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Avalon
5-1-1913

the bearer must kneel down, scrub, then rise
and move on. Other impediments that woman
have been carrying for generations were also mentioned
and the querist probably had more hints
than he needed before he finished the article.
M. B. T.’s second venture was rhymes, she called
“Mother Goose in the Garden”, composed in somewhat
the style of a crazy quilt, for her Grandson Allan.

Adjourned to the home of Martha Holland 5/1/1913

Mary Bentley Thomas, Secy.

Avalon. 5-1-1913

On the Afternoon of May 1st, the Asso. met
at “Avalon” receiving a most cordial welcome from
their hostesses Mary E. Gilpin and Emilie T. Massey.

The Afternoon was perfect, the bright sunshine
and early spring shading of the landscape, combined
to make us feel we had a glimpse of near
fairyland.

“May is building her house, from the dust of things
She is making the songs, and the flowers and the wings
From October tossed and trodden gold
She is making the young year out of the old;
Yea! out of the winter’s flying sleet
She is making all the summer sweet.
And the brown leaves spurned of November’s feet
She is changing back again to springs.”

We deeply regretted the absence of our secretary
who so ably fills the position that one of our
mtgs. with her away seems much like the
play of Hamlet with Hamlet left out. – We deeply
regret the cause of her absence and trust she
may be with us for our June Mtg.

The number of members present was for
several reasons very small, 11 being absent. The
guests were Mrs. Holtzman, Mrs. Post, Mrs. Chas.
Willson, Miss Ellen Stabler, Mrs. S. B. Wetherald,
Miss Sarah Kirk, Mrs. Coulter, Jeanne Coulter, Mrs.
Ulrich Hutton and Mrs. Sam’l Bond.

Fanny Snowden kindly read the minutes of
the last mtg. at this place and also those of the
last mtg. of the Asso., Alice Tyson acting as Secy.