St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-10-10
NANNY EMMA's VIEWS.
terest" In washing and MUSES.
Up Her Feelings.

Done los my intrust in washin', =
sale old black Emma as she laid the
freshly ironed clothes in neat piles on
the bed. After giving scratch at a
deck of dirt on shirt and settling with
greater nicely the bow on an under
waist, relates the Brooklyn Eagle, she
surveyed the array with evident dis
favor and said: Jus look at dem,
now, will yer. Amt nothin' intrustiR
bout none er dem. Miss Stella, now
is dere? Once in great while l
has sompim pretty dat it's a pleasure
ter han'le. Yit, members in yo mor's
time it wuz pleasure JUS ter look at
er weeks washin'-all rufles, wild lace
on dere aidges; an pretty lawn dresses.
white and colored; and cambria berthes.
wild dere lace aidgen'-My! Wen yo'
look at dem pretty things an he'll dem
up in de ihnin, it seemed laik yo' could
Sc sof' rounded fohm in dem an yo'
hanle dem mos laik it wuz dere.
When done each gyarment up could
m'self wild t'inkin' how sweet she would
look wen she got dem on. En- wen
she come down stairs in mohnin'.
smilin', wild 20 in her aims, yo' jest
fought er fluffy mudder-bird. Yaas'm,
fo' fac. An 20 por, he'd look up
smilin' f'om his newspaper. an put out
his han ter her, an say: 'Huccum 20
look SO hanson dis mohnin'? Seem
laik Emma mos outrid herself wild dom
up dat gown. O. is it becawse de gown
on yo'?' Den she say: Guess it's En-
ma Den he put his ahm 'roun' her
wais' an take 20 on his odder ahm, an
off dey goes ter DER braikfus.
Folks got mo- sensible nowadays an
not mex SO much wuk bout DER clos,
yo' say? Humph! If yo' t'ink it easier
ter do up one er dem toilor-made crashes
dan it wuz er sof' lawn er linen cambria
I'D just -laik ter have yo' try it! My!
Easier ter sew on a moquet cyarpet
dan ter han'le one er dem t'ings. An
faint notin' pretty wen it's finished.
What yo' want tailor-made summer
cloes fer, anyway? S'posen yo' husban'
got er dressmeker ter mex his pants
an coats. Yo'd laugh at him twell he
wuz ashamed. Cyan't, fer de life O. me,
see why he amt laugh n at yo', Miss Stel-
la. Seems to me laik mems useter express
mo- pleasure in. DER wives-w'en de pref
ty, simple cloes wuz de fashion. Put
mo- frills in DER speech wen frills wuz
de fashion, 20 says. Yh-yh-y-a-a!
OATS so, reckon. Fac's is, feelin's does
go inter cloes. Wen I'm feelin' good,
M washin's looks powfle good, an wen
I don't dey amt. Now. tell yer wat
it's, Miss Stella; l spec yo' is JUS as
fon' o. yo' husban' ez yo' NOR wuz O.
yo' por. But yo' an him would show
1t mo- II yo' cloes wuz mo- diffunter
Sho' yo' would! Yo' member rs on
er verandah tudder evenin', wen he
come home en- his shutwaist (pro-
nounced with infinite disfavor), an his
crashes trousers an his sailor hat.
Yo' met him wild yo' shutwaist, crashes
skirt an sailor hat. Mos as laik as
two peas. An yo' two greeted laik yo'
wuz mems Shook hans an said:
Good evenin'.' Eff yo' two CLOSES has
er been mo- diffunter-ef he's a had
on sensible suit wild coat, an yo'
lawn dat wuz SO sof' 1t wouldenter
showed no muss-he'd Z took yo' in
his aims, an kiss 20. an call yo' pref
ty names. But as t'wuz, SO 'twuz.
Humph! 'Tain't laik twuz en- de OIL
times!"