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they were too anxious about “green troops’. – they
would fight as well as trained ones. In one of
Mosby’ raids among Federal Troops, they thought
they had caught an Officer in bed, but it proved to be
a negro. When he took the horses, Lincoln said,
“I am sorry Mosby took the horses. I can make plenty
of Brigadiers, but not horses.”

Ellen Farquhar read of the Archbishop of
Alaska, - he would rather be human and
dirty, than inhuman and clean. “Do things
for the love of those you do them for”, is a very
good motto. Mrs. Mills says, “The bravest battle
that was ever fought, was fought by the mothers
of men.”

Mrs. Downey read of the “sunny face that
cheers us all up and lifts the gloom from
many a heart.”

Emilie T. Massey wants to know if we
will need the knitted cloths for the Red Cross work
in Mexico, or shall we send them abroad

Mary Gilpin told us of a missionary in
the southern coast of Labrador, - Miss Milan, -
she seems to be able to do anything – teaches
children, practices dentistry, publishes a magazine,
teaches simple forms of handwork, - she has 22
children in charge. They have mosquitoes, flies
and ice all the year. She also teaches sewing,
and cooking, artificial flower making, and baskets
of a particular grass. She travels over 70 miles of
coast, - they get mail once a week, but in winter
it may be several months between posts.

Mrs. Richard Bentley gave us a new way
to cook peas, - lay a lot of lettuce leaves in
the pot, then put in the peas, then more
lettuce leaves. Cook gently on back of stove,
leaves will disappear. She gave us a new seasoning
for ice-cream, - use nutmeg or cinnamon,
be careful not to get red pepper as one poor girl
did when she wanted to treat her best bears.

Mis Alice Tyson gave us a new version
of a mother-in-law. She was a dainty sweet, extravagant
little lady who liked to make a pretty show.

Eliz. Stabler tells us, “It is the way she says
it “that counts, and makes the charm and brings the

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