The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-17
4: Over the Nuts and Wine i:
BY FRANCES coURTENAY BAYLOR

, vino, goosebcrry, currant and other
bushes coveted by every planters wife
IN the country. Like the English gen
| tlewomen from whom they came they
! Immensely valued and eXcelled In all
| the housewifcly acts, not giving much
time thought or money to accomplish ISL,
| all over the wilderness comfortable
homes. They are much despised in
these enlightened days o., when pso.
pie stifie and picnic Wit WIN, y, elta net
that looks like a china shop, In which
bed may be sofa, table an
ottoman, wardrobe the .h bath,t 7, !, n y
next door and are heard themselves
in turn. with a sewing machine over.
head going night and day cornet
down tho. hall always Just on inc
wrong side of the note.
People criticize their spelling. when
was certainly not orthodoX always, pu.
answered the purpose. People say thal
they did not play the piano OF spea IN
model in clay, and that Is largely true
People say that they never went my
where, never Travelled. end thet is true.
But oh, the delightful, roomy. Clearly,
CHARMING homes that they made! We
have thousands of them in this state
still only nowadays the floors are not
| waxed the brasses do not shine, .ne
| "castors" are not filed, banisheo, on
| the contrary as mot fashonable' the
car rarden is grown UP with weeds and
Everything is bought second hand az az
| corner groceries; print dress anu pi in
| sunbonnet is exchanged for SILK dress
and a Chanticler bonnet; the glorious
| old fireplace is empty and dear ana
| dumb; the sideboard wouldn't I.noW
iulep or an cggnog If they aceidentaiiy
met it, nor the huge mahogany dinner
/ table the Maryland from VIZ WI s''ss
CIV" We are "progressive." We are up
to-date., We are "civilized." We are
.eosmopolitan," But y eem b,,s more
happy or as comfortable, , Not . s p,1
of it, We couldn't he. They mad nsh
with pink gills, just out OF the wa ,,t,,,
and oysters TO match. we are thanhi",
week old. They had delicious venisoni
and game birds, fit for rriar Tuck ana
Robin Hood We pay through the
nose for weakened Christmas TURKEY koS
in reduced circumstances. They nav
4 cream and butter as yellow as the goitt
or Ophr and a sea OF milk we se'
milk for cream; for milk. aqua pump
aginis. and for butter, oieonairsafs, aa !.
pats that would have been noutea ~
1.-THE quarters" formerly They go,
royal sirloins and chops ana mans any y,
shoulders and briskets, with tlocks OF
turkeys, wild and tame; Michaelmas
geese. wild and tame ducks, rabbits
hares. partridgcs. grouse, quail; we
get few pounds OF meat smelling
strongly of formaldehyde and eioq Tha,
. put up 100 dozen eggs at q clip--ai
their recipes began with, take THIRTY
t i eegs,-all, like Caesars wife, "aboy'
E suspicion," and gathered from thei
a own chicken yards, carefully attsnae,,
] to. We get dozen at II time, and 1901
!, askance at every one of them, and pa:
0 for them three times as much Cor foul
O or hvc) as they ought TO cost. Ifui.
4 ..f On
+ purely imaginary superiority and &c
: bacl. TO the country and try some ols
q Virginia ways of making comtortabi'
ii home and a good living. our dear lear %, o.,
: most wornout acres virgin soil still
n compared with European farms, whlct
" give splendid results after 100 years
"a culture
Is 1t has been said by modern write
n that whoever has read Borrow mus
h remain always little discontente,
a with drawing rooms and CRIES. I've. GseI
II should go back to her and ma n M
a mothers breast. as it We're. AS Jas
per Pctulengro says: "Llfe. is sweet
fr9 hrnber both sweet things hi sur
At moon and stars, brother, all swee
IS things There is likewise d wind o
il the heath" Aye, and cattle and bird
j. and animals and insects ana trees an
IL grass and pools and brooks and river
= and lakes and wholesome warmt
ri and healthy fatigue and deliclou
ID repose and naturalness an elements
1t claim on us put forth by Mother Earti
y to which we all respond, being made
S, the dust, and there Is a glorious appe
& title that no banquet at Windsor ca
n yield. a fresh fish on green lea
~ big pot of hominy or potatoes,
,r pitcher of milk or drink of mour
ID tain water that dims the glass, Ion
o, loll on the grass, will put more soc
Is stuff in man or woman and take MOI
t. wretched stun out of him or her tina
er anything on earth. Get out to II
is country, then. friends, and get all II
at and happiness recoiled for at lea:
it. twelve months to come. Ii you can
ut get 1t in any other way, take n scytl
re or get out into the harvest field. II
G. man. help the women indoors PROVE