This is the fifth story from Hopedale that I've sent out to many of you; the first or second to a few others who I have recently added. I think it's time that I stopped adding to everyone's already overloaded inboxes and let you decide if you want any more of this. If you'd like to continue to receive these, probably twice a month, just reply and I'll keep you on the list. (Caution --- don't hit Reply to All as a few people did to an earlier message.) If I don't hear from you, I'll take you off the list.
For those of you who haven't received the earlier ones, they were Hopedale 1842, Hopedale's Missing Monument, Hopedale As I Found It, and Christmas by Frank Dutcher. Today's new recipients were suggested by Kathy Wright.
The item below isn't really from Hopedale but it did appear in a Hopedale publication, The Spiritual Reformer, so I'll use that as my excuse for including it. The Reformer was published by Harriet Greene, a prominent member of the Hopedale Community.
From the Spiritual Reformer A law against obtaining husbands under false pretenses, passed by the English Parliament in 1770, enacts � That all women, of whatever age, rank, profession or degree�whether virgins, maids or widows�who shall, after this act, impose upon, seduce and betray into matrimony any of his majesty�s male subjects, by virtue of scents, paints, cosmetic washes, artificial teeth, false hair, Spanish wool, iron stays, bolstered hips, or high-heeled shoes, shall incur the penalty of the law now in force against witchcraft and like misdemeanors; and the marriage, under such circumstances, upon conviction of the offending party, shall be null and void.
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