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Alice G. Stabler had a paragraph from Ruskin
who said, “God always gives us strength for what
he wants us to do, and unless we are happy in
our work we can not perform our duty to Him
and to man.”

Fanny B. Snowden read of the great canal between
the Meditteranean Sea and Lyons. It is 30
miles long, 60 ft. deep, - the water is 15 ft. deep, - and it
goes through one mountain a distance of 4 ½ miles.

This accomplished house-keeper and home-maker
in undergoing vexation of spirit because her erstwhile
shining silver has become copper-colored. She
was advised by different members to use Dulin and
Martin’s Silver Cream Polish, Gorham Paste, soda and
Ammonia, lastly washing-soda, and special
attention paid to wiping the articles dry. The
Sec’y experienced a sad pleasure in finding how
many present had similar forks and spoons just now.
Cola fires were thought to darken everything of
the kind. F. B. S. also read a beautiful
poem by the sister of Watson Gilder and then exhibited a
tin kitchen-prize, which mashes potatoes, mixes
pie-crust and reduces sugar and butter to smooth
consistency, all with little labor and the cost is but 10 cts.

Elma P. Chandlee brought a list of 100 questions
given to the pupils of Balto. Friends’ School, - we,
to quote Chas Dickens, were “profoundly thankful
the said children and not ourselves, were thus
tortured.” Her second selection was the
history of a pair of baby shoes which had been
placed on the feet of 200 members of the Merritt
family in the 147 years since they were made
by one of the name. They have traveled through
7 states, and are now to be placed in a museum.

Annie M. Chandlee’s offering was verses from
“The Bentztown Bard”’s ready pen, the first upon
the linen shower for the Balto. Hosp., and the second
of Druid Hill Park as the children who frolic there
must view it in future years.

Mary M. Thomas gave a story which seemed
to prove that instantaneous obedience might be
exacted too strenuously from children, - if a small
boy was not permitted to tell why he did not want
to shut the trap-door to a sort of roof-garden, his