Show 0 y imitation the maiden aunt had come to call it was very early for callers but mrs marsh kaev kne v that the maiden aunt needed help so she left the baking and went to her cheerfully the aunt looked quite worn out and very near ly distracted but what can you ex hect when a person without previous experience s eps in and tries to take care of four healthy children for six the aunt had been there only two weeks but such weeks what is the reason said the aunt almost tearfully that fours are so good and mine are so bad why do ou know the avins t vins were actually fighting this morning and edith Is so horrid and selfish she wont ron t let ed na touch a thing and edna cries when nothing at all is the matter cant you give them something to doa a asked eked mrs marsh but what said the maiden aunt oh anything it if they suggest any thing let them do it if ion on possibly can if it not you suggest something if your invention runs out aou ou might look out of the window and see what mine are doing she beckoned the aunt to a window A hum of busy vo ces arose from the lawn below why they re washing yes it its s the doll clothes and the boys not to be behindhand are wash ing their baseball suits but they will vill get their clothes soil ed yes they re bound to do that in any case they have on their rom pers and gingham aprons so it wont won t matter after the washing Is dry there will be the ironing so you see they will be busy all day t I 1 in going right home and ask mine it if they want ant to wash things they will want to and then tomorrow it if you can t think of anything you might telephone over and find oat nhat hat we me are doing the aunt departed with hope in her bearing her young charges agreed to the wash day program with the en of children who have been repressed for two weeks she took off the pretty clothes in which she had been keeping them and searched out the despised bompers then the children with arms full of doll clothes went out to the back lawn and wash w ash ed themselves into a state of quiet good nature the dinner hour was absolm tely peaceful the took them upstairs afterward and told them stones stories then it was time for the bath and bed the next day a cautions inquiry went over oner the telephone what nhat to daa 9 they re working in their gardens was the answer children have you any gardens 7 9 said the aunt they had had some but In tion that they had disappeared under the onslaught of the weeds the aunt who v was as really a clever person clothed the reclaiming work in the guis gulso of a battle against insidious dra gons gon that wanted t eat up the lovely flower maidens with the r little tools and watering pots the children worked with a will when a plot was mas nicely cleaned the aunt transplanted bome blooming pet from the mother mothers s garden the petunias stood the trans planting nicel they were too thick 13 in the g aden anyway and besides the children now had immediate results to show for their work ork the boxt day s inquiry showed that art birsh s children were playing milkman with a tub of water nater and all the measuring cups in the house you 11 find that children will play an anything thing that allows allow s them to splash in the water sa d mrs marsh for this aoud oud better put on their bathing suits this can be a lesson in mathebat mathe mat ics acs too said the aunt as she gave them gill pint quart and gallon meas ures on tte tle succeeding das dabs there were trips to the placing in bathing suits arder the garden hose a day of indian camp in the back ard rainy days when thea the rearranged the r post card albums strung beads and aed water color paints they gathered up their despised blocks and laid out an artistic village on the sand pile thea the organized a telephone system in the back ard rd and gave gae a circus with mith the aid of the dogs and cats of the neigh boyhood the remaining four weeks sl 61 aped away ou qu ekly and happily and the chil childree drei s parents returned great was their wonder and many were the co compliments the aunt received upon her ma mma gement why qaid aid the mother they re heartbroken heart brohen to have haie iou ou go and they do nothing but talk of the delightful times vou had together I 1 never thought you could manage children so well I 1 was vas really afraid that you would mould fairly hate each other by the time I 1 got bac c the aunt visited mrs mars marsi i before she went awaa awa bhe she thanked her quite extravagantly it was I 1 vou ou who saved me from ignominious defeat elie a ad d and I 1 have one golden motto that I 1 am going to carry with me tor for future ue it Is give the children something to do mothers magazine most women regard men as they do the ten commandments something to be studied but not obeyed |