[Vwoolf] missionary string bags

[Lee Salomon]

I remember that my mother had two light brown string bags that were kept hanging on hooks near our apartment's front door back in the early fifties in Maryland. She probably brought them along when we arrived in 1950 from across the ocean. Such a practical item.  Alyza
“Our duty is to improve the human condition—in every way wecan, for everyone who needs it.” – Kamala Harris

Alyza Lee SalomonHercules, CA LeesWordArt at yahoo.com LeesWordArt at gmail.com 

    On Sunday, October 15, 2023 at 03:03:03 AM PDT, Jeremy Hawthorn via Vwoolf <vwoolf at lists.osu.edu> wrote:  
 
  Ah, thanks Stuart, that fits much better than the “Taylors and Edgeworths” quotation. The replacement of “revives” with “refreshes” suggests that Moyes is quoting from memory. Could she even be running the two quotations together? The “pretty#yiv8905409076 #yiv8905409076pfptBannerh5zt6tm {display:block !important;visibility:visible !important;background-color:#CFD3D7 !important;max-width:none !important;max-height:none !important;}#yiv8905409076 .yiv8905409076pfptPrimaryButtonh5zt6tm:hover, #yiv8905409076 .yiv8905409076pfptPrimaryButtonh5zt6tm:focus {background-color:#adb0b4 !important;}#yiv8905409076 .yiv8905409076pfptPrimaryButtonh5zt6tm:active {background-color:#8c8e91 !important;}#yiv8905409076 filtered {}#yiv8905409076 filtered {}#yiv8905409076 filtered {}#yiv8905409076 p.yiv8905409076MsoNormal, #yiv8905409076 li.yiv8905409076MsoNormal, #yiv8905409076 div.yiv8905409076MsoNormal {margin:0cm;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;}#yiv8905409076 a:link, #yiv8905409076 span.yiv8905409076MsoHyperlink {color:#0563C1;text-decoration:underline;}#yiv8905409076 span.yiv8905409076EpostStil21 {font-family:sans-serif;color:windowtext;}#yiv8905409076 .yiv8905409076MsoChpDefault {font-size:10.0pt;}#yiv8905409076 filtered {}#yiv8905409076 div.yiv8905409076WordSection1 {}
Ah, thanks Stuart, that fits much better than the “Taylors and Edgeworths” quotation. The replacement of “revives” with “refreshes” suggests that Moyes is quoting from memory. Could she even be running the two quotations together?
 
  
 
The “pretty hat” quotation is rather cheering!
 
  
 
Here’s a vintage photograph of a string bag, although I doubt it is a missionary one.
 
  
 
J
 
  
 
Professor Emeritus
Department of Language and Literature
NTNU
7491 Trondheim
Norway
 
  
 
From: Stuart N. Clarke <stuart.n.clarke at btinternet.com>
Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2023 11:25 AM
To: Stuart N. Clarke <stuart.n.clarke at btinternet.com>; Jeremy Hawthorn <jeremy.hawthorn at ntnu.no>; vwoolf at lists.osu.edu
Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] missionary string bags

  
 
Since the novel predates the 5-vol. diary, just to reassure: the quote *does* appear in “A Writer’s Diary”.
 
 
 
From: Stuart N. Clarke via Vwoolf
 
Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2023 10:21 AM
 
To: Jeremy Hawthorn ;vwoolf at lists.osu.edu 
 
Subject: Re: [Vwoolf] missionary string bags
 
 
 
“A pretty hat in a teashop - how fashion revives the eye!” D5, 8 March 1941 (I don’t think I remember string bags. ) Stuart From: Jeremy Hawthorn via Vwoolf Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2023 9: 59 AM To: vwoolf@ lists. osu. edu Subject: [Vwoolf] missionary
 
“A pretty hat in a teashop - how fashion revives the eye!”
 
D5, 8 March 1941
 
 
 
(I don’t think I remember string bags.)
 
  
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