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Nevertheless it may be well for the Association to exercise
a friendly supervision for a season or two upon the supposition
"That the woman who hesitates is lost". Elizabeth C.
Davis had a rather critical review of the writings of Rudyard
Kipling who was said "to represent the war spirit which
lurks in every heart". The essayist confessed to a
former attack of Kiplingitis but had evidently made a
complete recovery. Some dissented from the scathing
estimate of a man who counts his readers by the
million and who had made fame and fortune at
the unusually early age of 32 yrs. Sarah T. Miller
offered extracts from "What is Worthwhile"; we were
urged to let go worry, pretence and self-seeking and
to be wise in the use of time. The most reckless spendthrift
is he who squanders this precious possession and
each one has the same number of hours each day to
dissipate or to garner. Time spent in being interrupted
is not wasted and we must endeavor to preserve
equanimity under circumstances which appear
adverse at the moment". Virginia Steer gave an
excellent idea in "A Good Background" The man who
comes from a happy home to life's duties is apt to
succeed. Rececca T. Miller asked where she could
get nuts and seeds of the old fashioned herbs
and several kinds were offered her. A guest
asked if it was customary to give lunches to
harvest hands and found to her satisfaction the
troublesome custom was now "honored in the
breach". The last of June was thought not too
late to bag grapes, Ellen Farquhar had sprayed