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The Things That Have Disappeared
This department has received an
interesting letter from a friend in
Louisville, Ky. The name is blurred,
but appears to be Mrs. John B.
Render. But no matter. The letter
refers to a recent article in this de
partment under the head of "Things
That Have Disappeared." The LouiB
ville correspondent writes as fol
lows: "I suppose I should begin by say
ing that I am 'a constant reader' of
The Commoner, but that is not true,
as I am not so fortunate. But my
mother, sent mo a copy of The Com
moner containing your article,
"Things That Have Disappeared"
with the article marked, and I much
enjoyed reading it. It started me to
looking backward. Although not so
old, I can look back quite a ways.
Do you remember the big glass jar
that always stood on the mantel shelf
in the parlor and always full of candy
apples and pears? And candy hearts,
all religiously kept from one Christ
mas to the next? And the tall glass
jar of peach preserves kept on the
highest shelf in the closet O, so
high!
"And there was the horsehair
sofa, so slippery and so springy.
When two or three of the children
sat on it during prayers, when the
preacher came, if one moved down
the whole bunch would slide.
"The silver caster. Do you remem
ber it? With its vinegar cruet, the
salt shaker, the mustad pot du'd the
pepper box. It always had the- place
of honor in the center of the dining
table.
"And the glass pitcher! What a
thing it was to own a' glass pitcher,
Especially well-to-do folks owned
two. Then there was the crocheted
chair tidy, and the 'air castle,' and
the 'memory box.' Remember the
mottoes? You have seen them all
marked Jn bright colored zephyr on
perforated cardboard. Remember the
old side-saddle with, its red carpet
seat? And the fly brush made of pea
cock feathers and only used when
company came. Remember the blue
backed spelling book? I used to
wonder if any one ever lived long
enough to spell through it.
"Who eyer sees a bootjack these
days? Or a pair of 'side lace' shoes?
And last but not least, the accordeon.
It was kept on the center table in
the parlor. When company came we
took it out and played 'I have some
friends In glory,' 'Sweet by and by,'
and 'Home over there.' It was con
sidered a great accomplishment to be
able to play on the accordeon. Yes,
of course new things have taken the
place of the old things new things
better adapted to us, and us to them.
But what can take the place of the
old accordeon? Surely nothing, un
less It is the automatic piano. That
does in sound."
any renowned orchestra. No, we just
danced to the music of an accordeon.
That instrument was played by a fel
low who couldn't do anything else
but he beat the world playing the
accordeon. Honestly, he would start
to playing a waltz and go sound
asleep, never missing a note. We'd
have to go and kick him on the shins
td wake him up so we could dance
something else.
How we would like to call the roll
of that bunch of jolly young folks
and have every one answer "Here!"
But that can never be. Some of them
long since answered "present" to a
heavenly roll call. Others are scat
tered to the four points of the com
pass. Nearly all of those who are
still in the flesh are fathers and
mothers of boys and girls as old as
we were in those good old Rock Port
days. Yes, some of them are grand
fathers and grandmothers young
ones, to be sure.
And the old side-saddle! Many's
the time we've seen the little mother
put the old side-saddle on "Bill" and
prepare to ride to tho little country
church. She'd mount little sister in
front, and the writer would clamber
on behind. Old "Bill" was a very
sedate animal, and his back was
about as wide as a city residence lot.
The writer's then short and chubby
legs would stick out at right angles
to his body, and when old "Bill"
trotted a small boy -would bounce
up and down like a rubber ball.
Speaking of accordeons reminds
the architect of this department of
something. Years ago years on
ond he was a printer on the bid
Atchison County Mall at Rock Port,
Mo. A jolly bunch of young folks
we had in the old town those days.
Seven miles away from a railroad, we
just had to frame up our own amuse
ments, and the club dance was the
favorite. We would meet about c.ery
Friday evening, five or six congenial
couples, and proceed to the homo of
some member. Then wewould spend
the evening dancing in the biggest
room of the house. We didn't have
The "copper-toed shoes" are well
remembered. But the joy of being
the possessor Of a pair of "copper
toes" wasn't in it with the joy felt
when the writer donned his first pair
or "box-toed shoes." This was al
most equal to the joy experienced
when he was privileged to wear the
first collar that wasn't attached to
the shirt as a constituent part there
of. Then there was the huge woolen
"comforter" or "nubia" or whatever
they were. What has become of
them? And the"hat marks" worked
in silk floss on ribbon by the fairest
of fair hands! And the old auto
graph album, and the "spice apple,"
and "Fox Book of Martyrs." Say,
didn't some member of the family
play the flute? We'd give a lot to
see the father pick up that old yellow
flute and play "Tho old musician and
his harp," or "Wearing of the
green."
Maybe we have more enjoyable
things at hand these days, but we'd
like mighty well to drop about thirty
or thirty-five years and spend a week
or two In tho old days and among
the old- friends and the old ways.
Information Wanted
What becomes of all the pins?
Why is it a man can buy a pint of
bone collarbuttons on Saturday and
be unable to locate a single one of
them on Sunday?
What particular form of dementia
inflicted the party who invented this
season's style of feminine headgear?
Why does a1 little man love to
sport a huge mustache, and a big
man allow a fuzzy little one grow on
his lip?
Why is a catterpHlar?
If everything is created for a pur
pose will some body kindly explain
the good purpose served by the cockroach?
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