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THE WEATHER.
It was not so strange after all of that corres
pondent who wrote that when he opened his paper
he turned first to the weather news. Weather af
fects ns all tn varying degrees, first of all in our
moods; then in our business undertakings, in our
comfort or discomfort, in our plans for recreation.
It is always a topic of conversation, and many a
poor jest has had to be put up with just because
of the weather. A
The oldest inhabitant will have trouble match
ing the winter just coming to a close one in
past weather history. It has not only been severe,
but persistent with its cold. And yet real winter
is seasonable, and being seasonable is natural and
so has its own peculiar and positive benefits.
There is also a certain picturesqueness, especially
to us of the south. In rigorous winter weather,
and any doctor will ten you that the system is at
its best when the weather is coldest.
Coming back to practical benefits weath
er almost assures us of a large fruit crop. It is
preparing by pulverizing with freeze and thaw, the
farmer’s land better than he ever could; and while
- spring may be belated it will come with all the
greater charm for the sudden contrast.
EGGS AND DIAMONDS.
An Oriental dreamer is fabled to have sail
that, had he two loaves of bread, one would he
__sell and buy hyacinths to feed bls soul, coming
from the mystic “eaSrITT ’rffl s height youth
time, this is natural and seemly enough but how,
’ pray, are we to account for the fact that doilar
driven Americans of the present time are parting
' with their butter and eggs for diamonds and
other gems? •’Fact’* is perhaps too decided a
word. Yet, the customs officials tell us that dur
ing the past month there were imported to this
country precious stones to the value of over three
million dollars and that for 1911 these imports
' aggregated some forty millions. By what other
- means could the average man have acquired a
diamond, within the past thirty days, than an egg?
Maybe it is true, as has been suggested, that
•what we commonly call the high cost of living Is
rather the cost of high -living. Or, perhaps, this
liberal purchase of diamonds is, after all, a sign
of thrift, for many persons in moderate circum
stances buy diamonds not for decoration but as
a stable investment. However, the matter is to
be explained, experts in finance declare that gems
are pretty accurate indicators of business, condi
tions, for the reason that the trade in them is
the first to feel the squeeze of hard times and the
first to recover from depression. This being true,
we may all gather a certain vicarious cheerful
ness from the glittering streams that pour through
the customs office.
Wynken. Blynken and Nod
BY EUGENE FIELD ♦
Wynken. Blynken and Nod one night
Sailed off in a wooden shoe—
Sailed on a river of crystal light
Into a sea of dew;
“Where are you going and what do you wish?”
The old moon asked the three.
“TVe have come to fish for the herring-fish
That lived in the beautiful sea;
Nets of silver and gold have we,”
Said Wynken,
• Blynken
and Nod. .
The-old moon laughed and sang a song,
’ As they rocked in the wooden shoe;
t And the wind that sped them all night long,
• '. Ruffled the waves of dew;
* .The little stars were the herring-fish
: .That lived in that beautiful sea;
’ . ”X OW vast your nets wherever you wish
N4rer afeard are we!
So cried|the stars to the fishermen three—
* ... Wynken.
Blynken
and Nod.
All night long their nets they threw
Tothe stars in twinkling foam—
Then down from the skies came the wooden shoe,
•Bringing the fishermen home;
•Twas all so pretty a sail, it seemed
As if it could not be;
And some folk thought ’twas a dream they'd
dreamed
Os sailing that beautiful sea;
But 1 shall name you the fishermen three:
Wynken,
Blynken
1- . and Nod.
Wynken and Blynken are two little eyes,
{And Nod is a little head.
And the wooden shoe that sailed the skies
Is a wee one s trundle-bed;
I So shut your eyes while mother sings
Os wonderful, sights that be.
And you shall see the beautiful things
As you rock in the misty sea
» Where the old shoe rocked the fishermen three —
Wynken.
Blynken
and Nod.
THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, .ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1912.
THE FARMERS' CONFENTION.
The annual reports of the officers of the Geor
gia Division of the Farmers’ Educational and Co-
Operative union, which began its three days’ ses
sion at Macon Thursday, indicate a new era of
success and acompllshment’for -the organization.
In his address President Duckworth states that the
union now presents a solid front tor the solution
of former perplexing problems anc| that all dit-,
ferences that might have existed in the past have
been settled and that the co-operation of every
individual member Is pledged to the advancement
of the common cause of Georgia farmers.
It will also be gratifying, not only to members
of the union, but to merchants and other business
men of the state, to know that the state organiza
tion is in better financial condition than in some
time, and that there has been a large increase in
the union's membership.
The administration of President Duckworth,
which began at the Fitzgerald convention eight
months ago, has witnessed the inauguration of the
most widespread and successful campaign for the
education of the farmers ever undertaken In this
state. Prominent leaders of the state union and
high officials from other states have been brought
to Georgia, and under the direction of President
Duckworth and Secretary-Treasurer John T. Mc-
Daniel, have spread the gospel of scientific and
diversified farming from one end of the state to
the other.
ANENT TEACHERS AND SLAVES.
It seems sensible and axiomatic that a public
school board shall have the right to insist on its ,
teachers being diligent, competent, and of good
moral character. A reasonable supervision of the
public teaching force is one of the things a public
school board is created for. On this, there can
scarcely be any argument.
But should the board’s power Include the right
of prying to the very bottom of the private life
of every individual school teacher it employs?
Ought it have the authority to minutely inspect
the soul and the cellar and the back garden of
the men and women who serve the public? On
this there is room for a good deal of argument.
According to an Associated Press report, teach
ers in the New York public schools are being re
quired to give the board of education written an
swers to a long series of questions of which these
are specimens:
“What theaters do you attend?”
“What books do you read?”
•‘Do you travel, and where, and for what
purpose?”
“What do you do with your leisure time?”
In order that there may be no misconception,
the board goes on to state “a teacher’s whole time
belongs to the city, and good business policy de
msnde_Llia.t he shall use it in away to Increase
his efficiency.”
Think over those question. . "Do you travel,
and where AND FOR WHAT PURPOSE?" Suppose
you were compelled to answer that question to a
board of employers? Suppose you were compelled
to answer it to anybody except God Almighty?
Would you still consider yourself a free man?
Or would you become a slave de facto?
“What do you do with YOUR LEISURE TIME?”
Suppose you had to answer that question regu
larly to your employers? Or even to your wife
or husband, as the case might be, or to anybody?
Wouldn’t it be a nightmare? Wouldn’t you feel
the chain tug?
The press dispatch says these rules have already
been put into force for all teachers of New York
public schools.
SILK STOCKINGS
Southern women are paid a pleasant compliment
In a buncn of statistics made public on the floor of
the Southern Merchants* convention.
The figures show that women in the southern
part of the United States pay proportionately more
for their hosiery and than for any other
articles of their apparel or adornment. In other
words, southern women are more particular about
the appearance of their feet than any other detail
of their garb. It is a commercial fact that they
pay more money for silk stockings and buy higher
priced shoes, proportionately, than women in other
parts of the United States.
From time immemorial poets have praised the
slender ankle and arched Instep of the southern
girl, but never, perhaps, before has the testimony
coms in statistical form.
There are, however, other statistics on dress,
and they throw an interesting side-light on the
above facts. New York women as a class, so it is
said, will let their heels run down in order that
they may save money to buy another gorgeous wir
low plume for their hats. In France it a well
known fact that women spend proportionately more
for their corsets than for any other part of their
apparel. A Parisian working girl of the better
class, but of slender means, it is stated, will
spend anywhere from >5 to >7 for a corset, and
will make up the amount by fitting over It a sim
ple dress that cost five or ten cents a yard. The
American working girl of the better class, so
statistics say, will spend her money for an elabor
ate silk dress, and wear it over a corset that cost
|1.29, or maybe 49 cents on a bargain day.
Our old winter tourist friends the robins are
with us again.
There is at least no probability that the price
of baseball admission will go up.
"King’s speech falls flat in parliament.” They
ought to have a congressional record over there
to take care of such things.
What will become of the old-fashioned feature
writer who used to spread himself about the tan
bark and the horse being king; and fashion in the
hntp» —all la dress suits* “
DUCKWORTH MAKES PLEA
f FOR CONTINUED HARMONY
Annual Address of President of
Farmers Deals With Success
of Past Eight Months-Points
Out Need of Future
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
MACON, Ga., Feb. 14. A plea for con
tinued unity of purpose the many
achievements of the past 8 months, the
harmonious co-operation now existing
and plans for the future, were a few of
the many interesting features of the an
nual address of President R. F. Duck
worth, of the Georgia division of the
Farmers’ Educational and Co-operative
union, before the convention here. He
said in part;
DUCKWORTH’S ADDRESS.
The farmers can succeed only by,
standing together, having a unity of
purpose, and refusing to be demoralized
by rumors, insinuations or suggestions.
They must learn- to have business judg
ment, to investigate first, approve or
condemn afterward.
The experiences through which we
have passed in winning our goal and in
losing it has, I confidently believe,
taught our membership A lesson which
even time can not erase. Experience is
a dear school, but there are many, many
people other than those mentioned by
the old adage, who neglect to learn at
any other.
I am glad to be able to report that
there is peace throughout the union
now, and every indication is that the
membership realize what a fight there
is before them if they are to get a rea
sonable price for this cotton. I feel sure
that the old time unity of action and
unrelenting determination will charac
terize the workings of the organization
during the coming fight.
We are not showing the noisy enthu
siasm that we once did, but there is a
steady, upward movement that means
permanency.
The organization has, been true to its
name in educating the farmers and
learning them to co-operate, and the
lessons it has taught have already
borne fruit to the farmers, their wives
and children, mentally, morally and
financially. Many other seed have been
planted in good and honest hearts, and
will produce an abundant harvest.
The farmer has learned by and through
organization. He may become indiffer
ent for a time, but not for long will he
permit the speculating "world to have
things all their own way. The day of
individual efforts has gone. No man
can stand alone and prosper. We must
join hands with our class. In doing so,
we must necessarily surrender some of
our individualism, often misnamed
“rights.'” One man can not have every
thing Wls way. There must be rules
and regulations, and the individual
must learn to submit and stand by
them, or the organization can not be
profitable to him.
The rules and regulations of the Farm
ers’ union have not been near so bind
ing in Georgia as in some other states.
RAISING. LIVE STOCK.
The cotton farmer makes a mistake
when he does not affectively encourage
the growing of more and better live
When we add to the recent number
of horses, cows, sheep and hogs, we
will materially increase the necessity
for feed crops. To Increase the produc
tion of our food crops we will neces
sarily reduce the number of acres that
otherwise would be planted in cotton.
We now have a profitable market for
all the live stock we can grow in Geor.
gia for many, many years to come,
and this growing of‘live stock is the
best means available for the permanent
improvement of our soils.
We are sending out ‘of the state an
nually more than SMbOOO,OOO for horses
and mules, mostly mules. The mule
that we pay 1200 for, could be grown oj»
the average farm for from S4O to S7O
each. We are paying many millions of
dollars each year for meats that could
be grown within our own borders at a
considerable less price than is now be
ing paid for first class western meats,
and then our dairy bill is something
enormous. Eggs are selling the year
round at profitable prices. ,
T4ie marketing by the farmer of these
products can be made much more prof
itable to him by selling them through
some co-operative corporation.
CO-OPERATION IN BUSINESS.
The meaning of the word co-operation
as applied to business, was first Irecog
nized by a very few men. In time oth
ers began to realize the power of it.
and then corporations were formed, and
legalized. The principle of co-operation
was carried still further, and we formed
the great trusts and combines. The
maesses observing the effectiveness be
gan to make attempts at financial co
operation.
Just where the co-operative principle
is to stop we cannot tell. Some say a
great big co-operative institution will
some day swallow all smaller ones.
It was in the latter part of the nine
teenth and the first part of the twen
tieth century that the farmers began the
most active, and extensive co-operation
in all parts of the world. Holland began
her present system of co-operation in
1900. Bavaria and other German states
began at or near this period. It was
In the nineties that France and Ireland
became the most active. It was in 1902
that we began our own organization.
In 1907 Holland spent for a member
ship of 128,500 $7,497,200. Holland is about
one-twentieth the size of Georgia, and
her population is about the same as
ours.
Bavaria has 2,714 local organizations,
with a membership of 200,000. The mem
bers of this organization have taken
stock to the amount of $5,402,600.00. Her
population is 6,176,C57. The square mile
area is a little less than one-half the
size of Georgia.
The Farmers' union is allowing simi
lar organizations in other countries to
out-strip her, in some respects. The
general outline and purposes are about
the same, but we do not require as a
condition of membership that each one
must become a stockholder in our enter
prises. Neither do we require as strict
a regulation as does the Bavaria organ
izations. The Munich Co-operative Loan
bank, requires its stockholders to de
posit all moneys with It and to borrow
money from no other institution. They
loan the members of the farmers’ or
ganization money at 4 1-2 per cent.
In several of these countries the pos
session of the member when he joins
the organization becomes the property
of that organization, there being a
withdrawal privilege under restriction.
In many instances the farmers’ com
bine putting up their lands as the prop
erty of the organization and use it as
a basis of credit. \
MUST NOT LOSE STEP.
The Georgia farmers must not lose
step if he would possess that which by
divine purpose was Intended for him.
In studying co-operation and in our
attempts to apply it we should under
stand that it does not simply mean a
stock company which is organized for
the purpose of paying stockholders a
handsome profit. This has too often
been the mistake in the organizing of
farmers’ institutions. The man who pa
tronizes these institutions should at least
reap a part of the benefit. The stock
holders are entitled to a reasonable in
terest on the money invested, but the re
maining profit should be divided among
ation believe in co-operation. Their or
the people who furnished the patronage.
The California Apple Growers’ associ-.
ffo. * "P Fre
B. F. DUCKWORTH
ganizatlon dictates terms to its mem
bership. The individual becomes a part
of the compact body; which directs the
marketing as well as the cultivating of
the crop. No individual can sell a biishel
of his apples out of the channels with
out having to pay the organization a
heavy penalty. The results of this is.
organization has in a few years changed
this from a community of poor, plod
ding fruit growers to one of the richest
in California. Many farmers who
scarcely able to make ends meet are
now riding in automobiles over pike
roads, lighting their homes with elec
tricity, and are loaning their money
to those from whom they formerly bor
rowed. The reason for this progress is
found in the fact that the apple grower
decided to use his brain a part of the
time, and he has been handsomely paid
for his decision.
I believe the cotton farmers have
brains enough to understand just such a
plan for the handling of the greatest
commodity and world necessity that is
the proud possession of any section of
the world.
MARKETING OF COTTON
The question of properly marketing
our cotton is a scientific and not a sen
timental one. From the very beginning
of our organization this question has
been much discussed, and a great deal
of valuable information gathered. The
proper marketing has been the slogan of
every organizer and lecturer since the
founding of our organization.
We have made progress—great pro
gress. Intelligent people can not have
experiences without profiting by them.
We have, in Georgia, made several ef
forts, each one an improvement bn the
other, until I *believe we are now able
to build and carry a plan for marketing
o’s cotton to success. The question of
why keep on may be asked. The an
swer is, we are forced to keep on by
the very necessity of our situation. W’e
grow cotton; it is our money crop;
some one will control Its price; if the
farmer does not, then some one else
will. If the other fellow has the pricing,
he certainly can not be expected to
worry his brain about the farmer’s in
terest.
The people who produce the raw ma
terial must either price the goods or
work for a bare existence. The farmer
. has the raw material in his possession »
once a yeaY. He must price it then or 1
not at all; his failure to price it will
cause the south to lose millions of dol
lars annually, and be hindered in her
commercial development.
In consideration of this problem, we
must not forget that he who would con
trol the price of cotton must regulate
supply to demand. There must not be
more cotton grown than the world
needs, and none of it should be crowded
on the market. If we are producing too
much, .it is necessary that we find some
way to reduce the amount. ’l’he grow
ing of other crops must be stimulated,
and the cotton growers should see that
the raiser of the substitute crops makes
a prot on them. If the price of cotton
is too low, because there is not enough
manufactured goods being sold, then the
producer should locate the trouble and
proceed to apply the remedy.
HINTS FOR THE FUTURE
I think it proper at this point to say'
that the southern manufacturer is mov
ing very slow, using but little of the
‘“American push.” In the first place,
he needs to throw away a great deal of
the machinery he has permitted the
northern factor to put off on him. after
it was too old to be used by them. We
should make a finer quality of goods or
yarns. Second, the southern mill own
ers should organize and put their own
representatives In China and other
countries, and stop depending on agents
of the eastern state or fgreign manufac
turing centers. These agents look out
for their section, and not for the south.
Some countries charge us a prohibi
tive tariff. Brazil $3 .00 per bale; Mex
ico, $9.75; many other countries similar
amounts. Such a tariff could be re
duced, if our people would go at it In
the right way. The farmer should look
into all this carefully and then recom
mend such actions as would bring him
the best He should know just
what our cotton, cotton yarns and man
ufactured cotton goods bring in the dif
ferent markets, and the amount of toll
charged against them, then and not
until then will the farmer be prepared
to hold his own in the coirimercial tar
iff fight.
The next question is, how can we do
all this, the answer is simple, from a
compact business corporation, finance it
and use the business tact that has mark
ed the success of corporation in other
lines of industry, do not try to do ev
erything at once, but lay hold with a
determination and march steadily on.
Such an institution should be built on
a co-operative plan, and so outlined and
safeguarded that it will be Impossible
for a few men to grow rich at the ex
pense of the many. Each man subscrib
ing stock should take enough to cause
him to put some brains into the work
ing of the institution.
I hope the convention will discuss this
proposition thoroughly and advise a for
ward movement that will mean the sav
ing of millions to the growers of cotton
and their families.
AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION.
Our free school system, it is thought
by some, does not prepare our boys and
girls for the responsibilities of life. They
are taught away from work and not how
to make work profitable. Their minds
are filled with the glitter and glare. They
are inclined to the sensational and but
terfly xife, which does not satisfy. We
often see them trying to drive away
their disappointment by dissipation, or
dragging out a miserable existence with
out any definite purpose or plan.
Our American school system has not
No Appetite
“I took Hood’s Sarsaparilla when I ,
was a very sick woman, had no appe
tite whatever, and could not sleep more
than three hours a night. I was per
suaded by a friend to try it. took two
bottles of it, and it greatly benefited
me, gave me a good appetite and
sound sleep.” Mrs. John Edens, 2220
W. 3rd St., Davenport, lowa.
It is by purifying the blood, strength
ening the nerves and building up the
system that Hood’s Sarsaparilla re
stores the appetite and makes sleep
sound and refreshing in so many cases.
Get it today in usual liquid form or
chocolated tablets called Sarsatabs.
Fertilize for Fruit,
Not for Foliage
A study of the formulas of fertilizers often
recommended for fruits would give the idea
that foliage and rapid growth is what you seek.
The most of them lack fruit-producing
POTASH
Any fertilizer for fruits should contain at least 12 per cent,
available Potash. The only Potash Salts that are safe for
citrus fruits are Sulfate of Potash and Sulfate of Potash
Magnesia [double manure salt).
B Applications of such a fertilizer should beuin at plantine and
r. U continue during the life of the tree. It means earlier and longer
r o c ■ bearing, larger yields, better grades and shipping quality, and a
~ M hard, solid, growth of wood. In all these ways Potash Pays.
If vour dealer doesn't carry 12 per cent. Potash brands or
. Potash Salts, write to us for prices. W e will sell any amount from
a 200-lb bag. up Write now for fertilizer formulas and to
~ make them for Fruit Culture, and special .free pamphlet. Orange
Culture. German Kall Works, Inc.
etta— -Z* - Continents' Side., Bslttmore Monsdnoek Block. CMeago,
Whitnoy Central Sank Bail dine. Mew Orleaae
dealt enough with the practical side of j
education. Apparently we have not real
ized the importance of teaching a child
how to apply what it learns. We send !
a child to school for a period of 10 or !
12 years and then the grown child must
spend a similar period trying to learn
how to use the Information. The sad
part is, that a large per cent of them
never learn.
Someone may say you are opposed to
free schools, not at all. I am in favor
of free schools, but not as they are
now run above the sixth grade, but I
think I see an approaching improve
ment.
I cannot file all my objections, or sug
gest the different remedies, but I will
mention the establishment of an Agri
cultural Free school in each county un
der the direction and supervision of the
board of education and school superin
tendent. Support the institution out of
the free school fund, and require every
boy and girl to take at least a two-years’
course of' scientific instructions in the
practic;.! side of farm life. If any boy
or girl wants to go deeper Into the
science of soil and plant life let them
go to a district agricultural school or the
State Agricultral college.
Communities in each county would be
glad to give the land; arrangements
could be made for the buildings. You
would not need many of them, as the
pupils should spend most of their time
in the field, woods, orchards and gar
dens. The free school funds belonging
to pupils who registered for this agricul
tural school before some given date
should be placed to the credit of this
school.
There should be arrangements made
for an agricultural normal for teachers,
to teach them how to teach farming.
There should be at least one in each
congressional district during the vaca
tion period. This addition to the splen
did work now being done by the State
Normal and the School Extension work
would in a few years prepare Georgia’s
teachers for their agricultural school
work.
PEACEFUL ORGANIZATION.
I am sometimes asked if the Farmers’
union is not too much of a fighting or
ganization. Os course, this question is
asked by persons who do not know what
the farmer has to put up with on the
farm.
I always answer such questions by
saying, ‘“We must fight for recognition,
for better laws, and for better prides.”
The fighting we have already done has
helped, but the war is not over, and I
appeal to you, officers and leaders, who
are the selected guards of the organiza
tion, to keep your "watch”’ well; do not
sleep while on duty; be alert; be as
“wise as serpents.” Do not be de
ceived by the oily tongue flatter, but re
member that hundreds of thousands—
nay, millions of women and children are
holding up their helpless hands to you
while their hearts burn with the hope
that they may be rescued from under
the heel of the heartless speculator.
Can you be at peace? Can you sleep?
I do not believe you can when millions
of women and children are pleading for
the assistance that is in your power to
give. But with the help of Him who
rules, I believe you will battle for their
rights, knowing they must suffer if you
fall.
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HOME BY MRS FELTON fl
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OH! WHAT WEATHER!
When I woke Saturday morning, after
appreciating the beautiful sunshine of
yesterday, I said to myself, “I am going
to try to get to church on. Sunday.”
After I pullled up the window-shade and
looked out, I saw it had been raining,
so I became uncertain as to the chvrch
going, so anxiously hoped for, becc.use
there has not been a single Sunday in
several months that I might venture.
As I looked a little longer, I discovered <
that the rain had turned to sleet, and in
less time than it takes to write It down,
the snow storm was on us. All day—
every minute in the day—has the feath
ery snow done its liveliest work, and as
I write, at 9 p. m., jt is still doing a
lively business after its peculiar style.
There has not been a single day for
regular farm work in 1912, and the pros
pect is not encouraging for anything
better very soon.
Cotton acreage will be cut off by the
weather if the farmer had a different
intention. If there has been a furrow
plowed, it was in land too wet, and it
has been colder all the time since win
ter set in. . ... .
Old people are usually reminiscent,
and I remember the greatest snow storm
I ever 'saw in Georgia. It was in the
early days of December, 1886, and it came
with a thunder cloud, .about sundown.
All night and next day it snowed until
the roads were blocked to vehicles.
People who were compelled to go went
horseback, and. floundered in the
snow at that.
The fowls that roosted in trees didn't
come down until hunger and thirst
starved them to the effort. We had a
flock of guinea.s» and I expected they
would certainly die in the drifts. We
had to cut paths to the well, and finally
have a shade tree cut down, fire wood
got so scarce. ’We have hqd a-plenty
of snow today, and there Is no kno wing
what the morrow willl bring us. I shall
be satisfied to have a Are and a bite, and
thank God for preserving mercies In
this stress of wintry weather. MAy He
watch over the poor and the needy, and
give the sick and "weary warmth and
comfort!
ARE DIAMONDS THE HIGHEST
AMBITION?
Eyery daily paper that I saw today
told of a party given in Washington
city, where the hostess wore two jewels
that were rated at a half billion of dol
lars. It has been the habit for some
years with the “new-rich” to buy. a title
with a small son-in-law thrown in; but
the current seems now to be setting!
another way. It was the diamonds that
“took the cake.” It was the hostess:
that set out a feast and Invited ths
people to come along and gaze at the
diamonds.
In old times, before the war, it was
not considered good form for the hostess'
to outdress her guests. She might put
on her "best bib and tucker” when sh«
was invited abroad —but in her own
house (she wore simpler apparel, and so
simple that every invited guest might
feel easy under her roox in the matter
of dress display.
