Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1858-11-29
THE GAZETTE.
MONDAY MORNING, NovEMEsa 90, 1888
OUR NEW SEWING SOCIETY,".


LETTER FROM A YoU>G LADY TO HER COUSIN.
From the Home Journal.
DEAR MAGGIE: | baye some news to tell
you. Can you guess wha' it i? "A we'd
ding" NJ, nothing of the kind. Nobody is
married; and that isn't the worst VI lt-n0-
body is likely to be. You can't guess. So
IN tell you without any more, predatory re-
MAKE as the ministers say; for know you
are dying to hear. We've formed sewing
& ciety-we have. There Is 10 myth, DO Ia
be- nU fiction about the matter. You mustn't
suppose though, that ,ce the sewing society
cane into teing suddenly, as g mushroom
s.giugs ~ in a single night. or as Minerva
bolt. out of the head OF Jove. That Is rot
re vav things are d nc III the parish Of
Flax Hill. F.sst we talked abo"t ij--,alK'
CT, III fact, great deal. lhIs MAS ali 'h'o''
Ma and uooiicial Of course
Bot az lougth--at !eagth, mark that--onf
ta!kIag ripened into something very Ike ac-
tion. a meeting was Determined upon. All
tie ladies were invited-coiiectivciy from tue
rulpit, and Individually by means oi a formal
nate. II was dear little note, by the way,
tic exterior of which had decidedly Lyme
nd !ork, and made my heart lutte. lOr
about three seconds, more OF LEES. 1cs'
there yes 10 be q meeting, ladies meetng
- ue.t;y, Of tic Ladies Of Fax Hill PARISH.
TIE tae mad come, il was evident. when he
;..c,.,.rt IDEA which had been ljating about
IT, feminine trains for days and weeks, was 20
l.,.,,e q ,argitje entity. and assume cor
,,,ra,l f,,, Vet even then. a, that advanced
81 90 u our progress socicty-ward. we took
oar Steps with moGesty and caution. Mrs
Eriven wrote the notes. L. was refreshing 10
So new urgperly and carefully they were
famed. There was not grain of arrog auce
~ nro.,nntion abou, them. They die not
o,sI,ma that the society was foregone con-
-, ~ all We we're invited 10 convene
s...I,. nnnsa If Mrs D,ro,by Bllyen, 70 de-
-, n,,o, rho nt;Ttv the propriety and
j;,ocv of form,rc . sewing society,""
I .tu -ha, a mode! note f insiiati0n, DONE
I,~ aap-q You sac q mga. are Gay be use
IN, enough, but not proper: and it may be
h.tD useful and proper, though !nexpediert
,,,.d,r the circumstances. Well we a.! went.
Nj, Rl;vac,. leaf room WAS crowded; and
.3st E,tle casey bedroom leading out of the
l.;,.ban we flied i. brimfull of mats, wells,
ri,.ks and mantillas. muffs and tippets,
.h,wjs nd comforters. mitteus and oyershoes.
Ann p,llv D,lbear was there. That was
- ,ra ali ,ho,yht for Aunt P3lly is no.
~ III rnsr rho nil for her oppositiou to
ro',;, :, s,,;e,;e. have often heard her
80. lad ,b;nos abo,t tbem--tbtv coat
1870 ,han ,bsv came 70. that there is ire
-, ~, ,;:,,Ss ~ ronch taking as sewius
Il, .,". Ih.+ .ometimes 20 her "sqytaia
i.a',nl.j,.o .horo o,e more st,cbes ripuc,.
..a,.a,ors ., ,bese n,eeriuos than
a.
800 ,y,a ala lad1 ia m,s,aken. See never
dill .ro aoy,hin, through those spectac!cs If
r.. 50 cher tnlks see them. Size is queer
,,,,c'., ynn know Still she was az the COZ.
,.ut,nn We wondered what could have
Grnnrht her there. But it was useless to spec.
,,l,n l., uas one of Aunt Polly's whims to
ar,o - rho mee,;no That told the whole
80
y,n wo borsn n "deliSerata." At first.
,-o',,,,.a,, .orsbod rho opter cdres Of the ~.
80. - s,oak onn,oachipr the ceutrc
Je'ii ,,.,Ilr - Lnn,ors c,tch sT'e.;ss of ga,nc.
e. Nn,,.I, oc our 1sl;ferot;ons ns daiv an,-
haS;o5 !, = .,rir,, &C resolutions resi- eciably
80. ga oi,ss;c uos in Substance, as Nj.
Sanr,n,,-,ro,s ,.,uld haze EXPRESSED tue seq
,ia,on, tb,t %, sewing society was a good
t,;n, - ba,s in the cono.ry," Aunt Polly
40 ,ha NOT of her dsliberst;on ip silence
g. d;d,nt .nsat I'm, once and that was just
,'-, ~ ~ .,,kIa mt tn vo,a She OF.
;.'t 49, as;d % ,hesa words: "xbereas
j' ;,.;,,,.;In of Tho sou;n, snc;s,v comes
'-o '',,'.nD; 49, 49, sono,;on ne tbc remo,est
Nv" :, ,, NJ 80, Che reme,kad lawn,
,n,l ~, 6o,ht ,ney had
80 "o' n ,a,;.s 80, -, .,ah.. ard sho
$50 49,, 90 s.r. hpt uh.t there we're rlop-
~ W. -, - Sd, ora Go,,o,ry. il would
- " - -, 49,, 49,, ~ fo,Ss In, then rs
- -, FIon sbo voe,rt No sure
$500 49,. Uawever the words "remote-t
- - no axnla;ncd 70 mean rather
49, - H. history re our race.
nu'.o rea 800 a,tsoodent 70 the fall: and
~ n"v W Nv aI 49, 10. &C. oct;on ouietly r..
., ~, Lp;,,;n, pae5)es
h'',sa ne, -. As lilo and reso,,,iops were
.'5 -. 80 anU form;dal Ia onnosi,iou.
Sl'F'.o "'.Iou. aoJ .aIad w., mi,b.
~ 'ratorcn',;ns hose few notes of Aunt
~, ,,Iiah I'd l;tiIe On the ear. the
49,, > 49,, ,,sro Ill in nnrGect coacard.
'"rri ma ,S;a0 r. he done the fnal thing,
- 60, ut,ch w,s 70 ;nanuura,e ou1 $. ccty,
:" ''.'' 49," - - ntf.a,s Aurtp,liv WIS
.s., ~, n;roc,roSs The nod, and
4. 49, 49,. .,on,uccn,ent
"!nh' "nl~u io'U" - 80, ,ho, . nice
Si'n fI""'iy 100 IJnu viii she