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Show ITinED OF CORN-FIELD PEAS. Amusing and Semi-Tragic Reminiscence Reminis-cence of the War. Several iiroinlncnt ladles of tho confodorncy have, In tliu Inst fow years, given to the public their romln Isccnccs of tho blttor tragedy, tho of to n Intermingled comedy, and tho Ingenious makeshifts of their life In wartime. Now Eliza Francos Andrews, An-drews, In "The Wnr-Tltno Journal of a Georgia Girl," adds another worthy Toliimu to the list. She shows, In her record of tho domestic hardships and deprivations with which tho southern women had to wrestle, the same gallant gal-lant mlrthfiilncss ns her predecessors. Many of the hurdshlps she scarcely j minded, but hor soul sickened ut corn- t field peas, f "Mam nnd corn-field pens for dlnnor j one day, and corn-field peas and ham ' tho noxt," she lamented. "Mothor , does her best by making foully glve ub every variation on pens that was over hoard of. Ono day wo havo pea oup, another poa croquettes, then baked peas and ham, nnd so on k through the whole gamut, but olasl t they nre corn-field poas Btlll, nnd often not enough of even those." i "Thu tnblo generally looks woll ; enough when wo first sit down," sho recorded ngaln, "but when wo got up it Is us bnro ns Juck Sprat's. Wo '. havo some good laughs at the make shifts wo resort to for limiting things j hold out. Wo ent as llttlo ns wo enn j do with, ourselves, but wo don't want father's guests to suspect we nro i stinted, so Mcttn pretends to n loss of !' appotlto, while I profess a great fond- r noss for whatever happens to bo most L abundant, which Is always sure to bo W corn-field peas or somo other coarse, ; rank thing that I dotest. It would all I: be very funny If It were not so mor- ft tlfylng, with all theso charming pooplo K In tho house thnt desorvo to bo enter- L ' talued llko princes und uro used to i evorythlug nice. Bi "Motta's delicate appetite and my I, afToctlon for cornfield pens nro n .' standing Joke between us. Sho has M thVbcst of It, though, for sho simply j, starves, while I 'nawBlcrato,' ns Char- A ity says. I mnko n face at a bag of 9) Ioas whenover I go near It In tho Bi pantry." |