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On adjourning the whole company repaired to
the porch and some fine blooming plants
were admired as were also the large chickens
which are a feature of this place. The fact that
the day was the birthday of both Ellen Farquhar
and Eliza N. Moore was referred to more than
once and the hostess remembered her two
friends in a substantial manner by having
ready a pretty frosted cake for each. Both
recipients were too much overcome, apparently
to respond with appropriate speeches so the
good things were "eaten instead of said" at
this banquet. The next meeting will
be held at Wrenwood.

Mary Bentley Thomas sec.

On 9/27. 1898 The Association gathered at
Wrenwood in almost full force. Guests who
added to the pleasure of the occasion were Sophia
Peirce, one of the few left of the little band of
women who joined in 1857. Caroline H. Miller,
Martha S Townsend, Ellen Stabler, Cornelia Gover,
Hallie J. Bentley, Helen Lea, Catherine Stabler,
Louisa Nesbit, Catherine Janney, Mrs. Clarke
and daughter, Juliet Bartlett, Mary Muncaster,
Mary A. Gilpin, Alice G. Stabler, Helen Stabler
Florence Hallowell, Katherine Brooke and Elizabeth
T. Stabler. The sentiment contained the
best of rules for daily living.