Show KNOW YOUR OWN CHILD BEING TALES OF CHILDHOOD MINDING THE OTHER FELLOWS FELLOW'S FELLOWS FELLOW'S BUSINESS The telephone r rang ng In Mrs l Henderson's Hendersons Hendersons Henderson's Hen lien dersons derson's elegantly appointed boudoir boudoIr bou bou- doir Oh Gertrude listen said the I oice voice at the other end were having having hav hay ing tag a wonderful speaker down at my club this afternoon and I want you ou to come COOle with me Hes lies a doctor doctor doc doe tor ton and hes he's going to to talk tall about children Cant Can't you jou ou come Vh yes S Id I'd lo love lo to go with you Ou said Mrs Hend son Hencle son What That I time is it if Its It a 3 o'clock vit the club clubrooms rooms and Ill I'll call for you In the car carat at haH l past half ast two Fine Tine feo So o glad you'll be with th w us Good bye It was then just 11 1130 30 Gertrude Henderson had just three hours houis in which to prepare the children childrens s lunch finish pp ip her housework and dress for the afternoon Being a avery avery avery very human sort of woman it washer was washer I her toilette for tor the afternoon which i occupied most of her thoughts during duning during dur dun ing those Intervening three hours The childrens children's lunch hunch was quickly gotten out of the way with the aid of a opener can-opener and some seine sliced ham while her housework was put behind her with the proverbial lick and a promise A V few moments after 2 30 a graceful sport sedan drew up In front of the Henderson home and I Gertrude and her friend drove of off In state to the the womans woman's s club The doctors doctor's subject for tor the afternOOn afternoon aft aft- afternoon proved to be Educating Mothers for Parenthood At the close o of his talk during which he had argued eloquently for tor closer I comp companionship between mother and child child he he called for volunteers to assist in the organization of child study groups Glowing with en enthusiasm enthusiasm enthusiasm en- en Mrs Henderson offered her services which were graciously gracious gracious- ly accepted Meanwhile at tho the Henderson home three children had wandered I In from school They thought j I nothing of QC finding the e house empty when the they got there They were accustomed to that Wasn t mother always out gadding So they slammed the back door and went forth to play pla Imagine Gertrude Hendersons Henderson's chag chagrin in upon returning home a afew afew afew few moments before 6 to find her eldest son a boy of 11 In the I angry clutch dutch ot of a collarless and coatless neighbor Im very sorry Mrs Irs Henderson Headerson Hender Header son said the irate neighbor but butI I cant can't have our boy over In our cellar teaching my my boy to shoot craps I Im I'm m v very ery glad you happened b by just at this moment Ill I'll leave him in your hands Wherewith the collarless and coatless figure trudged determinedly up his own porch steps Stung to the quick by her neighbors neighbor's testy words Mrs Henderson Henderson Henderson Hen Hen- I derson promptly turned her son and heir over her knee and administered administered admin admin- a sound admin j That duty performed she regarded the whole episode as a closed dosed Incident Inci mci- dent Somehow or other in spite of ot her herbest herbest best efforts Gei Gertrude trude Hend Hendrson's s attempts to organize a a achild child study group fr r the learned doctor proved strangely unsuccessful Nor Noi did Gertrude ever understand quite why Copyright 1025 by bv the McClure Newspaper Syndicate |