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	“I been living now In Arkansaß ever since 1911. My husband and ~ I stayed on to work and make a living. I take care of‘ myself, l‘in not looking for nothin‘ now hit a better home over yonderu-—better home than this0 Thank the Lawd, I ~1ts a1on~ all right0 The government gives n~ a check to buy me a little meat and bread with. Maybe the government wili give me back that what they took off after a while, I don‘t know0 It takes a heap of money to feed thousands and million8 of people. When the check comes, I ara clad to ~it it no matter how little it is. Twarn‘t for it, I would be in a sufferin‘ condition9

	nI be1on~ to the Arch street Bapti8t Church. I been for about twenty years. I was married 8ixteen years to my first husband and twenty.-elght to my seconde The last one has been dead five years and the other one thirty.~ six years0 I ain‘t got none walkin‘ ‘round. All my husbands 18 dead. There ain‘t nothin‘ in this quitin‘ and soin‘ and breakin‘ up and bustin‘ up. I don‘t tell no woman to quit and don‘t tell no man to quit. Go over there and git ‚ nother woman and she will be wuss than the one you got. When you fall out, reason and git together. Do right. I stayed with both of my husbands till they died. I ain‘t bothered ‘bout another one. Times is so hard no man can take care of a woman now, Corne time to pay rent, ‘What you waiting for me to pay rent for? You been payin‘ it, ain‘t you?‘ Come time to buy clothes, ‘What you waitin‘ for me to buy clothes for? Where you ~itt t ? um frum befnre you ru‘ d rae? ‚ Corne t ime to pay the grocery bill, ‘How corne you got to wait for me to pay the grocery bill? Who been payin‘ it? ‚ No Lawd ‚ I don‘ t want no man unless he . What could I do with him? I don‘t want no rrian with a home and bank account. You can‘t ~it along ~Lth tini. You can‘t git a1on~ with him and you can‘t git along with her.“