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are all removed, they may be kept in brine
just as are cucumbers.

Martha T. Farquhar brought a good paragraph
from Upsham, - “If either man or woman would
realize the full power of personal beauty, it
must be done by cherishing noble thoughts, hopes
and purposes, by having something to live for
worthy of humanity, which by expanding
the capacity of the soul gives expansion and
sympathy to the body that contains it.”

Margaret G. T. Moore gave an article upon
Thanksgiving. An old saying in New England
runs, - “Christmas is for the young and Thanksgiving
for the old,” the latter age finds memory
more and more precious every year, and such
count up as blessings the opportunity to
serve those they love, and the happy yesterdays
spent with congenial spirits gone but not forgotten.

We were told how the “Ford”, “Dodge” and
“Studebaker” firms, and other large companies have
opened vacant lots back of their huge factories
for playgrounds, with most beneficent effects.

Kate Bradley said there was an average
of 4 children to every woman, married and single,
in Germany. Florence Hoopes described
a wonderful wireless station in N. J., at Tuckerton
near the coast. It is gigantic, being 862 ft. high
standing on a foundation of marvellous solidarity.

It has been taken over by Gov. which had a
strong suspicion it was being used to furnish
information to German operators 3000 miles away.

Emilie T. Massey gave a cheerful little
poem from which we borrow a verse, -

“Build yourself a strong-box
Fashion each part with care,
Fit it with hasp and padlock
And put all your troubles there.
Hide in it all your failures
And each bitter cup you quaff
Lock all your heartaches securely,
Then, - sit on the lid and laugh.”

Mrs. Eves told us something of the “Wilmington
Century Club”, which has a very large
membership divided into “Sections.” Janet Richards