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for the present. heating such a house must be a big item. she pretends she has no money, so how does she manage can you tell? perhaps she will be provided for as well as if she worried her life out, it is a good thing to have contentment & cheerfulness in ones make up. the lame & lazy are always provided for thats certain. I have been sewing making those little bags such as I made & sent down last year before xmas, thinking you could give them for presents to some one, do you want me to send them down now? Mrs Harrington sent me those lovely pieces you know. I had to make them up in some way & enjoyed doing it. your pictures were pretty we thought & glad you take pleasure in the work. what did they think of the one you did up here this summer? dont buy me presents this xmas. we dont make presents times are so hard & money is scarce. I am afraid we will need it to live later on, everything is going up. Mrs Barry is studying inflation. she is afraid it may come later on, but I hope not. don't cross a bridge till we come to one. they say business is starting up hope it does. crime is, no one know when they are safe. these times thats certain. Mrs Barry has been with Addie down to see the morning pictures &  when they came out she found a tag on her car she had parked too near the corner so she went down to the police station & found it locked up. she came home worried & is going down after Gertrude to the trane & take her mother along with her to the police station again Pete has gone on his vacation on a hunting trip after big game the paper said. Ma.