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Show "I REMEMBER"! SV THE OLD TIMERS t, J From Mrs. Clara Mattingly, Louisville, Ky.: I remember when i ice cream was sold from wagons (horse drawn) along the streets of Louisville. It was in bulk and we would take a bowl to the wagon and get it filled for a quarter. Also, the waffle man would drive along the street, making and selling hot waffles, generously sprinkled with sugar and cinnamon; or just plain powdered sugar. The waffle man had a stove in the wagon on which he cooked the waffles. And I remember, re-member, too, when men and boys would rise and give women a seat in public conveyances. From C. C James, Columbia, Louisiana: I well remember when mother made father's pants, as well as the boys', without a pattern. pat-tern. She sewed the suspenders, without an adjustment, to the pants in one length. I also remember when coffee mills were so scarce that if one family in a settlement owned one, it was made available to the entire community. From Hattle Sargent, Holdrege, Nebraska: I remember when the prairies were strewn with piles of bleached buffalo bones waiting the coming of the railroad to be shipped out. We were told they were used in sugar factories. The revenue received was a great help to the early settlers. (Send contributions to this column to FrrkfonrKTPir"8 B" 88' |