I made a little butterscotch candy Monday just before starting supper. Ruth Luce & Virgil "happened in" just as I finished so they got some, of course. Albert also was over (in the back yard) and Bricky had to give him some. Virgil came over in the evening but Geo. Irvin came for hime to make a "foursome" in his Ford.
Tuesday, I washed, read "Unity" and had Virgil here for a "Farewell" supper. He invited himself, but I didn't mind. John, Harold Anderson, Ruth, Neil & I don't know who else got chased off of Mrs. Younger's lawn. They were playing ball. Tuesday, I got a letter from Mama. She said they had written Mrs. Cramer asking her to take Ruth for a while. Also a letter from Alma R. thanking me for the invitation. She said it was a surprise because, since their family was so large, she imagined they were more welcome at home than elsewhere. I wrote a letter to Helen L. Miller, sent it Tuesday.
Yesterday, in the morning, I cleaned the kitchen & ironed in the afternoon. Bricky went to sleep of her own accord yesterday afternoon. I should have guessed there was something wrong with her. She is still sick, a cold & some fever. She says she has the "crip". The other night, John got some Palm Olive soap (different from what we've been getting). When I washed Bricky with it, she said, "Oh, Mama, I like that soap. I've just been worrying about that kind of soap."
It rained yesterday & the night before last. I see a few of my seeds are sprouting in the box. Virgil came in yesterday morning to tell us "goodbye" but he didn't kiss me. Ha! I finished my ironing this morning, washed my hair, & mended this afternoon. I sent Easter cards to Mrs. Remington, Emily, Mrs. Cox & Aunt Jennie & a letter to Mama. The Fuller Brush man was here today & I ordered a 95-cent hairbrush. Jackie is feeling O.K. again and he was sure full of orneryness today. Neil has two head marks. A girl is ahead of him with three (in recognizing words). Yesterday the teacher threatened a 1A boy to exchange him to the 1B for Neil. He didn't know what 9+9 was & she asked Neil. Of course, he knew. I don't know how she guessed he knew -- he tells so little voluntarily. I think Daddy bottled his Near Beer tonight. I have threatened to confiscate it before the folks come up Sunday but don't suppose I'll have enough nerve.
[Kansas was significantly affected by the Temperance movement. The push to prohibit manufacturing or selling alcohol began before statehood and was a major political issue. Carry A. Nation, the radical prohibitionist known for smashing up saloons and carrying a hatchet, lived in Kansas. Prohibition lasted in Kansas, officially, from 1881 to 1948. --kp]
Kansapedia on Temperance
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