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A look at daily life in Savannah in the spring of 1916, when nobody was sure which of the Farmer sisters Major Stokey (you know, that nice widower with the cute little daughter) was interested in - Ruth or Kathleen.
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Monday afternoon.
March 6.
Dear Eva,
Sunday is such a busy day that I have no time for either reading or writing. Our breakfast is always late. Then I get Margaret off to C.S. and straighten up a little in my room then get ready for church after church take the F family home, then our dinner, get the family and go out riding, usually about three o’clock. When we returned from the drive yesterday we all came to 1717 and had supper. Mr. Farmer walked over. Will went after him but he was in the garden and didn’t hear Will ring. I had invited him for 7 o’clock and told him Will would go for him. We had fried chicken and white pudding, fruit salad, celery cake and cocoa.
We had a very pleasant time. Ruth and Kathleen both helped me. I had the chicken stewed and ready to fry. Also had the pudding boiled and ready to bake. Ruth made the cocoa and Kathleen the salad. It is not much trouble when one has two good assistants. I didn’t know until Sat. when were at dinner that we were going to have them. Will said it was good pudding, I said I had just made some then he said we ought to have the Farmers over, we had been talking about it when we were there and they had never eaten any. They all liked it very much.
The girls both drove awhile yesterday. It was a pleasant day to be out. We went to Thunderbolt again. It is a very nice drive. We took a long drive and got home a little after six. After supper Will took Kathleen to church then went for her then they all stayed until nearly eleven o’clock. We went to the movies one night last week. Ruth went with us. They had all been invited to Brighams as Mr. Brigham was at home. But Ruth wanted to see the West Point pictures so she said she would go and we took her to Brighams after the show. West Point was good but the long reel was “The Price of Malice. It was good but I would have liked more of West Point.
When I was writing to Alma this forenoon Margaret came to me and said, “I am ashamed of you grandmother” I asked her why she was ashamed of me and she replied “because you won’t go out on the porch to write.” She had asked me several times to go but I didn’t want to go as it was not very warm. It is warmer this afternoon. Yesterday morning Margaret asked her daddy to buy her some “trash.” He asked her what she wanted and she said “a watch and umbrella to keep the rain off of me and the watch.” It is needless to say that she has heard her belongings called trash. She has such an accumulation of stuff and some of it is beginning to look quite dilapidated. I have disposed of some of it but she always calls for it sometime after.
I don’t like to think of your not coming here for the summer but I’ll not begin to worry about it. I did feel badly when I read your letter but I thought you knew best what you ought to do and I would have to abide by it.
Did I tell you that Alma sent me a check to get some of the pictures she liked best. Also one of Margaret’s head, for Anne Starr. She says it is the prettiest child’s head she has ever seen. I am sending them on to Alma today. If the report on them is favorable I may venture to send one to you. I got a half dozen.
Margaret looks very nice in her new dresses.
I have not heard from Fred since I asked him to go to the Wednesday meeting. I sent him the March Journal, to read the article “What is a treatment” also a testimony in it the healing of tuberculosis.
It has been cold for sometime so it is just as well Mabel is not here at this time. I hope she can come next month. It is likely be pleasant then. Lots of love
Mother
March 6.
Dear Eva,
Sunday is such a busy day that I have no time for either reading or writing. Our breakfast is always late. Then I get Margaret off to C.S. and straighten up a little in my room then get ready for church after church take the F family home, then our dinner, get the family and go out riding, usually about three o’clock. When we returned from the drive yesterday we all came to 1717 and had supper. Mr. Farmer walked over. Will went after him but he was in the garden and didn’t hear Will ring. I had invited him for 7 o’clock and told him Will would go for him. We had fried chicken and white pudding, fruit salad, celery cake and cocoa.
We had a very pleasant time. Ruth and Kathleen both helped me. I had the chicken stewed and ready to fry. Also had the pudding boiled and ready to bake. Ruth made the cocoa and Kathleen the salad. It is not much trouble when one has two good assistants. I didn’t know until Sat. when were at dinner that we were going to have them. Will said it was good pudding, I said I had just made some then he said we ought to have the Farmers over, we had been talking about it when we were there and they had never eaten any. They all liked it very much.
The girls both drove awhile yesterday. It was a pleasant day to be out. We went to Thunderbolt again. It is a very nice drive. We took a long drive and got home a little after six. After supper Will took Kathleen to church then went for her then they all stayed until nearly eleven o’clock. We went to the movies one night last week. Ruth went with us. They had all been invited to Brighams as Mr. Brigham was at home. But Ruth wanted to see the West Point pictures so she said she would go and we took her to Brighams after the show. West Point was good but the long reel was “The Price of Malice. It was good but I would have liked more of West Point.
When I was writing to Alma this forenoon Margaret came to me and said, “I am ashamed of you grandmother” I asked her why she was ashamed of me and she replied “because you won’t go out on the porch to write.” She had asked me several times to go but I didn’t want to go as it was not very warm. It is warmer this afternoon. Yesterday morning Margaret asked her daddy to buy her some “trash.” He asked her what she wanted and she said “a watch and umbrella to keep the rain off of me and the watch.” It is needless to say that she has heard her belongings called trash. She has such an accumulation of stuff and some of it is beginning to look quite dilapidated. I have disposed of some of it but she always calls for it sometime after.
I don’t like to think of your not coming here for the summer but I’ll not begin to worry about it. I did feel badly when I read your letter but I thought you knew best what you ought to do and I would have to abide by it.
Did I tell you that Alma sent me a check to get some of the pictures she liked best. Also one of Margaret’s head, for Anne Starr. She says it is the prettiest child’s head she has ever seen. I am sending them on to Alma today. If the report on them is favorable I may venture to send one to you. I got a half dozen.
Margaret looks very nice in her new dresses.
I have not heard from Fred since I asked him to go to the Wednesday meeting. I sent him the March Journal, to read the article “What is a treatment” also a testimony in it the healing of tuberculosis.
It has been cold for sometime so it is just as well Mabel is not here at this time. I hope she can come next month. It is likely be pleasant then. Lots of love
Mother
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1.
When we returned from the drive yesterday we all came to 1717 and had supper.
So I guess Will, Mama Margaret, and little Maggie were living at 1717 Bull Street.
2.
after church take the F family home
The Farmer family, of course.
3.
We had fried chicken and white pudding, fruit salad, celery cake and cocoa.
I wasn't sure about the celery cake; I thought maybe it was celery and then cake. But when I googled celery cake, it was a thing, and the recipes included stuff like cinnamon and ginger.
As for white pudding, Wikipedia says;
White pudding, oatmeal pudding or (in Scotland) mealy pudding is a meat dish popular in Ireland, Scotland, Northumberland, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland.
White pudding is broadly similar to black pudding, but does not include blood. Modern recipes consist of suet or fat, oatmeal or barley, breadcrumbs and in some cases pork and pork liver, filled into a natural or cellulose sausage casing. Recipes in previous centuries included a wider range of ingredients.
4.
But Ruth wanted to see the West Point pictures so she said she would go and we took her to Brighams after the show. West Point was good but the long reel was “The Price of Malice. It was good but I would have liked more of West Point.
Of course they were interested in seeing pictures of Will's alma mater.
The Price of Malice is a 1916 film, sort of obscure.
From https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.8394/default.html
Director: O. A. C. Lund
Star: Hamilton Revelle (James Clifford)
From https://flyx.me/movie/5d32a068873b0f2091818e9d/the-price-of-malice
Captain Mills is jealous of Jim Clifford, his fellow officer at the British War Department, so he steals an important document in an attempt to make Clifford look bad. Clifford has to undergo quite a bit to get the papers back, and his adventures take him to several fancy weekend parties, including one on a yacht, which wrecks. He discovers that Mills gave the document to Grace Weston, who doesn't realize what she's got.
5.
Did I tell you that Alma sent me a check to get some of the pictures she liked best. Also one of Margaret’s head, for Anne Starr.
There's a Non-Family page for Anne Starr, who was a good friend of Alma's.
6.
I have not heard from Fred since I asked him to go to the Wednesday meeting. I sent him the March Journal, to read the article “What is a treatment” also a testimony in it the healing of tuberculosis.
My impression is that Mama Margaret never fully converted to Christian Science, and that she would just go with whatever was around her - which, in Savannah, was Christian Science, especially since the Farmers were so fervently Christian Scientist. And of course everybody hoped that somehow Fred's wife Mabel would miraculously recover from her tuberculosis.
When we returned from the drive yesterday we all came to 1717 and had supper.
So I guess Will, Mama Margaret, and little Maggie were living at 1717 Bull Street.
2.
after church take the F family home
The Farmer family, of course.
3.
We had fried chicken and white pudding, fruit salad, celery cake and cocoa.
I wasn't sure about the celery cake; I thought maybe it was celery and then cake. But when I googled celery cake, it was a thing, and the recipes included stuff like cinnamon and ginger.
As for white pudding, Wikipedia says;
White pudding, oatmeal pudding or (in Scotland) mealy pudding is a meat dish popular in Ireland, Scotland, Northumberland, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland.
White pudding is broadly similar to black pudding, but does not include blood. Modern recipes consist of suet or fat, oatmeal or barley, breadcrumbs and in some cases pork and pork liver, filled into a natural or cellulose sausage casing. Recipes in previous centuries included a wider range of ingredients.
4.
But Ruth wanted to see the West Point pictures so she said she would go and we took her to Brighams after the show. West Point was good but the long reel was “The Price of Malice. It was good but I would have liked more of West Point.
Of course they were interested in seeing pictures of Will's alma mater.
The Price of Malice is a 1916 film, sort of obscure.
From https://memory.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.mbrs.sfdb.8394/default.html
Director: O. A. C. Lund
Star: Hamilton Revelle (James Clifford)
From https://flyx.me/movie/5d32a068873b0f2091818e9d/the-price-of-malice
Captain Mills is jealous of Jim Clifford, his fellow officer at the British War Department, so he steals an important document in an attempt to make Clifford look bad. Clifford has to undergo quite a bit to get the papers back, and his adventures take him to several fancy weekend parties, including one on a yacht, which wrecks. He discovers that Mills gave the document to Grace Weston, who doesn't realize what she's got.
5.
Did I tell you that Alma sent me a check to get some of the pictures she liked best. Also one of Margaret’s head, for Anne Starr.
There's a Non-Family page for Anne Starr, who was a good friend of Alma's.
6.
I have not heard from Fred since I asked him to go to the Wednesday meeting. I sent him the March Journal, to read the article “What is a treatment” also a testimony in it the healing of tuberculosis.
My impression is that Mama Margaret never fully converted to Christian Science, and that she would just go with whatever was around her - which, in Savannah, was Christian Science, especially since the Farmers were so fervently Christian Scientist. And of course everybody hoped that somehow Fred's wife Mabel would miraculously recover from her tuberculosis.
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