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The First Book of Eve

Eve Works and Plays.

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Reminiscences of gay, glad years that are past flicker through Eve’s frivolous mind. She remembers the picturesqueness which ever graced the appearance of Eve, Evelyn, and Evelinda—

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—contrasted with the stern utility of the costumes she now wears. However, as Eve says, contrast is the salt of life and—

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—after a day’s hard nursing—

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—or filing of war-baby records—

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—or collecting tickets—

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—she finds that she enjoys a little amusement in the evenings more than ever she did

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