The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-03-15
GRANDMA STILL KNI1s
oo' THE YARN TANeLEs.

handsom" es' said the strikinsl,
81 rasp woman with the white hal,
Ieaiiy wish I were nv own srans ,
fn 1' .a 1t must have been SO rest
av ~ oe a grandmother in her day
tho es, 81 course I'm one myself. bn
SYKES in grandmothers hav,
; changed SO greatly that I'm NJ. T.. -. -
| s ,ssst like the dear old lady in H. ~
- Ae ~. SIX and real lace cap who use,
70 SIT placidly knitting by our f,res,d .
when was little sirl Icsn ~ e..u' =
.ox. IN the summer time, too in ,
ho eo corner of the porch Of our OLE
T 1ome Usually Young's .Nirh,
thoughts lay open on her v,a1s a
sprlssed muslin lap. It is a iovs,,
picture OF quiet and repose to recall
N these busy times. She didn,t h.v.
" read Bergson and Ellen Kew or an,
OF the modern philosophers that hav.
~ soooie in large bites in order r.
Keep up with my department in the
woman's league. She wasn't burdenad
eltner' with civic conscience
uon suppose it would ever have oc
CURED to her that it was her dptv -
leaVe ner dinner half eaten and rr.h
ao~n to the city council on a Mon
uay night to throw the moral weigh,
OF her presence against the passa 90
OF nefarious ordinance
Oh door fboro,.
friday forenoon, did you say? Please
walt a moment until consult nv cal.
endar. Yes, can see you at ten
tease come promptly. as l have a
committee meeting at II.
That's young woman who wants
me to hear her paper on eugenics he.
fore she reads it to the Mothers conn
Gil IN the settlement where she works
! wonder what my grandmother would
nave thought about eugenics9
Just excuse me a moment while 7
glance at these notes. Here's an in.
Vltatlon to the ball poudre the Had.
sans are giving Wednesday of next
week. l certainly must squeeze in a
oanclng lesson or two before then.
oiliy-thats my younger grandson,
you know-told me the. other night at
the club hop that l was really rusty
on the waltz and two-step. You
see, I've done the new dances so much
the last two years that I've rather
neglected the old ones, and now
that they're coming in again, l certain.
~ must brush up. l suppose I might
take a private lesson early Monday
afternoon before go to the lecture
on Chinese porcelain That reminds
mel must refresh my memory on
the comparative importance of the art
OF the successive dynasties. Dear old
grandma, she wouldn't have known
the difference between the Ming dy.
nasty and china teapot, and l be.
leve it was a comfortable state Of
ignorance.
mo. l cant rest much Thursday
afternoon, because I'm one Of the pa
tronesses at the play and the dansant
that Adelaide-that's my granddaugh.
ter, you know-and the rest Of her
sorority are giving for the benefit of
the Red Cross. But Saturday will be
quite q free day. Just one short
meeting in the morning, q musicale in
the afternoon and the theater at
night. I'll have the time to rest in
the early morning, while the manicure
Is doing my nails. always take that
hour of the manicure's weekly visit
to do lot of quiet thinking. sup
pose grandmother had all the time for
that she wished.
my head fairly buzzes with projects
for the new vacation camp I'm get
ting up. the movement for introduce
ing household economics in work
mems homes, that I'm pushing. and
plans for all my other various boards
and committees. The change of fash
ions is bothering me just now also,
for all my frocks. nearly. are too mar
row skirted for the present mode,
though they we're only made last au.
tumn. I'm trying to evolve meth
ID of making them fuller which won't
necessitate complete remodeling
How pleasant it must have been for
always to know that her
waists were to be made surplice and
Ter skirts plain gathered. 1t must have
given her a peace of mind far exceed
ng that gained from the course in
lrtistic dress design that took last
rear. She was free from all wor-
les about harmony of tones and grace
'ul lines. Her only care was for
and neatness. and her feel
ng for art was easily expressed In
he pattern OF knitted lace which fin
shed the hem of her crisp white apron
hat she rarely mussed. for all she had
o do was to knit.
Yes, of course, | knit | knit with /
ut ceasing almost. The only place
don't knit is at church or dane
ng or bridge party. and don't know
low long | shall be exempt from knit
Ing there. A woman whose needles
rent continually clicking for the suf-
erers across the sea is considered
eartless. The family darning. which
vas a sacred rite with my grandmoth-
r. ia sent out of chr house to be
one. so that We can have the time
D knit, knit. knit | keep work
az in the dining room SO that
an knit between courses, and | nave
mother hanging in the limousine that
here may be no time lost between
Engagements as | drive across town.
Somebody to see me about the ru-
al library extension? Yes, | Know.
ertainly, I'll go right down. VIII you
reuse me a few moments? | don't
ave to make company of such an old