Norwich bulletin., 1914-01-31

Not long ago a Social Corner read CT called on me and -sed: T want to invite in few old friends and have sort of old skule days party. l
 would like to have them speak or read pieces, and it. would be nice if they would dress up as skule girls But
 l am afraid they will think I am fool iSh.''
 Not a bit of it." sed- l. .T think It would be nice myself, and I will do my part"
 wal" she sed. will you come down next Monday night ?'
 .To be sure I will,' sed I.
 Wal. Monday night cum and oh!
 to tie on my he'd or it would of blowed off my shoulders, and so cold. Rambler and 1 started bout seven fifteen o'clock. We went in Priscilla's yard (she Is a Social Corner reader) ruther keerfully, stepped onto the pi- azza and rung the bell
 Priscilla cum to the door all dressed
 up in white dress with her fore cornered apron on; h6, hair was in curls and tied back with black and stockin's and pointed slippers. She was picter. She told us to go right upstairs and leave our wraps
 l peeked throukh the crack of the door to see who he'd come and I seen Maine Lover. She was all logged out III WnlIS IeW.- CT QTSSS was OTlul SnOIt, jesct below the nees, and sech lace on her pettycote. I lSnowed she he'd it longer then her dress so to show 1t. told her so, tew, and she he'd on a
 blew and white sash, hair down her
 back in one brade tide with blew ribbon, string of blew beedS round her neck and black stockin's and pumps
 I turned and run up the stares for l new I wood make a show. INhed on blew delane skirt and bein' as how was a-growin' my ma he'd to lengthen it down with a strip of black alpacker. Then I he'd to wear an
 old waste I fished out of the rag bag and by mendin' and patohin and sew in on of buttons I managed to get into it; and then I pinned a large mans handkerchief around my neck My hair was in one long brade tide
 with black ribbon and ennuther black ribbon around my he'd. and with my white apun on ] was dressed.
 Pa told me if the others was dressed better'n me for me to cum home agin.
 walked Aunty No. 1. She warn't 1 dressed any better'n I was. She he'd
 on blew perkaIe gown with a lite calizer apun. Her hare was braided | down her back and tide with black ribbon. Her ma maid her dress long, tew.
 Betsy Bobbitt was thare dressed rite up in stile with her garlnit dress all ferbelowed up in satin, her hair
 was lovely hangfn' down her back
 and tide with red ribbon: she looked
 tu lute for nuthin.
 Theoda thot she wood get the prize coze she he'd kurls. She, tew, wuz all logged out in white. CT dress wuZ jest below the nees with grate big onnor- nous pink sash tide in on back of her
 Her kurls she hung up with pink rib bon. She he'd on white stockin's and 1 black pumps finished her retire.
 Samantha trudged in all befroggled in blew ribbons, one on top of her he'd
 and to or three tite big stumps in
 back CT dress want white nuther, but suthin with square spots all over
 it. She he'd on 8 white apun, her dress was enymost at the tops of her shoes. She wuz cuttin' her wizedum teeth, for her ma made her ware a
 string of Jobs tears round her neck Leetle Hetty Maria was thare with her ma Her ma was all dressed up in stile; but Hetty Maria wuz to kute fer nuthin. She cum in with her ma holdin' onto her, and she wuz dred- full bashful. She he'd her finger in her mouth and was so timmid. Her ma he'd her dressed so cute like. A pretty laffender and white checkered dress on, and mise white apun on and a red sash, and a necktie and a red string of beeds round her nek- | and she broke 'em, tew. Her hare wuZ
 braided down her back and tide with