patiT at all than to have ban It cheap and nod common But taffy cheap or common ex explained explaIned explained Agnes patiently Y Yea Tes it is protested profited pr tested Flora lust Just at that t moment the girls mother entered enter d the loom room She caught the last few words of ot her daughters ra conversation and asked what it was w about Why mamma explained Agnes Flora says she d want tatty taffy ather alber r party tomorrow night She thinks it looks cheap and nd In vain I Ibare have bare tried to make her ber see Bee that It willbe willbe will be awfully nice to have baTe havea a taffy pulling palling She insists on having haTing three boxes b ns of fine candy like Stella May had at her party last Jast week Well Flora dear H if 1 the success of your party depends on your having batin the fine candy from the confectioners you rou shall have It promised the little mother And she ahe went to her ber room and got her purse from which she ahe took some money mone and gave gaTe to Flora There is the amount dearies she said Id And nd perhaps better run ran along and get It now and then everything will be supplied for the party Oh thank you Jon mamma exclaimed Flora Jumping up and hugging her moth mother er about her neck You Ton are a dear gear gen generous crone erous mother Yeti Yes Ill run ran along and get et the candy at once Ill be so happy to know it Is on the shelf in the pantry all ready for tor my party And Flora ran off ort to get her ber hat and Jacket The next morning all was bustle In the kitchen for Mrs Dean Agnes and Floras Fora mother was Wu anxious to have the party pass pus off in a most happy manner manDr She and the were busy pre preparing preparing preparing paring a delicious salad baking a fine flue chocolate cake making sandwiches and preparing the lemon juice and sugar sagar syrup for tor nectar And Flora was flitting hither and thither as as U could c uld be be Ie Agnes Apes was also busily employed about the rooms rooms decorating the mantels and tables with great x eat clusters of ot lovely lately flowers picked from their own garden The party was wu to be a small one Including only nine little girls but the preparations were were as carefully carried canted out ont as U though there tJ re were I ere to be three times that number I of guests In the evening Flora and Agnes went up op town on an errand As they the were hurrying along Mrs Grey a warm friend of their mothers called to them from her ber porch Say girls tell your mother mother I have haTe a ticket for her ber to attend the mati matinee matinee nee with me Saturday afternoon this week Tell her to keep that afternoon for forme me sure She will enjoy the play plaT immensely for it Is 19 s an Ibsen drama Agnes and Flora thanked Mrs Irs Grey heartily and assured her that their mother would be most happy to avail ann herself of the opportunity to attend the th matinee and that she would doubtless phone her that tat evening of ot her acceptance Then as aa they hurried on to perform their er errand errand errand rand Agnes said Im so 80 glad mamma is going to the this week wee She goes out so seldom and md is always so eager eaSer to sire give us 1111 pleasures at any anT cost coat to herself Yes Tes so am I glad said Flora And she remembered her little mothers quick consent for her to have haTe the three boxes of o candy which cost 75 5 cents a n box When the girls reached home they told their mother about Mrs Greys invitation Invitation tion for the matinee but b t to their theu surprise and disappointment their mother declared that it would be impossible for tor her to accept It A little later and when I hen Flora had left the room Mrs Dean explained to Agnes the reason why she could not accompany Mrs Irs ha Grey to the matinee that week You Ton see dean dearie e she he said I 1 bad had just enough money out ont of o my months allowance to get myself a new hat but I gave Flora two dollars and a n quarter to buy the three boxes of candy for her party I shall now have haTe to wait walt till my next neat n st months allowance comes In for lor Papas business expenses are arc very large this month and I cannot ask him to ine in increase crease my mT allowance aJ oance Now when Mrs Dean confided this to her elder lder daughter she did not know that her ber younger daughter was was Just about to enter the room and that her words had caused d her ber to stop and d listen Then overhearing what the little mother said Flora ran to t the pantry reached to a shelf and took down the three boxes of flue fine candy still wrapped Just as u the confectioner had wrapped them for her herand herand herand and hurried uptown with them tucked un UD under UDder der her arm She went to the confectioners tion rs shop and asked the dealer if It he be would refund ret Dd the money on the th candy amdy explaining that she needed the thO money for tor j something very Tery much more Important I Ithan than then bonbons The confectioner cont know knowIng knowIng knowing Ing Flora very well did not ask a single question but took the boxes of candy re replaced replaced replaced placed them on the shelf and aad from the money drawer took the amount they had cost and handed ed It to Flora Mrs Mra Dean and Agnes were still in the library chatting when Flora came run ron running running ning In Sh She went directly to her mother and flinging flanging her arms about her ber neck cried Ton You are the dearest and sweetest mamma In the world I orld and I have haTe been n a avery avery avery very selfish girl But you yon shall not sac sacrifice c cri ri ce yourself for me any aD longer lon r Here this is le the money yon you gave me to buy candy Id rei rather have baTe taffy tart after aft r rall all And now you can have bae your new hat and go with Mrs Grey to the matinee It took tock a few words of explanation be before fore f re Mrs Mra Dean and Agnes quite under understood understood understood stood what Flora was talking so excitedly about and how she he happened to have haTe havethe havethe the money In her hands since they had both seen the three boxes of candy on the pantry shelf But soon everything was clear and Mrs Dean stroked her little daughters hair gently aa s she said Thank yes dearie dearee thank yon you so sincerely Mother knows just how you on feel teel in the matter matterand matterand matterand and shall take the money and get the new Dew bat hat for that will afford you yon much more Joy than the candy could have done But darling darlng neither yon you nor mother have haTe made a sacrifice I gave gaTe to you yon because it afforded me more pleasure to make you yon happy at your party than to have haTe the new hat and yon you in turn gave to me through your deep love You Ton want mother to enjoy the matinee and mother wanted you yon to enjoy your party We have baTe won together we Yes Tea mamma for you ou are arc to have the hat and the matinee and aDd I am to have bate havethe havethe the party pirt And as for lor the candy well It 11 will n be just as aa nice to have taffy tarry after alL And It win will be something new too for tor none of the girls have had a taffy tsa pulling yet And the party did go JO off beautifully and each uch little guest declared she had had never before enjoyed a party so 50 much for the and gave gatE Just the finishing touch as a they declared de ared to the evening And after the guests had bad departed Agnes Flora and the little mother sat talking it over Oh it great fun tun asked Flora And just to think the molasses cost only twenty cents and the candy In the boxes would have haTe cost two dollars and a quarter quarter ter And the taffy was such fun tun In mak making makIn fog ing In and pulling and the could only have haTe made us us a bit Ill eating It for forit forIt forIt it was I BS so 50 rich and heavy hen Yes Tes and there would have hate been hem no Jolly ally exercise on the back porch pulling polling taffy tatty had you TOu indulged in the box candy said Agnes And mamma dear would have haTe had to wait walt for her new hat said Flora Whereupon tears came Into Mrs Deans eyes and she be declared fervently that two tTO such girls as her daughters dan never neTer lived before r j 4 s ern o 1 0 I 1 r rt u t fl 4 diver Id rattler rather not have haTe the party at nil all than to have haTe it cheap and aDd common |
