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Alice:	We could either have our eggs and grits or we could have,
goodness we used to love kidneys and grits with gravy. And then we hajd coffee. But we were not allowed to drink coffee until we were more grown up.
Would you have to dress special on Saturdays when you went over to see him?
Mamoo:	Oh, we got well dressed. I mean nicely dressed. We had a
little simple thing.
Alice: We always had gingham dresses, far to middlin, and then we had some white. . .
Mamoo: Little aprons...
Alice: Aprons which were more like butterfly aprons than anything else. There were ruffles over the shoulders and a tie around the waist. They were very cute.
Mamoo:	I want to tell you about the nicknames. Alice, Alice.
Nugie was called Commodorle, commodore everything, nicknames you see. Alice was called Mademoiselle Debutante.
Alice: Not then.
Mamoo:	Yes, Alice, that was your nickname.
Alice:	Not when I was that young.
Mamoo:	Yes, you were, Debutante. Well, I mean that was your
nickname. I remember that as your nickmane. Not exactly what years. I know Alice, but I mean the thing is that IS your nickname. . .
Describe the house.
Mamoo:	Well anyway.
Alice:	You go in the front gate and as you go in there's a wide
spread of pavement, then a round circle, a garden, this round circle where they had Japonicas in those days. They called them Japonicas.
?Mamoo: And Pomegranete trees. Pomegranete trees.
Alice:	Darling, you have them all at one time.
Mamoo:	Alright.
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