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themselves comfortable out-of-doors, but allowing
the skin to perform its duty and attend to
its “normal functions unhampered.”

The Sec’y also read extracts from one of
Alice Duer Miller’s bright topsy-turvy essays in
her Tribune Column, - “Are Women People?” This
was upon the petition of travelling men to be
allowed to vote when away from home and
she cleverly twists all the stock objections to
woman-suffrage so they apply to the “bag-men”, -
such as, “A good travelling man can get
whatever he wants without the vote.” “The ballot
is a burden, and the time of travelling men
is already fully occupied; it is their nature
to travel, - we must not fly in the face of nature.”

The beautiful flower garden was highly
appreciated.

Adjourned to the home of Estelle T. Moore
on 10-7-1915

Mary Bentley Thomas, Sec’y –

Pen-y-Bryn 10-9-1915

10-9-1915 found the Asso. in session at Pen-y-Bryn.
Owing to various causes seven members
were absent but we had about the same number
of guests, several of whom favored us with contributions.

The visitors were Kate Bradley of
Washington, Mrs. Eves of Wilmington, Florence
Hoopes of Balto., Miss Brent of Va., and Mary
T. Kirk, Sophia Featherstone, and Florence Hallowell
of S. S. The resignation of Edith T. Hallowell was
accepted with sincere regret. – This leaving a
vacancy we turned to the waiting list and
elected Mary W. Scott whose name headed
the list. Martha T. Farquhar proposed that
Florence and Julia Hallowell be given an opportunity
to join later, and the Sec’y suggested
that Mariana S. Miller be likewise considered,
which was done in our usual informal manner.

Eliz. T. Stabler gave a message from our