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up his hand and said, “An adage is a place to keep
cats in!” On being asked where he had seen it so used,
he replied, “Shakespeare said, “Like the cat in the old
adage”. Annie M. Chandlee said she
believed we must all be interested in Miss Janet Richards
who now gives her talks on “Current Topics” to more than
10,000 people every mo. during the season from Oct.
to May. Her first venture was in a Wash. parlor
to 17 women, in a short time there were 60 present
and soon large halls were filled by an eager
crowd, principally women, but men too, like
to hear her keen up-to-date estimate of politics,
and events of world-wide importance.

The beautiful grove in which cozy, cheerful
Homewood stands was much admired and the
recent loss of one fine old tree deplored. Strange
to say, it was injured by lightening 19 years
ago, and again within a month. The bolt in
each case jumped across to the porch and broke
a number of window panes in the house.
Now this unsatisfactory rod is to be cut down
and grubbed up.

After a specially pleasant mtg., it
seemed to the Sec’y, we adjourned to the
home of Martha Holland on 8-5-1915 –

Mary Bentley Thomas, Sec’y.

Pleasant Grove 8-5-1915 –

“The Association” met at “Pleasant Grove” on
August 5th, the hospitable home of Martha Holland.
The attendance, owing to lowering clouds, and
absence from the neighborhood of several members
was rather smaller than usual, and our regret
is, they could not all have been with us to
have the pleasure of the meeting.

Each time we meet with this kind member
we are struck by the surrounding of this
home, with its peaceful hills and valleys under
such fine cultivation stretching out before us
as far as eye can see. With the hustle and
restlessness of the present day we can only feel
ourselves elevated by the visits of our much
loved Asso. to the homes if this kind which