MRS. ELIZABETH PARSONS was a good friend of grand-mother's. She lived nearby. They often shared things with each other. She was a lovely seamstress and used to make things over for grandmother. I remember a coat she made me when I was about ten or twelve years old. The color was purple with a cape attached. I thought it was the best coat I ever had. She is a wonderful Christian lady.

I have in my home a Williams sewing machine which was grandmother's. It still works, but is not used that much. It's about seventy years old or more. Everything was sewn on that machine, even horse rugs and leather.

I always attended Sunday School and Church. Our Sunday School was simple, but we learned a lot - a card with a story and a memory verse on it. You had to memorize the verse and read the story and be able to tell your teacher about it. The teacher read the Bible and we sang the children's hymns. My favorite hymn was "I am so glad that Our Father's in Heaven."

Christmas in the home meant a tree, with very few trimmings for ornaments. Stars were made of cardboard and covered with tinsel from the packages of tea. Colored paper was twisted and put on the tree along with cards and candy canes. We thought it was so pretty. One little toy under the tree and oh! how happy we were.

Our Christmas dinner was a goose or roast of pork with all the vegetables; dessert was plum pudding, strawberry tarts, cranberry or mincemeat pie.

Sometimes my uncle would bring home a large wooden