marisa added a third woman, her mother. so if i can go back, that's mary joseph lyons. her mother to the list. mother was the life of a minor group of single, of young, single and married folks who found in her a social woman whose company was as agreeable as when she was a maiden. with her it was possible to have a good time without fuss and feathers. her guests were frequent, they danced, played or sung, played games or sewed for charity, and all alike found many an opportunity to pass many delightful hours with her in the home where courtesy, sociability and trendiliness -- friendliness reigned supreme. it was permissible to move from one circle to another. no hard and fast lines were drawn, however, the same persons could be met now in one circle, now in the other. so you can understand how somebody like james hewlett with his play acting career, with his brushes with the law, with his time spent in prison, with his hard labor, so forth, would not have been welcome in these salons where courtesy, sociability and friendliness reigns supreme. um, the other thing i can