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blooming days of Spring, and a second sent to her
by a friend breathing a spirit of resignation
and hope since-

"The ways of our Father shall all be made clear
and the problems explained we failed to solve here"

Elizabeth Scott read for her absent mother
an article upon the Empress of China written by a
man after a residence of 35 years in that country.
It contained much of interest about a remarkably
able woman if not one to be admired.

Julia Palmer, another guest, had no contribution
but she by request told her mode of raising turkie's
and she lost but five from ninety-one hatched
and her system must be good, as she had only began the season with four hens.
She gives whole black pepper to each young turkey
when it was only a day old and feeds them on
cooked food for three months. Louisa T. Brooke's
clipping related to the thawing out of the hearts of
the people during the late blizzard. Of eleven hundred
dollars contributed in Baltimore to aid the suffering
poor, three hundred was given by convicts in the
city jail. Mary P.T. Jackson gave extracts from
a graphic letter written by Helen L. Thomas
describing her charming surroundings in California.

Mary E. Moore read a poem on "Tones" which is
well worth preserving in part at least.

"It is not so much what you say
As the manner in which you say it
It is not so much the language you use
As the tones in which you convey it.