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message of grace.

Miriam Thomas says it is difficult
to give anything to amuse an invalid. – She
suggests that you save clippings from magazines
and paste them on a large sheet of paper put
them in an envelope and call it “Sunshine Envelope”.
Use pictures in the same way for
children.

The Asso. then adjourned to meet with
Miss Alice Tyson, Aug. 3rd, and to enjoy the
“rare” and perfect June day on the porch and
beautiful lawn.

Sarah F. Willson, Sec’y pro tem

Marden, 8-3-1916

8-3-1916 The Asso. assembled at the pleasant
home of Alice Tyson. Guests were, Beatrix Rumford,
Helen Bartlett, Mrs. Forsythe, Annabelle Page,
Roberta Allen, Hadassah, Martha and Beatrix Moore,
and Harriet I. Lea. The sentiment was
from Julia Ward Howe, - “Without religion you will
not know the real beauty and glory of life: You
will perceive the discords, but miss the harmony,
will see the defects, but miss the good in all things.”

Our hostess also contributed a clipping giving
a few terse and excellent suggestions for taking
the drudgery out of work, as follows, - Put your
heart in it. – Do it with your might. – Go to the bottom
of it. – Do it cheerfully, even if it is not congenial, - Make
it a means of character-building, - Keep yourself in condition
to do it as well as it can be done, - Make it a
stepping-stone to something higher, - See how much you
can put into it, instead of how much you can get out
of it. – Remember that it is only through work conscientiously
done that you can grow to your full
height. – Train the eyes, the ears, the hands, the mind –
all the faculties – in the thorough doing of it. –
Remember that every kind of work has some advantages
and some disadvantages not found in any other.”

Sarah F. Willson’s selection was a strong plea
for the birds, which as destroyers of noxious insects
by 10’s of thousands, are not yet fully recognized