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5 people in a whole year; her motto seems to
be the old adage, “Prevention is better than cure.”

India Downey gave an amusing story of a
rich old New York merchant who was accustomed
to have a drink of fresh spring water every morning.
On an inclement day, his coachman refused
to go for the same and was ordered to bring the
carriage to the front entrance, then told to drive the
waiting maid and her pitcher to the spring, return
with the water, and put the team in the stable!

Mary E. Gilpin brought us the history of
the establishing by Jacob Riis, in Mulberry St.
N. Y. of an immense Flower Mission in 1888. He
had brought from the country an armful of wild
flowers every morning for some time, and finding
the demand exceeded the supply, he concluded
to call public attention to the fact that
the poor children of the city were delighted to
have even a few daisies and that if others would
aid him in furnishing the flowers he would
have them distributed from Mulberry St. opposite
the Police Sta. The result was blossoms by the
wagon load, and a corps of volunteer workers, aided
by the Police, made many sad hearts brighter.

Mary Magruder brought a number of attractive
cards giving us a hint of the two beautiful Expositions
she had so greatly enjoyed in Calif.
last winter and spring.

Margaret G. T. Moore had a pretty rhyme on “Contentment”,

“A bit of blue sky with a cloud sailing through
A bright dash of sunshine, a posy or two,
The song of a bird as it sits on a tree
And the laughter of children, from over the lea,
The scent of the hay, as it dries in the sun,
And the smell of the earth where the plow share has run,
The knowledge if God in his Heaven above,
And the glory of having some good friends to love.”

Fanny Snowden amused the whole company
by relating a story of how The Library
of Congress impressed her laundress. Christy
had seen “The Ave” and the 7t St. stores, but the
rest of Washington, except at long distance, was
unknown to the naturally bright woman. She
seated herself in the Library and gazed up and