XV 



AUGUST 



A PLEA FOR A WILD LAWN 



August 5. Effie has come and dropped so 

 quickly into our needs and ways that even the 

 good points possessed by Delia, being at best " writ 

 in water," are quite obliterated. Effie has lived 

 for two years in medical families overseas, one 

 being that of a real M.D. and surgeon, the other 

 only a medical man. I wish that I could compass 

 this English professional distinction, but I cannot. 

 However, as far as Effie is concerned, it suffices to 

 say that she is fully impressed with the importance 

 of remembering a message and writing the names 

 and needs of callers upon the record pad in a firm 

 angular hand which is one of the best results of 

 the public education of British females. Likewise 

 she has the gift of afternoon tea making, knowing 

 after a single lesson the quality of August day when 

 cracked ice and lemon should be served instead of 

 milk, and quite agreeing with my taste, that many 

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