Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1922-11-15


think it is time now to introduce my
self hoping for welcome from you
especially because l found out who S.
j. Y. is and love her dearly.
i live up on a lonely hill, and am
ashamed to tell how many weeks went
by last spring in mud-time without my
as much as seeing woman's face, but
every week brought the CHEEKY little
Ellsworth American with it's inspiring
NJ b. column.
NV beautiful hills are a wonderful
inspiration, too and with books. work
and children, 1 am never really lonely.
or do j mean lonesome?
Since it seems to be a custom to
send in helpful thought, this is what
has helped me most. outside the bible,
in bearing my trials and tribulations-
and we all have some:
These are the gifts l ask
OF thee, Spirit serene:
Strength for the daily task,
Courage Ito face the road,
Good cheer to help me bear the traV-
eller's load.
And, for the hours of rest that come
between,
An inward JOY in all things heard ana
seem.
From Van Dykes God of the open
Air"
The other week ] noticed loyal let
ter from an Nj. B. from Waldo
county A little bit of my heart Will
always be in Waldo county but chal-
lenge the world to show a more neigh
borly neighborhood in the real ana
true sense than this one where l am
fortunate enough to live!
With best wishes, i make my bow TO
you all.
p. S.-For pseudonym. Little A."
please; but where is Big A.?'
have acceded to your request
and used the Little A. but you
really deserve the Big A." for your
friendly, helpful letter, and the poem
is certainly sufficient for motto,
not only for the present week, but
for many to come. We are glad TO
welcome you into the family La
moine is the M. B. banner town in
our column.
Dear Aunt Madge
wonder how many are planning
now for Christmas and the gltts they
want to make. l wonder how many
are making articles that others would
like to know about as help for their
own plans. 1t has occurred to me that
if all interested would write and tell
us of some gift that was specially
satisfactory it might help some VINO
read the NJ B. column with their
Christmas giving.
have a friend who has many
presents every Christmas that she puts
away and never uses. | always give
her aprons-kitche aprons, for she
wears out a great many and has little
time to make them
Lately |. received a very serviceable
pattern as it is coverall and easy to
make and launder, square yard of
material is required Cut an eight
inch square out of one corner and sew
tape on the edges of the cut out. have
the loop thus formed large enough to
put the head through, for this is the
bib of the apron Sixteen inches down
from where the tape is sewed on for
the head to go through, sew tapes on
each side to use to tie the apron
around the waist
In case my directions are not plain
enough, lHcloSe d SNetSh Va IL - N"i'
| be finished around the cage any way
| that is liked l have made several
| clothes-pin bags that are convenient
as the head is put through a strap
which brings the bag down about the
| waist line where 1t is easy to get the
pins and the strap serves for handle
| to hang the bag up by when not in
| use,
A good quality of ticking is used for
This. twenty-one inches wide and
| tNventy-six inches long. Turn up
eleven inches of this for a pocket.
Bind the edges after they are basted
together and ten inches from each
edge, make a row of stitching so as to
make two pockets of the turned up
part | make the band that goes
around the neck an inch and a half
wide and make it double, as it is more
comfortable than a narrower and thin
er band would be. The band is thirty
three inches long.
OF course these things are for those
,vbo ao THAR own xvorl, and annreciate