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{144 (Pen-y-Bryn, con.)}

Florence Wetherald serve as her substitute
for the interim, which was approved.

The Sec’y had a few verses from a New
England source, unknown, -

“At sixty-two life is begun
At seventy-three begin once more
Fly swiftly as you near the sun
And brighter shine at eighty-four.
At ninety-five, should you arrive
Still wait on God, and work and thrive.”

Though absent, Mary E. Thomas had not
forgotten to do her part, and we rec’d from
her a novel contribution in the shape of a
Md. biscuit, all the way from Columbia, Mo.
Accompanying a well-written letter sent by
the maker. She is a colored woman, Annie
Fisher, to whom M. E. T. wrote a few weeks
since telling her that she too, made Md.
biscuits and filled orders from a distance,
suggesting an exchange of methods as they were
too far apart to hurt each other in business,
a small sum being enclosed for sample.

An article upon the success of Annie
Fisher recently appeared in The Sunday Star
this too was read, and we learned she
owned 14 houses, besides the large one in
which she lived, and that she did a
great deal of catering, especially for weddings.
Her receipt, for what are known
as “beaten biscuit” except in Md., is as follows

“1 Qt. Flour, 2/3 cup of Lard, finish filled with
Butter, - salt, sugar, mix with cold
water, beat 15 min. I use a machine.”

Her price is 12 ½ per doz. and they are sold
in nearly every State.

Adjourned to Mt. Airy on 11-4-1915

Mary Bentley Thomas, Sec’y.