(Fragent 2)
After about two years [at the sanatorium], when my mother learned how to make a place to sleep outdoors in the cold no matter what the weather, we all went back together again. Mother had a porch built so that a window of the house opened on the center of the bed. Early in the evening she would line her bed with hot water bottles and bricks. She knit herself warm caps and mittens and always made a joke when she went thru the window. There was a long-haired black hide that went on top, but I never knew the name of it.
Showing posts with label women's clothing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label women's clothing. Show all posts
November 28, 2013
October 13, 2013
Bug off
(Lyndon 3)
We lived alone in the country and looking back I can say I am now ashamed of the way I treated him. I was playing with my doll family and he had nothing to do so followed me around. I would blow up at him and tell him to play elsewhere. Isn't it strange miserable actions often stay with us all our lives?
We lived alone in the country and looking back I can say I am now ashamed of the way I treated him. I was playing with my doll family and he had nothing to do so followed me around. I would blow up at him and tell him to play elsewhere. Isn't it strange miserable actions often stay with us all our lives?
October 3, 2013
On cue
(Dogs 40)
One day when I was having trouble with a dress pattern, thinking out loud to my self to clear things up: "Here is A, the front -- here's B and C -- but where is D?" I looked up and here he came trotting in!
One day when I was having trouble with a dress pattern, thinking out loud to my self to clear things up: "Here is A, the front -- here's B and C -- but where is D?" I looked up and here he came trotting in!
May 25, 2013
Wedding dess
(1930 June)
So we did [get the tire fixed], being a remarkable couple at an oil station. I was wearing a pale blue silk dress, Lorin's favorite color -- "What other colors are there?" It had a fitted bodice and full skirt made with gathered 7-inch sections. The sleeves were short and puffed, the neck low and boat shaped. My hat was of finest straw, poke bonnet effect, in matching blue and a little peak somewhere. Lorin's beautiful dark simply-cut summer suit with gray tie did him credit. No wonder people stared at us on the street.
So we did [get the tire fixed], being a remarkable couple at an oil station. I was wearing a pale blue silk dress, Lorin's favorite color -- "What other colors are there?" It had a fitted bodice and full skirt made with gathered 7-inch sections. The sleeves were short and puffed, the neck low and boat shaped. My hat was of finest straw, poke bonnet effect, in matching blue and a little peak somewhere. Lorin's beautiful dark simply-cut summer suit with gray tie did him credit. No wonder people stared at us on the street.
March 21, 2013
Gawky
(1980 memoirs)
[At Fond du Lac's 8th grade] I was very gawky at first, being the only one who brot my lunch and all. I had the wrong shoes too, cloth tops that buttoned at the side. But after while I made some friends. There was Eleanor and her cousin Irma, and we often talked at recess.
[At Fond du Lac's 8th grade] I was very gawky at first, being the only one who brot my lunch and all. I had the wrong shoes too, cloth tops that buttoned at the side. But after while I made some friends. There was Eleanor and her cousin Irma, and we often talked at recess.
March 7, 2013
Deceit
(1980 memoirs)
I must have been in 6th grade or so, going to country school, when I learned about deceit. It was spring and we were going to have a picnic lunch with games afterward. A rather new girl, Alice, said to me, "What are you going to wear tomorrow?" I said I hadn't given it any thought, to which she answered, "Let's not dress up at all. I am going to wear just some old thing I wear around home. Sitting on the ground and playing games, we might get our good Sunday clothes all torn and dirty." I agreed and surprised my mother by insisting on wearing quite an old dress. Imagine my innocent amazement when I laid eyes on Alice, beautiful in a brand-new dress outshining us all, especially me!
I must have been in 6th grade or so, going to country school, when I learned about deceit. It was spring and we were going to have a picnic lunch with games afterward. A rather new girl, Alice, said to me, "What are you going to wear tomorrow?" I said I hadn't given it any thought, to which she answered, "Let's not dress up at all. I am going to wear just some old thing I wear around home. Sitting on the ground and playing games, we might get our good Sunday clothes all torn and dirty." I agreed and surprised my mother by insisting on wearing quite an old dress. Imagine my innocent amazement when I laid eyes on Alice, beautiful in a brand-new dress outshining us all, especially me!
March 4, 2013
The band and the button
(1980 memoirs)
The family regarded Frankie somewhat as a curiosity. At times I could see why. When Aunt Lois asked her for any old skirt or petticoat she might not be using, for a black edge around her braided rug, Frankie said she would see and rummaged in her closet. At length she found what she was after and showed it to Lois. The skirt was approved and accepted. Thanks were given and accepted. Then Frankie said, "Lois, if you have no use for the band and the button, I'd like to rip that off before you take it." My aunt's lips twitched but she controlled herself, at least until she drove off in her Ford. They never forgot it. If a garment were handed down forevermore, one or the other would say, "Are you sure you don't need the band and the button?" Roars and gales of laughter! I never thought that was so funny. If she were making another skirt, the band and button would come in handy, and Lois didn't need it.
The family regarded Frankie somewhat as a curiosity. At times I could see why. When Aunt Lois asked her for any old skirt or petticoat she might not be using, for a black edge around her braided rug, Frankie said she would see and rummaged in her closet. At length she found what she was after and showed it to Lois. The skirt was approved and accepted. Thanks were given and accepted. Then Frankie said, "Lois, if you have no use for the band and the button, I'd like to rip that off before you take it." My aunt's lips twitched but she controlled herself, at least until she drove off in her Ford. They never forgot it. If a garment were handed down forevermore, one or the other would say, "Are you sure you don't need the band and the button?" Roars and gales of laughter! I never thought that was so funny. If she were making another skirt, the band and button would come in handy, and Lois didn't need it.
February 25, 2013
February 24, 2013
Skirts
(1980 memoirs)
Her skirts were ample, cut often in four gore fashion, and covered her shoe tops. Skirts were plain solid dark colors; shirtwaists were usually striped, plaid, ornamented often with braid.
Her skirts were ample, cut often in four gore fashion, and covered her shoe tops. Skirts were plain solid dark colors; shirtwaists were usually striped, plaid, ornamented often with braid.
February 23, 2013
Shirtwaists
(1980 memoirs)
The shirtwaists always had collars, usually the stand-up kind, long sleeves, often with cuffs, buttoned down the front. There were calico ones for morning work and dressy ones for afternoon and evening.
The shirtwaists always had collars, usually the stand-up kind, long sleeves, often with cuffs, buttoned down the front. There were calico ones for morning work and dressy ones for afternoon and evening.
February 22, 2013
How Frankie looked
(1980 memoirs)
Before leaving my dear cousin, I must tell you how she dressed, how she looked. She was rather a large boned woman, bigger than I, dressed always out of style, always the same. It was as if in her girlhood she found skirts and shirtwaists suited her, never wore them out and never replaced them.
Before leaving my dear cousin, I must tell you how she dressed, how she looked. She was rather a large boned woman, bigger than I, dressed always out of style, always the same. It was as if in her girlhood she found skirts and shirtwaists suited her, never wore them out and never replaced them.
November 12, 2012
School clothes
(1990s memoirs)
One day my mother told me to close my eyes and keep them closed. Then she put me in a coat. When I opened my eyes, I was in a long gray rain coat she had sent for. Beautiful. Once my Aunt Lois gave me a scarf she made. It was about 2 feet wide and 5 feet long. I looked odd in it and was stared at. I don't think I wore it very much, and my mother understood and didn't make me. I wore long underwear and over it long black or tan stockings. Sometimes high laced shoes. I saw my mother decorate a straw hat with old roses.
One day my mother told me to close my eyes and keep them closed. Then she put me in a coat. When I opened my eyes, I was in a long gray rain coat she had sent for. Beautiful. Once my Aunt Lois gave me a scarf she made. It was about 2 feet wide and 5 feet long. I looked odd in it and was stared at. I don't think I wore it very much, and my mother understood and didn't make me. I wore long underwear and over it long black or tan stockings. Sometimes high laced shoes. I saw my mother decorate a straw hat with old roses.
November 6, 2012
Scotty
(1993 July, Parsons memoirs)
Then there was Scotty, Aunt Lois's wild horse. Her husband got the horse for himself, and she thot what he drove she could too, and she did [from Fond du Lac] way out to our house in the country [at Green Lake? or just Ruepings?], in her wide hat, long skirt and shirt waist. We gasped. But she was walways OK.
Then there was Scotty, Aunt Lois's wild horse. Her husband got the horse for himself, and she thot what he drove she could too, and she did [from Fond du Lac] way out to our house in the country [at Green Lake? or just Ruepings?], in her wide hat, long skirt and shirt waist. We gasped. But she was walways OK.
October 30, 2012
No sleeves
(1993 July, Rueping memoirs)
Over on the Ruepings' lawn, my father had a fine sand box built, and my brother Lyndon and I went and played too. One hot summer day, about 100 degrees I suppose, my father came home all excited, complaining to my mother: "Do you know that Carolyn is over there playing with no sleeves on her dress?" Mother said she thot it was OK as I was young and weather so hot, "but send her home, then." And that was the first time I ever felt self conscious. I was wearing a blue calico dress.
Over on the Ruepings' lawn, my father had a fine sand box built, and my brother Lyndon and I went and played too. One hot summer day, about 100 degrees I suppose, my father came home all excited, complaining to my mother: "Do you know that Carolyn is over there playing with no sleeves on her dress?" Mother said she thot it was OK as I was young and weather so hot, "but send her home, then." And that was the first time I ever felt self conscious. I was wearing a blue calico dress.
October 10, 2012
Winter wear
(1992 Memoirs)
In the winter, Olga would open the oven door and warm my underwear and long black stockings before she helped me into them. I sat near the range when I tucked my long underwear in my long black stockings. My woolen dress went over my slip. I was ready for school, fourth grade, when I finished my breakfast, pulled on my galoshes, hood and mittenes, and of course coat.
In the winter, Olga would open the oven door and warm my underwear and long black stockings before she helped me into them. I sat near the range when I tucked my long underwear in my long black stockings. My woolen dress went over my slip. I was ready for school, fourth grade, when I finished my breakfast, pulled on my galoshes, hood and mittenes, and of course coat.
October 9, 2012
New dress
(1992 Memoirs)
One evening as we [Polly & Olga] walked, we saw a girl playing on a school yard. "Look at her, Carolyn, tearing around in her new dress like that!" Next day she came for a hole to be fixed and Aunt Olga said "Humph!" But she did it.
One evening as we [Polly & Olga] walked, we saw a girl playing on a school yard. "Look at her, Carolyn, tearing around in her new dress like that!" Next day she came for a hole to be fixed and Aunt Olga said "Humph!" But she did it.
October 4, 2012
Lace curtains
(1992 Memoirs)
Uncle Fred and Aunt Olga, brother and sister, kept house on Main Street [in Oconto WI], the little house that was home to all of them. The front porch was nearly on the street, with two windows on the left with lace curtains, at which Aunt Olga and I sat in the dark and watched the passing crowd. "Hump," Aunt Olga would mumble, "look at her dress, torn at the hem, and I just finished it yesterday. Hump." I knew she was an excellent sewer, accurate and painstaking, and charged little for her pains.
Uncle Fred and Aunt Olga, brother and sister, kept house on Main Street [in Oconto WI], the little house that was home to all of them. The front porch was nearly on the street, with two windows on the left with lace curtains, at which Aunt Olga and I sat in the dark and watched the passing crowd. "Hump," Aunt Olga would mumble, "look at her dress, torn at the hem, and I just finished it yesterday. Hump." I knew she was an excellent sewer, accurate and painstaking, and charged little for her pains.
September 28, 2012
Hoot!
(1992 Memoir)
The Ellmans, [Caroline & Frederick, came from Germany,] so their children were of German stock of which Hattie [Harriet] was the youngest. My mother, an invalid, enjoyed having Hattie come and she enjoyed the railroad trip. "Hoot!" my father would call to her. And both would shake with laughter because "Hoot" means "Hat" in German, about all the German my father knew. She was one of a family of six and a milliner by trade. She could take a straw frame, tack up the brim, run a narrow ribbon around a daisy, and you'd be proud to wear it to church.
The Ellmans, [Caroline & Frederick, came from Germany,] so their children were of German stock of which Hattie [Harriet] was the youngest. My mother, an invalid, enjoyed having Hattie come and she enjoyed the railroad trip. "Hoot!" my father would call to her. And both would shake with laughter because "Hoot" means "Hat" in German, about all the German my father knew. She was one of a family of six and a milliner by trade. She could take a straw frame, tack up the brim, run a narrow ribbon around a daisy, and you'd be proud to wear it to church.
August 1, 2012
Probably barefoot
(1966 July 8)
In case you are wondering and you probably are not, I am wearing a beige cotton knit two-piece to the wedding [of Marthea Kay] with a blue hat, white purse, probably barefoot.
In case you are wondering and you probably are not, I am wearing a beige cotton knit two-piece to the wedding [of Marthea Kay] with a blue hat, white purse, probably barefoot.
June 29, 2012
Winter coat
(1968 February 21)
Yesterday I bought a new winter coat - blue and black - with fur trim so I can wear a fur hat with it ... if I want to. Half price and buttons up well at the neck. The one I wear to Church is too dressy for dashing downtown on errands.
Yesterday I bought a new winter coat - blue and black - with fur trim so I can wear a fur hat with it ... if I want to. Half price and buttons up well at the neck. The one I wear to Church is too dressy for dashing downtown on errands.
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