Templeton, Mass.
March 4, 1906.Dear Sister:-
I must hurry up and write to you or I may have unavoidable hindrances. I just saw him go up from the green-house so I suppose he will be around soon. Perhaps he will wait till it is dark so the neighbors can't see him for "what would the neighbors say?" Auntie came home Monday as you know. She brought the yellow dress & it is just as pretty as it can be. I wish it was all done now so I could see how swell I looked. She brought me some amber beads. They are very pretty if anyone likes such things. I am not partial to them. However they are stylish & these will looked [sic] fine with my new dress. I am wearing [them] around now to please her but after she is in N.Y. I fancy I shall not wear them so much. I can't for they won't looked [sic] well with anything but my blue waist & that is dirty. Auntie has finished my red girdle but it was so wet that we couldn't go to church or to Gardner (we were planning to go to Miss Howe's to get out of the way of Lucius) so I couldn't show it off. She brought me some new postal cards one of Boston and several of Worcester and Miss Coolidge sent me some. She sent three foreign ones. Perhaps you haven't seen any but they have foreign scenes on them. They have lots for
sailsale in Gardner. I have eighty-seven cards in all now. When I get a hundred I shall feel so big that I shall not know what to do.It was such a horrible day yesterday that no one came to the L.A.H. Even Miss Piper didn't put in an appearance. Grace came over to the door. She said she had been watching & had seen no one come. So Auntie & I carried on the meeting. We talked over the business & worked on our hardanger [embroidery] work. The Snowflake Minstrels had an oyster supper over at the Grange last night. They are the ones that gave the show last winter.
I have at last got my piece learned for Rhetoricals. I find it rather hard to have to be three men & tell the story into the bargain. The Argus has gone to press & I am glad. We all think that we shall be fully able to carry on any newspaper after the work with this paper. Carrie & I wrote up a "want column" at the last minute. We put in every thing we could thing [sic] of such as a janitor's assistant to fill the inkwells; visitors; no better business manager than Bent; more polish in Rhetoricals; etc. Ida was telling about a grind that Cowee wrote. He said that we should all like to have Beatrice Hutchins on (she's a Junior) for a school-teacher for she would be sure to mark us right. (Marcus Wright) She goes with him. I was greatly surprised in Library Mon. Howard and Riordan were tossing dice & I objected[.] And if you will believe me they stopped immediately. When I had the Lib. Friday I had three boys there & most of the time you could have heard a pin drop it was so still.
There was a chicken-pie supper over at the other church Friday night. The pupils of the Grammer [sic] School furnished entertainment by giving a "hatchet drill." Nellie was scolding about it yesterday. She said that one of the inducements which Miss Miles held out for them to come was that the ladies over there would treat the children. Nellie said that all they gave them was a cornball & a little piece of candy. They had to pay for their supper too. (He's been and gone but he stayed nearly two hours.)
I had a fine time at the supper at the church. Lucius & I did not wait on tables to-gether. Each of the girls, Helen, Dorothy, Clara, Grace S., Bessie & I, had tables and the boys, Lucius, Dwight and Theo Bourn poured coffee anywhere and everywhere. except down the minister's neck. I didn't see them do that. We had to work pretty hard but we got a good supper out of it. They had some music in the hall. Miss Hill sung; Mr. Meals had a solo; there was a quartet - Mrs. Hill, Mrs. Maynard, Arthur Hawks & cousin George; and best of all a male quartet consisting of Rob Cobleigh, Mr. Meals, Arthur Hawks and cousin George. It was just lovely. Mr. Nickols made us a very good speech. They didn't have their Parish Meeting as some of the committee couldn't get there so the rest of the evening was spent in dancing. Mr. Maynard sounded very natural at first as he called out "Please take partners for the plain quadrille." I danced that with Lucius, a waltz with Mrs. Tufts, a two step with Charlie, Lady Walpole's Reel with Mr. Meals & a waltz with Helen & Lucius came home with me. Mr. Baker and Ruth were there & I had a very urgent invitation from both to go to see Ruth Easter vacation.
With love,
X X X X X X X Molly X X X X X