It appealed to us, because to stay in the house and embroider has never seemed to us to be worth while, although we do like pretty things. Men do the work with this machine, and they have a pattern of the flower they are putting on the work pinned on the wall in front of them. I am quite sure brother would let us go without embroidery before he would stay in and do it.
We wouldn’t mind a bit cutting and making doll clothes from the darling paper patterns that we saw, if they would lend us a sewing-machine.
But we didn’t ask to do it.
Your loving cousins,
JANE AND ELLEN.
OUR HOSTESS
DEAR COUSINS:
OF COURSE not every one could come to this party, no matter how much they might wish to, so there are several States which have no mansion at the Fair.
California had thought about that, and so built a much larger house than she would have needed for her own people, that those having no State house might feel perfectly at home.
She is always a most delightful hostess, and makes one visiting her feel so welcome and comfortable that the visit is never forgotten. Her beautiful mansion is made after the old Mission style, with a bell tower, and bells, and lots and lots of room in it—parlors, cafes and rest rooms, and a lovely ballroom where the grown-ups may amuse themselves.