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Sarah T. Miller favored us with a graphic account of the
recent Suffrage Convention, at Grand Rapids, from the
ready pen of Alice Stone Blackwell. This was supplemented
by the secretary who had found much to interest her in
the many things going on as well as in the helpful
encouraging gathering of women from all over the
Union. Elizabeth G. Thomas had a single verse,

"Seldom can the heart be lonely if it seek a lonelier still,
self forgetting, seeking only empty cups of love to fill".

Louisa T Brooke's clipping, also short, was upon
making the best use of individual ability, "Not what a
man can do but what he does is the measure of his
value. An engine of one cat power in motion can accomplish
more than a 40 horse power standing still".

The sec. read what is said to be the best Club Poem extant
by Mrs. Sara Palmer-

"What is a womans Club? A meeting ground
For those of purpose great and broad and strong,
Whose aim is towards the stars; who ever long
to make the patient listening world resound
With sweeter music, purer, nobler tones.
A place where kindly helpful words are said
And kindlier deeds are done; where hearts are fed;
Where wealth of brain for poverty atones,
And hand grasps hand and soul finds touch with soul.
Where victors in the race for fame and power
Look backward, even in this triumph hour,
To beckon others toward the shining goal.

"What is a woman's Club? The fabric of a dream