Ellsworth American., 1922-12-20

Ntiy oiu'
Haven't been to Seattle yet. Lee has
sister there. She thinks it very
fine town and state. Lee has half
brother and sister in Elk Wash. They
want us to come there, but l don't
know about it yet awhile. So far we
haven't had any snow, but the sun
shines, then in a very few minutes it
rains There was, last summer, over
100 days and no rain. Have plenty of
well water, as the well is deep and fine.
| Water is piped to the house, so have
| hot and cold water at the sink.
When we were at Provo we went up
| the Canon, where we saw, up on hill,
looking down in a hole in the rocks
| hot water boiling, which was piped to
| a bath house, where as many as sew
enty-fve were in swimming. The cold
water was running out while the hot
was running in. There are a lot of
pretty scenes all along the line from
Florida to Oregon.
Guess I have written enough for this
time, so will say l would like to meet
you ALL whether l know you or not.
Also would like to visit my old home
town.
MRS. L. M. BOWER.
"Meb," you certainly are a trav-
eler / am glad you do not wander
so far away that you lose track of
the M. BIS. That reunion must
have been great occasion, and not
many could have an experience like
that. Thanks for your letter.
Moss" reported to me by tele-
phone that she tried the checker
board-cake recipe Thanksgiving, and
it was a great success. 1t pleased the
children and interested the older
ones, and it was not very much work
to make it.
Here's a Christmas thought for
you all--the last line is good
| motto.
God rest you merrie gentlemen,
Let nothing you dismay."
Dec. II, 1922.
| Dear Aunt Madge and Sisters:
l agree with Esther that there are
| always more causes for thankfulness
than we realize until we count them
| We had very quiet Thanksgiving
| day. Our daughter was home for a
few days, but the boys could not come
1t seemed rather lonesome, but / was
thankful to have even one child at
| home.
| I suppose you are all making or buy
| ing Christmas gifts. l have been
| braiding rugs and knitting double
mittens and gloves Those always
| please the men folks. think our chill
| dren really prize the hand made
| presents better than anything we could
buy. l. sometimes make comforters of
soft material like challis. get bright.
| pretty patterns, use about three rolls
of batting and knot them with pink or
blue. They are dainty and pretty
| made a clothespin apron for a
birthday gift that was little different
! from "Insula's," although about the
same size. l used unbleached sh eet-
ing, turning up the bottom to make a
deep pocket and dividing it with two
| rows of stitching. Across the pocket
! I worked in cross-sttch the word,
! "cloth espins," bound the top of the
pocket and sides with red finished
/ Win Dtlt anu SlTlnSS tne SAME DIS any
apron. l used turkey red embroidery
| cotton for the letters.
| l have lately read THE Road to En-
! dor" by E. H. Jones. l think anyone
who is interested in spiritualism and
! the "ouija" board. would enjoy reading
| it. l did not care much for it.
l hope you will all have merry
| Christmas and the gifts you most wish
, for.
! "Vashti."
Your Christmas ideas are just
right. Vashti. If only the days were
not quite so short, we could seem to
accomplish more.
Now to each and all-May you
have a happy Christmas, and If some
of you find it hard to make it a
merry one, may it at least bring you
good cheer.
AUNT MADGE.