Why don't people use phrases like "hops about like a hen on a hot gridiron" more frequently in business correspondence these days? We have lost a lot of color in our language. Gertrude Whiting seems to have had her finger on possible sources of lace supplies, although it is unclear whether these were things that were constantly for sale, as may have been the case with Marian Powys, or whether they were just things that individuals were thinking of selling. Perhaps it was even a case in which someone had been spotted with a bobbin with a hoop covering, whatever that is, and Mrs. Whiteside was being instructed to ask her where she got it and if there were any more. It would be interesting to know if it was easier or harder to get lace supplies in the US at that time than now. Of course, since this correspondence was occurring at about the same time as the First World War, that might have affected the bobbin lace supply situation. In my own reading of the Needle and Bobbin Club publications I was amused to see that no sooner had the club been formed, the result of years of effort, that someone suggested they disband until the end of the First World War. Fortunately, Gertrude Whiting dismissed this suggestion out of hand. Thanks for sharing the correspondence. Devon
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