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Show The Old Quilting Bee. Softly down the w Incline yenri From omo sweet other tlmo An echo comes lis mimical Ami mellow in tlio rhyme The pout nukes while ill earning In his mood of ccitasy The olcn of old women at The oM-tlme tiulltliiK bee. They talk of knlttlns needles, of spinning; spin-ning; wheel and surli. Of how the old-time method gave the cloth h liner touch; Of husbands, too. they gossip (old angels without WlllK!). , Of crops, anil cows, of whooping cough, hiuI sovernl other things Hut never onie of politics, except per-lmpn per-lmpn to nay , The younnsler in the cradle was the big man of the day. Softly down tho winding years From some sweet other time An echo comes u musical And mellow lis the rhyme The iot nukes while drenmlns In lile mood of ecstasy Tim volcn of old women at The old-time quilting bee. They never t,pokc of fashions then, the low-cut neck ami train; The styles wera very simple, and every- thliiK was plain, The pictures wera the grass-knit lawn, the waving wood-skirt fleld: The music, of bright-throated birds, and of the orchard's yield Thoy never spoke of politics, except Prhaps to say The youngster In the cradle would be president some day New Orleans Tlmei-Democrat. |