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were paid to her life and character and the hope expressed
that others would emulate her shining
example in always bringing or sending some
contribution to The Association. Adjourned to the
Cottage.

Mary Bentley Thomas sec.

1/20 1898 The Association assembled in
the pleasant long parlor of The Cottage. Mary Osborne
and Albina O. Stabler were in Baltimore, Ellen
Farquhar in Wilmington, Eliza N. Moore and Mary
G. Colt in New York all of whom were missed from
our miniature Sorosis. Guests Harriet Jackson,
Martha S. Townsend, Hannah B. Stabler, Carrie L.
Brooke, Cornelia N. Stabler, Helen Lea, Carrie M.
Brooke, Mary E. Gilpin, Mariana S. Miller, Emma
and Alice T. Stabler. The sentiment of the hostess
was " We are too fond of our own wills. We want
to be doing what we fancy mighty things, but the
great point is to do small things, when called to
them, in a mighty spirit" As our meetings
always exemplify the line " Variety's the very spice of
life that gives it all its flavor" it did not shock
any one that the homely topic of lamp wicks should
be introduced immediately after the fine quotation
above. We were advised to soak the wicks in vinegar
and sew a piece of canton flannel on rather than to
renew them frequently. Hannah B. Stabler said
she would experiment and report. " He Careth "
had been selected by both Anna F. Gilpin and