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Show Both Pearl and Aleen had beautiful hair. Aleen's was kept in a dutch cut when she lived with the grandmother. Pearl admired her little sister's hair and after her father refused to have hers cut also, she decided to snip if off herself. Being excited, she failed to determine a plan for disposal of her braids and in her haste dropped them out of the north upstairs bedroom window. The braids fell upon the footpath below and it happened that John K walked along the path a bit later, saw the braids, knew th*ir source, and because he was so fond of that long hair, he spanked her because she had been disobedient . That was the first and only time he ever spanked her. It pained him to chastise her:-and he found better ways to discipline his headstrong daughter after switching her legs all of the way home another time when she ran away to play. After their hair grew out both girls wore long braids that sometimes hung in full length but were often wrapped about their heads. In whatever style they wore it, John K loved their beautiful hair. Virginia used castile soap and sometimes eggs for shampooing their hair. She managed to do all plain sewing for the girls' petticoats, panties, pinafores, and everyday dresses. Best dresses were made by a dressmaker and there were several very good seamstresses in town. Hannah Barnett, Olivia Winters, and Mrs. McClenahan were kept busy with custom sewing for towns- 106 |