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nothing to her and she wrote of her experiences in
a very humorous way.

May Thomas gave us "My Creed", and the hush
that came after the reading showed our true appreciation
of it.

Ethel Thomas amused us by suggesting if one
little boy could make such a noise what was to be expected
from many.

Elizabeth Stabler announced that Lucy Moore
wished to dispose of her horse for the winter,
and would like to
rent her house for a few months.

Miss Hooper had a selection thought to be from
Longfellow called "A Wish", but fine enough to be called
an aspiration.

Rebecca T. Miller's article was chosen from "The Union
Signal" and set before us very graphically the heroism of the
women in Europe under the present appalling conditions
of life. Not only are they doing their own work, but they
have taken up all the occupations which the men have been
forced to abandon, and are doing it cheerfully, though they
know well that even after the war is over, long, lonely years
stretch ahead, with few little children to bring gladness
for so many are dying from lack of food.

Miriam Thomas gave some bits about the experience
of her sister, Elsie Snowden, (on her return trip from Germany),
in which we were all interested.

Mariana Miller gave us a curious proof of
the ingenuity of the human mind. A code book
found upon a captured German officer showed
that what had seemed innocent advertisements
of a beef tea were really the means of giving valuable
information to the invading army. These posters
were scattered through the whole land and on each
a bit of the code carried its own message.

The Poem - "An Earthly Paradise" read by Lizzie
Willson was very sweet and touching, and by dwelling
on the real essentials for a happy life, gave us
a lesson in contentment.

Pattie Farquhar in her selection from "The Technical
World" introduced a subject that was new to
us or rather many of us had not realized its
importance. It was the problem of the unemployed
and told in a heart-rending manner of the