H. B.'s birthday. Went to orchestra practice. Practiced hard till after 12. We are to give the matinee Sat. Practiced in afternoon. Am to have silver "G" for Xmas or New Years! After dinner, Mr. and Mrs. S., Fran and I played whist.
IN RITA'S DAY: Again, the popularity of whist. A good explanation of the game is at www.pagat.com/whist/whist.html. (Thanks to my librarian friend, Joan, for that website). Rita didn't have a great variety of violin strings to choose from like we do today. Getting a new G string wound in silver was a big thing for her. Hers were usually plain gut strings.
TODAY: When one does an Internet search for "G string" very few images like the one above appear. Most are like the one below:
There is a rumor that this kind of a G string got its name from the violin G string since the G is the "lowest" of the strings on a violin. Other sources say that the G-string or geestring was first used to describe loincloth worn by Native Americans and "G string" was used instead of groin string because the word groin was not acceptable.
Judy's Entry: Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011
Got cabin fever today because the snow storm kept us inside, except for shoveling. Mom and I started and completed a jigsaw in one day... that's how bored I was. My son came over for supper, we had some wine and relaxed. Nice ending for the day.
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