Rose Leibowitz Arnovitz, Interviews with Jews in Utah, Accn 998

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OHI Ro se Arno wit z 3 -1 5- 83 s 2 : 35 RA She would c r o chet them so y ou could get ahold of them.They weren't j ust fla t. It was like they were real, sta nding up. Those little bitty witty things , becuase the thread was so fine. And the leaves of the lily of the valley - Oh, she was incredible with the work. And my mother neverhad glasses til after she was about 50 years old. And she used to do allthat and at night. At night, allthese. When we'd go to bed. Becuase during the day, you know, as I say, fuere was baking and cooking. LK WHat was her day like? It must have been a 16 hour day. RA Well, she always looked lovely. Always dressed. Looked. All the women did that alot. Mr. ARno witz wold tell, his mother, he says she used to be singing a ll thetime You know, they didn't know - my Mother did go and visit. And - she wouldn't be down. But - most they didn't have ah they didn't have permanent press clothes. All thosemen's white shirts and they were starched . And it would take 20 minutes to iron a shirt. And there waul ~e - I don'tknow how many oftthem. We used to have aluandress though. When they- like I said, we never wanted for anything. We alwys had a lovely home. And, but my - there were certain things. We never knew what it was to buy a camp of soup, a aan of vegetables, a can of jam. A jar of jam in the market. Or anything. Allthat was put up at home. And I used to get a case of pineapple, can our own pineapple. I remember. You don't realise it when