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loved former member Mary G. Colt, who is
still invalided in consequence of a fractured
limb, but is evidently making the best of
her misfortune.

The sentiment of our hostess from the
Eng. Divine and Essayist, James Martineau
was as follows – “Some men are eminent for
what they possess, some for what they achieve,
others for what they are. Having, Doing, and
Being constitute the great distinction and the
three great functions of life, and though they
are all blended, more or less in each individual
it is seldom difficult to say which of them is
prominent in the impression left upon us
by our fellow-man.”

Estelle T. Moore read of a new fuel now
manufactured and used in Austin, Tex. A company
takes charge of the city waste, deodorizes
and grinds the mixture to which tar is added.

It is pressed into cubes of brick size, is
called “Oakole” and sold at $3.00 per ton. It is
said to burn satisfactorily.

One contributor told how a flying-machine
is being used to locate forest-fires most successfully.
This curious motor will either fly
through the air, or float on water, as occasion
may require, and in Wisconsin a fire 40 mi.
away was recently located and much damage prevented.

Ellen Farquhar gave two of
Walt Mason’s clever prose poems upon “Tipling”
and “Boiled Dinners”.

Announcement was given of a Christmas Sale
to be held at Pen-y-Bryn for the benefit of
The Social Service League, and contributions were
solicited.

Mary E. Gilpin’s selection from “The Farm
Journal” was a plea for kindly judgment of
her friends and neighbors. A hasty opinion
is too often incorrect with regard to sins of
omission or commission. We might say
with Burns, - “What’s done we partly may compute

But know not what’s resisted.”

A question with regard to saving green peppers
brought out the information, that if the seed