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above thy club sisters, - Thou shalt not at
the last moment write thy paper.

India Downey read of a lawyer who asked
a witness what a miracle is, - the witness not
knowing, the lawyer asked, - “Should a man fall
from the Twelfth story of a bldg. 3 times, and be
saved each time what would that be?” The witness
promptly replied, “A habit”.

Ellen Farquhar gave a very interesting little
talk of her trip to Calif. to the two Exhib’s, - the
beauty of the country, equisite flowers & fruits, far exceeding
the wonders of the Exhib, as wrought
by man, in her estimation. We were sorry
she felt she could not continue at greater
length, much she saw being too wonderful to
tell. One place she mentioned had Pop. 47,
speed limit 101.

Elma Chandlee told of Bump, a meter
for measuring bumps in the road, and also
of birds as sentries, - parrots, and many
times sea gulls hearing the approaching aircraft
before the sound is detected by the
ears of men.

Hallie Bentley read most amusing
items from the papers of school boys. I copy
a few, - “The German Emperor has been called
the Geyser” – “Shakespeare founded ‘As You Like It’
on a book written by Sir Owen Lodge,” – “Geo. Washington
was a land savory”, - Geo. Eliot left a wife and children
to mourn his genii.” “Franklin provided electricity
by rubbing cats together. “Henry VIII was very fat
besides being a non-conformist.” “Tennyson wrote
a poem called ‘Graves Energy’.”

Margaret Moore read a poem, - “A Lovely August
Morning”, -

“The head of life is ringing in the golden land to-day,
The lovely August meadows have so many things to say
The meadows of Old Maryland, in their glory and their light,
Wait the harvest moon to crown them
when she swims the azure night.”

Fanny Snowden read us of the manufacture of
bay-berry candles at Cape Cod, their candles being much
sought after of late years. “A Bay-berry candle brings
luck to the house and gold to the pocket.”