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THE MAPLES
December 1st, 1927
845th Meeting.

A beautiful day, much cooler than we have had for some time,
gave an added zest to our pleasure in meeting at The Maples with Mrs. Nichols.

After our delicious luncheon most attractively served, we had
a social time till called to order at 2 o'clock.

Both sets of minutes were read, and adopted. Treasurer's report
read and approved, and announcement made of next place of meeting, Wendover
with Estelle T. Moore at the regular time, January 5th, 1928.

Our hostess gave the following lines as her sentiment:
"We cannot make bargains for blisses,
Nor catch them like flies in nets,
And sometimes the thing our life misses
Helps more than the thing which it gets.
For good lieth not in persuing
Nor gaining of great nor of small
But just in the doing and doing
As we would be done by, is all."

Mary Reading Nichols - Amusing extraxts showing the difficulties
of trying to engage a colored servant for one or more specific jobs. One
never "done the cookin' Aunt Cloe, she don' that". "No ma'am I don't wait -
we allus had Tom and Bill (or such) to do dat" - and all down the line even
to the one whose task it was to "keep de flies off'n ol' Misus". There were
the good days - little understood by the present generation of housewives
who do all their own work, and perhaps have a position in an office besides.

Rebecca T. Miller told several jokes.

Mrs. Meserve, Rebecca's guest, expressed pleasure in being
with us, and gave a child's verse:

"We chase our shadows here and there,
And laugh to find them everywhere."

Mrs. Wm Iddings read from an old book interesting adventures
of two old-time English Quakers gentlemen. The book was published in 1759.

Hallie Bentley, verses telling of old colored mammy, finding
"Old Mis" in a poor-house, removing her to her own one room where she promised
her a good clean bed, and "I kin sleep on the floo' by you."

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