Show ROMANCE MORE IN LINE factory workers criticism of louisa M al cottle cotts great story in a conversation about bocks thu ihu author of ahe 1 he long day had ft alth two of her workmates work Nork mates at a box factory bho bhe spoke of df little women and told them how she had read it four times and that she meant to lead it again bome day little women was unknown to them but their curiosity was roused over dver the unheard of thing of anybody ever wanting to lead a book moro more than once and they pressed her to repeat the stor for them she did with mith great acau rai of statement and with genuine denul 11 e pleasure to herself at being given an opportunity to introduce anybody to meg and jo and all the rest of that delightful march family when she finished phoebe stopped ft noila aik oik and mrs smith looked up from her label pasting saying I 1 why no DO story etory at all a 11 I 1 why no echoed phoebe no story just everyday happenings I 1 dont see what s the use putting things like that in books bet any money that lady what wrote it knew all them boys and gills they lust just round pound like real live people and when wu ion was telling about them I 1 could see them as plain ns as plain could be coulden couldn t oil gwendolyn yep pawned gwendolyn und Is gui sedly bored dut but I 1 suppose farmei folks likes them kind of stories orles st phoebe gener ansly suggested they aint used to the same stiles stales of anything that us city folks are youths companion |