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Show WHEN AUNT CALLY GAVE UP Worm Turned at Laet on Ironing "Mis' PortlyV Voluminous Skirt.. Aunt Cnlly belong distinctly to the tjpo of "born not mado" laundresses She loves her Ironing board exactly jo wide and Just so long. She wants plenty of blauket and sheet on It so the embroidery stands out clear and she carries her own piece ot beeawax around In her apron pocket. Maybe the magic Is In that piece of wax, for she has carried It always. It seems 'lite Irons work well for her because she selecta them at Just the right heat and then she administers a little put which she calls "taselu 'em," applies a little wax and off they go making the linens look as If they were pollsheiL Hut Aunt ('ally. Ilka other artists, has not escaped trials. She likes to see her work grow and has pride In counting the number of pieces she can do In n day. The trouble Is, she has washed a long tlmo for a woman of tremendous ploportlntis and she Iibb become dls-louragwd. dls-louragwd. "I done stop washln' fuh Mis' Portly!" she announced the other dny "Why, how can sho get along without with-out you? About ten years jou have done her washing, Isn't It?" "Yas'in I don't know'm what sho goln' do Hut, I Jes cnln Stan' it no longer. Tell do truth, I Jes' lief un'-tnko un'-tnko a trip 'round de world es to Iron ono o" her skirts." |