Show A housewives va 4 POINT VIEW or OF the past week end was a long one for me four days at home with nothing to do but clean house cook sew visit with my family all the things I 1 have dreamed of doing tor for the past year Ho however mever I 1 have decided this Is a poor time of the year to stay 1 home borne its too early tor for house bouse cleaning and it if your house is like my house it 11 needs it I 1 after battling icy roads and cold weather for foi the 06 last three months I 1 its wonderful to have the sunshine Durl during ng m my days at home I 1 spent most of the time in our sun room loom where the warm cheerful I 1 lays beat in the sunshine Js Is good medle medicine lne for what alls ails me hope it stays for awhile achile Lincol ns birthday this month reminds me of the time lime we were bight seeing around his old stamping ground springfield ill III we had been to new salem a town le constructed by where lincoln had met ann rutledge Hut ledge and where she had died Every everywhere bere around wei were e signs pointing to ann nut Rut ledges grave her home etc and I 1 remarked that the todd family no doubt objected to all the publicity given the rutledge fam ily I 1 was informed by our friend that indeed that was the case that there was a regular feud fetid between the descendents of the rutledge and todd families in springfield in out our travels around the country it has been our good fortune to meet up tip with a few of tile the famous men of our time thinking of lincoln I 1 am reminded of nn an evening in ashville N C when we wei e entertained by that grand old poet carl cail sandberg one of the greatest exponents of 0 abraham lincoln I 1 carl can still see him mr ir sandberg with banow bushy hair anu anji strumming a string instrument ment of some kind while he recited his poetry to us for no reason at all I 1 am reminded of mrs mra sandberg a sweet gentle lady whose hobby is raising goats |