The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-08-02

10 send sensible and useful articles to
our gay and gallant arny and navy, and
would we help? Would we, We should
have regarded ourselves as Spaniards Of
the deepest dye if we had refused.
But 10 return to the fair. | presided
at what might be called the handkerchief
stall-that is to say, | sold cheap for
cash. finely hemmed handkerchiefs, trim
med with lace, and with the dear ones
Initials i'll the corner. to the young man
who is beginning To nave intentions to-
ward the young lady whom he escorts;
then | had large expensive red handker-
chiefs that can belong to nobody eX-
ccpt the head Of the family. Then there
were cheaper ones. having initials, but
not too deliberately embroidered, tied up
in ribbon TO be sold in packages of SIX
for that type of girl who is always los
. ing her handkerchief and yet must have
it because she doesn't Know what to do
with her hands. Then there had to be
Il few bandannaS and a few silk ones.
Those of silk were voted for, as at TINS
church they do not admit Railing, as
it is too much like gambling, but you
can vote for anything-1 wonder If the
good Lord knows the difference between
NbllllS dHd LII liz "hS S'C'
sized handkerchiefs that We're left-sen-
sible ones, suitable ones will be sent to
the soldier boys to wipe the perspiratlon
off their poor faces.
Molly had charge of q table where
flags Of all sorts were to the fore, and
by my advice she had all sizes Of Old
Glory. IL considerable number Of English
flags. about four French, about two.
German. while the fair land of Spain,
although it discovered us, went unrepre-
scented.
MolIy's neck has got nice, and so she
was dressed up or dressed down, as you
please to call it, rs the Goddess Of Lib
crty, and the children are gdying her
still. One of them said: "Oh, Molly,
what would Jack think if he knew you
represented the free and easy?' and
another said, AS Molly represented
liberty and invited people to take liber-
ties with her-that is. in the way Of
buying her fiags-she mustn't be squeam-
!. ish about allowing some Of the elderly,
deaconS. purely in the interest OF the
war and to encourage proper patriotism.
to kiss her" This troubled her a little
bit. and at first she said, "Somebody else
can sell the darned old flags which
shocked her mother SO that, although
it was only II o'clock in the morning.
she had to have fresh tea and toast to
bring her to. It's funny how some foods
viii soothe the Sorrows of some people.
| once knew Il girl whose only sister
died and who on he day Of her death ate
fourteen bananas, because she was so
/ ~doWncaSt.' and another one who kept
; a funeral procession waiting while she
? gave a finishing polish to her nails. She
said she knew Aunt Camilla would not
II like her. tn 1nJpar nj her funeral With0nt
, representing truth in the innermost parts
{ and no matter how clean she might be
= unless her nails were brilliant. Aunt
4 Camilla might look down from heaven
and feel Il little hurt. And we all sat
around and felt sorry for each other,
though of course there comes a time
when even ten tingcrS-l mean eight
4 fingers and two thumbs-can have re-
> ceiyed all the rubbing and s~crubbine
4 that is possible. But to return to the
l.. fair. Our children had the lemonade
stand, and nobody understood their
i method of disposing of it. 1t was that
n beautiful pink lemonade that raises the
soul to higher things and causes a pain
that is of the earth earthly. Dressed in
their very best white frocks and assist.
ed by their brothers. who looked sc
happy that they must be up to some
\ mischief, they sold lemonade ; and ::
cents 4 glass. / questioned one young
woman. aged II, back of the booth as tc
t why. since glasses of lemonade all look,
ed alike. one should be cheaper than the
It other. oh she answered, they are
just alike; but you see. the reason thai
d we sell that in the blue bowl for =
h cents is because the puppy fell in it
/ | understand that they made quite /;
deal of money that evening. but as far rs
i, | yy-oS cnI.np,,n1 7 ,oy,. .+,,f,u,l --:4l
d their base deception. We really had /;
n lovely time.
The young girl who helps the millinel
Is and who is generally known the countr,
q over as Melissa recited that poem abou
II The Six Hundred" and we al cheere,
wildly and hallooed. "Remembcr tn,
IS Maine!' "Hurrah for Dewey" an,
Down with traitors..' and, in fact. wer,
t. 50 jubilant that to my sorrow she tool
it an encore, and then she read the touch
ing history of THE Pride of Battery B.
e She told me herself that she had com,
L up to town twice Il week during the las
" winter to learn to elocute and that sh,
n did think she was at least pleasant 3
it. Her gestures had the gracefulnes.
in of a jointed doll, and whenever she ha,
II to give special expression to Il word o
ii a sentence she caught with her ey,
s. some small boy in the audience, lookin:
at INN as If she We're Lady Macbeth
st who not only walked at queer times. hu
O. Snorted. Nothing else describes it than
10 tins somewhat vulgar word: for wha
n else can You call the combination Of :
ar gasp. Il choke and Il shuttle? Two boy,
were carried out crying at the tops o
n their voices that they didn't want Mis-
n browns Melissa to look at them in tha
We sort OF a way Little did they dream
Up that they were honored in her minglin.
III or snort and dream. Later the gentle
n man who sells sugar. kerosene, %artificia
er flowers. hairpins and candy in the stor
IN performed on the flute. Molly was take
go with the toothache and went home, IN,
IN / was left to bear the brunt of this GU
Il ture, because | had to help count on
re the money that was taken in.
But we had a lovely time. Coin
ne home IN the big wagon. sitting on tn
iNi straw. If WAS ratbar pIaa sant to lnN