Memories of my life

FROM MY EARLY DAYS IN SCOTLAND TILL THE PRESENT DAY IN ADELAIDE
By Mrs. J. S. O. ALLEN
ADELAIDE J. L. BONYTHON & CO., THE ADVERTISER OFFICE King William Street 1906
THE LADIES OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.
In a sense I am no stranger to you. It may be asked why I should bring the names of people and the incidents of my life into book-form. Loneliness is the principal cause. What would become of me if I could not recall past years. I have written something of the history of what I have lived through. Many times over I have promised to write a cookery book from my colonial experience—I am talking about cookery all day. I try to live on recollection, although occasionally it hurts me. Many will discern in these pages some of the observations they have listened to while I have been giving lessons on cookery. It has been habitual to me to allude to by-gone days and customs.
Mrs. J. S. O. ALLEN.
77 Tynte Street, North Adelaide.

Memories of My Life
FROM MY EARLIEST DAYS IN SCOTLAND TILL THE PRESENT DAY IN ADELAIDE.
We did not talk of a situation in those days but of a place. My sister, who was a few years older than I, was out at a place five miles from where we lived. She came home, as she had not been well, and my father sent me to tell the people that Mary could not return for a few days. They asked me if I could stay in her stead till she was better. I was quite willing, provided that my father would allow me. They obtained my father's consent, as he said if I was any use they could keep me; so at the age of ten I began to be a house-servant.