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from 2 to 3 quarts of water daily. Another laughable
contribution was upon the dire result
of taking a Seidlitz powder in two installments.
Several instances were given where the victim
seemed in absolute danger from such violent
"internal emotions " to put it mildly.

Virginia Steer read of the large omnibuses,
called gondolas "much in evidence in N.Y."
formerly, now replaced by a vast scheme
of transportation overhead, and beneath the
streets and rivers.

Stella Moore, who has been taking a course
in what may be termed scientific dressmaking,
announced her intention of teaching her art, this
summer, to classes of our girls who wish to
learn her new and easier metod of solving the
old problems appropriate garments, constructed
at home, "without tears", as the new readers say.

Albina O. Stabler had astonishing statistics
first of the money realized in some cities by the
collection of old iron, tin and other apparently useless
and unsightly accumulations in yards and
alleys, that find ready sale, when classified and
diverted into proper channels, reminding us of an
old aphorism: "Dirt is only matter out of place."

A.O.S. also told us that 20 million bushels of
peanuts are sold every year in this country, and many
millions of bushels of pop-corn.

Mary T. Bond contributed an account of the tropical
luxuriance and beauty of the Chagres River and
along the "Spillway" of our great Panama Canal. The
animals and birds in the zone have become very shy
but will doubtless return to old haunts when there
are fewer men and noises.

Ellen Stabler had brought us a few good verses.
from which we cull:

"The pleasant word and kindly look,
And that's the language of The Book.
The answer soft, the tender creed
Of love for every living need."

Estelle T. Moore's first selection was a list of
clever new words recently coined "Smog" - means
smoke and fog. "Snail" - snow and hail. For her
second offering she made a little apology, saying