The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1915-03-06

BUT THE YARN TANeLEs.

81 really wish were my own grand
mother. 1t must have been so rest
full to be a grandmother in her day.
Yes. of course I'm one myself, but
the STYLES in grandmothers have
changed so greatly that I'm not in the
least like the dear old lady In the
black silk and real lace cap who used
to sit placidly knitting by our nreside
when was a little girl can see her
now. in the summer time, too, IN
retired corner of the porch OF our old
home. Usually Young's Night
Thoughts lay open on her violet
sprigged muslin lap. 1t is a lovely
picture of quiet and repose to recali
in these busy times. She didn't nave
to read Bergson and Ellen Key or any
of the modern philosophers that have
to gobble in large bites In order TO
keep up with my department in the
Woman's league. She wasn't burdeneo,
either, with civic conscience. 1
don't suppose it would ever have &C.
Cured to her that it was her duty to
leave her dinner half eaten and rush
down to the city council on a Mon
day night to throw the moral weight
of her presence against the passage
of a nefarious ordinance.
"Oh, dear, there's the telephone.
Friday forenoon, did you say? Please
wait a moment until consult my cal
endar. Yes, can see you at ten.
Please come promptly, as l have
committee meeting at II.
That's a young woman who wants
me to hear her paper on eugenics be-
fore she reads 1t to the Mothers coun-
Gil in the settlement where she works
| wonder what my grandmother would
have thought about eugenics?
Just excuse me moment while l
glance at these notes. Here's an in
vitation to the ball poudre the Had
sails are giving Wednesday Of next
week. i certainly must squeeze In a
dancing lesson or two before then.
Billy-that's my younger grandson,
you know-told me the other night at
the club hop that / 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, certain
ly must brush up. / suppose I might
take a private lesson early Monday
afternoon before l go to the lecture
on Chinese porcelain. That reminds
| CO
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 a china teapot, and l be-
lieve It was a comfortable state of
ignorance.
mo, l can't 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 a free day. Just one short
meeting in the morning, 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 a lot Of quiet thinking. / sup
pose grandmother had all the time fol
thinking that she wished.
MY head fairly buzzes with projects
for the new vacation camp I'm get
ting up, the movement for introduc
ing household economics in work
mems homes, that I'm pushing, and
plars 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 a meth
cd of making them fuller which wonf
necessitate a complete remodeling.
How pleasant 1t must have been fol
grandmother lways to know that hel
waists were 70 be made surplice ant
her skirts plain gathered. 1t must hav,
given her a peace Of mind far exceed
ing that I gained from the course IL
artistic dress design that / took las
year. She was free from all wor
ries about harmony Of tones and grace
full lines. Her only care was TO
cleanliness and neatness, and her feel
ing for art was easily expressed II
the pattern of knitted lace which fin
lshed the hem of her crisp white aprol
that she rarely mussed. for all she ha,
to do was to knit.
Yes, of course, knit. I knit with
out ceasing almost. The only plac
I don't knit is at church or a dane
ing or bridge party, and l don't know
how long shall be exemp: from kni,
ting there. A woman whose needle
aren't continually clicking for the sui
ferers across the sea Is considere
heartless. The family darning, whic
was sacred rite with my grandmott
er, is sent out of our house to b
done, so that we can have the tim
to knit, knit. knit. l keep a wor
bag in the dining room so that
can knit between courses, and | hav
another hanging in the limousine tina
there may be no time lost betwee
engagements as / drive across towr
Somebody to see me about the r,
; raj library extension? Yes, | know
3 Certainly, I'll go right down. Will 20
: excuse me few moments? / don