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be very amusing. The writer was very witty in the
vain search for daily papers and small articles
of wearing apparel which delight the "legal male
mind" and she believed men were much better
suited by nature to discover unknown continents and
obscure scientific facts than to run to earth the
elusive collar button or the ubiquitous note book.

Some environs statistics of the daily consumption of pie
in cultured Boston came next and then the rules
of a new society "The Don't Worry Club" a few
of which shall find a place here.

Cultivate a spirit of gratitude for daily mercies.
Realize worrying as an enemy which destroys happiness.
Help and comfort your neighbor.
Forgive your enemies and conquer your averseries"

Our dear friend Martha S. Townsend expressed
her pleasure at being with us on this occasion.

Adjourned to Cherry Grove

Mary Bentley Thomas
Sec.

Cherry Grove. As if to make amends for the
drifting snows and piercing wind of the previous meeting
at this place, 2/24/1898 was a beautiful winter
day and a happy company assembled at noon in the
homestead whose doors seem to open of themselves
to all sorts and conditions of men , women and children.

Our guests were Carrie L. Brooke, Ellen Stabler, Kate D.
Shoemaker, Mary Magruder, Edith Warfield and Mary
E. Thomas. Our hostess offered this sentiment -