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April 21, 1939
Ceceilia Janes Lazos Poulos (white)
2883 College St.,
Jacksonville, Florida.
Wife of Restaurant Owner
Lillian Stedman, writer
Evelyn Werner, reviser

CECEILIA PATROURTSA

I called Ceceilia Patrourtsa on Tuesday and she said, "If you
could come on Friday, that would be fine."

Friday was hot, and I was glad when I reached her neat brick
bungalow. She opened the door herself, a large woman with a strong-
featured Greek face. Her black eyes welcomed me as she stood aside
for me to enter.

We went into the living room; a cool room with the usual suite
of overstuffed furniture. It was different in two respects from the
average American home. There was not a picture on the walls and there
was crochet work everywhere. It was draped from the mantle in a long,
scalloped scarf; it decorated every available bit of the furniture in
the form of antimacassars; there were even portiers in the arch be-
tween the living and dining room, made of the medallians crocheted
together and forming streamers that graduated from a foot in the cen-
ter of the opening until they reached the floor at the sides.
Through the door I could see a crochet tablecloth of the same pat-
tern.

The living room and dining room were filled with baskets of
roses and carnations from a florist's shop. Ceceilia herself, dress-
ed in blue lace with a corsage of sweet peas at her should, gave
the impression of a hostess at an important party. I must have look-
ed a little bewildered as I sat down, for she said in explanation:

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