Please let us know. College friend, Dianna Drinkard of St. Louise, MO, who has taken up reading the column, we believe, to keep track of us, e-mailed us after reading our mention of Martin VanBuren being lost on the grounds of what is now Woodside Hall. He stayed at a mansion with lots of land, but I'm sure he could never get lost with the secret service on his tail with global positioning technology at their disposal. And of course, we suppose that there are others who would just like to have the modern presidents get lost period. Andra Cogan, a good friend from Grosse Pointe, Michigan, sent us the following information from a 1949 Singer Sewing Manual which we, given our interest in sewing any number of things, found most amusing.
Good results are difficult when indifference predominates.
Never try to sew with a sink full of dishes or beds unmade. Put on a clean dress. Keep a little bag full of French chalk near your sewing to dust your fingers at intervals. We quite agree. Having to worry about everything being just so would certainly take the fun out of it for us.