Ethel Morton At Rose House

For the fortieth time that afternoon, it seemed to Ethel Brown Morton and her cousin, Ethel Blue, they untangled the hopelessly mixed garlands of the maypole and started the weavers once more to lacing and interlacing them properly. "Under, over; under, over," they directed, each girl escorting a small child in and out among the gay bands of pink and white which streamed from the top of the pole. May Day in New Jersey is never a certain quality; it may be reminiscent of the North Pole or the Equator. This happened to be the hottest day of the year so far, and both Ethels had wiped their foreheads until their handkerchiefs were small balls too soaked to be of any further use. But they kept on, for this was the first Community Maypole that Rosemont ever had had, and the United Service Club, to which the girls belonged, was doing its part to make the afternoon successful. Helen, Ethel Brown's sister, and Margaret Hancock, another member of the Club, were teaching the younger children a folk dance on the side of the lawn; Roger Morton, James Hancock and Tom Watkins were marshalling a group of boys and marching them back and forth across the end of the grass plot nearest the schoolhouse. Delia Watkins, Tom's sister, and Dorothy Smith, a cousin of the Mortons, were going about among the mothers and urging them to let the little ones take part in the games. Everybody was busy until dusk sent the small children home and the caretaker came to uproot the pole and to shake his head ruefully over the condition of the lawn whose smoothness had been roughened by the tread of scores of dancing feet.

"Ethel Morton at Rose House" by Mabell S. C. Smith. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Mabell Shippie nee Clarke Pelton Smith (1864-1942) was an American author. Born Mabell Shippie Clarke in Boston, she married F. Alaric Pelton in 1891, who died, and then James Ravenel Smith in 1907. Her works include: Where Women's Clubs are Not (1903), A Tar-Heel Baron (1903), The Billy Coal and Transfer Company (1904), Dickens Day-By (1911), The Spirit of French Letters (1912), Twenty Centuries of Paris (1913), Ethel Morton at Rose House (1915), Ethel Morton's Enterprise (1915) and Ethel Morton's Holidays (1915).

"Ethel Morton's Enterprise" by Mabell S. C. Smith. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Mabell Shippie nee Clarke Pelton Smith (1864-1942) was an American author. Born Mabell Shippie Clarke in Boston, she married F. Alaric Pelton in 1891, who died, and then James Ravenel Smith in 1907. Her works include: Where Women's Clubs are Not (1903), A Tar-Heel Baron (1903), The Billy Coal and Transfer Company (1904), Dickens Day-By (1911), The Spirit of French Letters (1912), Twenty Centuries of Paris (1913), Ethel Morton at Rose House (1915), Ethel Morton's Enterprise (1915) and Ethel Morton's Holidays (1915).