“Never deny the babies their Christmas! It is the shining seal set upon, a year of happiness. Let them believe in Santa Claus, or St. Nicholas; or Kriss Kringle, or whatever name the jolly Dutch saint bears in your religion.” YearsBelieveNamesBabyBearsShiningSaintDenyChristmasSantaSealsDutchSanta ClausJollyBelieve In SantaSt Nicholas Author:Mary Virginia Terhune
“Woman--with a capital letter--should by now have ceased to be a specialty. There should be no more need of "movements" on her behalf, and agitations for her advancement and developmentthan for the abolition of negro slavery in the United States.” NeedsShouldStatesUnitedUnited StatesMovementLettersSlaveryLiberationBehalfAdvancementAbolitionAgitationSpecialty Author:Mary Virginia Terhune
“They [potatoes] are good for boys cold fingers at suppertime on winter nights.” NightBoysColdFingersWinterVegetablesPotatoesWinter Night Author:Mary Virginia Terhune
“Fruits each in its season, are the cheapest, most elegant and wholesome dessert you can offer your family or friends, at luncheon or tea. Pastry and plum-pudding should be prohibited by law, from the beginning of June until the end of September.” ShouldEndsLawOffersSeasonsFruitTeaOur FamilySeptemberElegantJuneDessertPastriesPuddingPlums Author:Mary Virginia Terhune
“It would be idle to say that we were not, from time to time, aware that a volcano slumbered fitfully beneath us. There were dark sides to the Slavery Question, for master, as for slave.” Would BeSidesDarkMastersSlaverySlaveIdleDark SideVolcanoes Author:Mary Virginia Terhune
“Not being ambitious of martyrdom, even in the cause of gastronomical enterprise, especially if the instrument is to be a contemptible, rank-smelling fungus, I never eat or cook mushrooms.” IfsCausesInstrumentsCooksEnterpriseAmbitiousMushroomsMartyrdomFungi Author:Mary Virginia Terhune